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971396P.pdf   02/06/1998  Stockmen's Livestock  v.  Norwest Bank
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  97-1396
                          and No:  97-1397
   District of South Dakota   
   Conversion; Plaintiff could not establish an ownership or possessory
   interest in cattle broker's bank account at the time bank allegedly
   converted plaintiff's funds and claim for conversion must fail;
   claims for collateral estoppel and statutory deceit rejected; claim
   for common law fraud affirmed in part; punitive damage award reduced.