Case Name: SECURITY-FIRST NAT. BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al. v. RINDGE LAND & NAVIGATION CO.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1936-10-19
Citations: 86 F.2d 3
Docket Number: No. 7965
Parties: SECURITY-FIRST NAT. BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al. v. RINDGE LAND & NAVIGATION CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 86
Pages: 3–4

Head Matter:
SECURITY-FIRST NAT. BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al. v. RINDGE LAND & NAVIGATION CO.
No. 7965.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Oct 19, 1936
GARRECHT, Circuit Judge, dissenting.
For former opinion, see 85 F.(2d) 557.
0rrick) Palmer & Dahlquist and Garret McEnerney, all of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Pacific States Savings & Loan Co '
^ „ . ,, . ,, Newlin & Ashburn, A. W. Ashburn, Gurney E. Newlin, and Clyde E. Holley, all Qf Lqs a el Cal„ for appellant Security pirst Nat Bank of Los Angeles.
, . _ _ , , „ John W. Preston and Agnew & Boekel, a^ ^an Francisco, Cal., Rea, Free & Jacka> °f TSan Jose Cal. and Marvin Os-^urn, ^os Angeles, Cal., for appellee RlndSe Land & Navigation Co.
Before WILBUR, GARRECHT, and DENMAN, Circuit Judges,

Opinion:
DENMAN, Circuit Judge,
The petition for rehearing asserts that jke opjn;on 0f the court in effect finds that j.jle t>Qnc[g were sold by the bondholders' committee to the Pacific States as a result of fraudulent conspiracy and then ignores its finding in reaching its conclusions. No such inference from the findings is warranted. The dealings between the bondholders' committee and the Pacific States were free from any obligation, legal or equitable, to the debtor. In the absence of any lawful obligation to the debtor, the purchase of the bonds is not converted into a fraudulent conspiracy because one or all the negotiators had a motive, however unethical in character, which would be satisfied by the fact that the lawful profit, if made, would exhaust the proceeds of the sale of the security given by the debtor corporation and leave nothing for it and its stockholders. It is not incumbent upon the court to assess the justification or lack of it, for the personal resentments between the representatives of the two syndicates after months of hostile negotiation,
Pétition for rehearing denied,