Opinion ID: 10313
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Statement by Humphrey's Counsel at Oral Argument

Text: 84 Finally, counsel for C & B makes the grave allegation that Humphrey's attorney intentionally misled this court at oral argument. He specifically charges that Humphrey's attorney told this panel that Humphrey never entered into joint ventures with employees of other companies similar to that alleged in this case. This alleged statement is supposedly at odds with Humphrey's trial testimony in which he identified several employees of other companies with whom he had similar dealings. There is no basis for C & B's charge. At oral argument Humphrey's attorney simply refuted the charge that Humphrey always operated through the employees of other companies. His next statement was that there were, however, some individuals with whom Mr. Humphrey had had similar deals. The frequency with which Humphrey approached others for his deals, not the fact of his ever using this method of operation, was the assertion with which Humphrey's attorney disagreed, and no more.