Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PAGE, Circuit Judge.
During June and November, 1916, defendant, in error, called plaintiff, a resident of Michigan, bought stock in the Inland Coal & Mining Company, an Indiana corporation, from plaintiff in error, called defendant, also an Indiana corporation, and plaintiff claims that the sales were made in the state of Michigan, without compliance by defendant with the 1915 Blue Sky Law of Michigan (chapter 230, Compiled Laws of Michigan 1915). The suit to recover the purchase money paid resulted in a judgment for plaintiff. •
It is urged:
(a) That the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the complaint. No demurrer was filed to the amended complaint.
(b) That the right of action must fail because it is brought under a Michigan statute which has been repealed. There are two sufficient answers to this contention: (1) We are of opinion that rights of action under that statute were saved by the new statute, enacted in 1923 (Pub. Acts 1923, No. 220, § 2). (2) The action was not brought under the statute; it was merely invoked to show the illegality of the acts by which the money sought to be recovered was obtained. The repeal of such a statute does not affect the legality of the transaction. Woods & Co. v. Armstrong, 54 Ala. 150, 25 Am. Rep. 671; Pacific Guano Co. v. Dawkins, 57 Ala. 115; Hochstettler v. Mosier Coal Co., 8 Ind. App. 442, 35 N. E. 927; Quarles v. Evans, 7 La. Ann. 543; Banchor v. Mansel, 47 Me. 58; Hathaway v. Moran, 44 Me. 67; Springfield Bank v. Merrick, 14 Mass. 322; Anding v. Levy, 57 Miss. 51, 34 Am. Rep. 435; Bailey v. Mogg, 4 Denio (N. Y.) 60; Puckett v. Alexander, 102 N. C. 95, 8 S. E. 767, 3 L. R. A. 43; Roby v. West, 4 N. H. 285, 17 Am. Dec. 423; Nichols v. Poulson, 6 Ohio, 305; Peters v. Goulden, 27 Mich. 171.
(c) That the transaction was unaffected by the Michigan statute, because it was an Indiana contract. There is some contradiction in the evidence on this point, but there is an abundance of evidence to support the finding made by the court.
The judgment is affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: C