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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS F I L E D 

UnltAld Stat.ea Court ot ApJ)l&la FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT T".idh c!!"eu!t 

LOWRANCE INVESTMENT CO., INC.; 

BRUCE F. JOHNSON, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

OKLAHOMA LAND AND CATTLE CO., 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT * 

OCTt3 1910 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 89-5123 

(D.C. No. 88-C-777-C) 

( N. D. Okla. ) 

Before MCKAY, MCWILLIAMS, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiffs Lowrance Investment Co. and Bruce F. Johnson 

appe~l a summary judgment in favor of defendant Oklahoma Land and 

Cattle Company. Plaintiffs seek the return of a down payment 

under a real estate contract covering two ranches in Osage County, 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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Oklahoma. They assert that the doctrine of legal impossibility 

excused their performance as buyers under the contract and that 

the liquidated damages clause in the contract is invalid under 

Oklahoma law. 

We have reviewed this case de nova, applying the same 

standard as the district court: whether any genuine issue of 

material fact is in dispute and, if not, whether the moving party 

is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Applied Genetics, 

Int'l, Inc. v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc., No. 88-1879, 

slip op. at 7-8 (10th Cir. Aug. 29, 1990). Based on our review of 

the appellate record and the parties' briefs, we believe that the 

district court correctly decided this case. 

Therefore, for substantially the same reasons contained in 

the district court's order dated June 16, 1989, the judgment of 

the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

Oklahoma is AFFIRMED. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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