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61 FEDERAL APPENDIX

Murray E. Abowitz, Abowitz, Timberlake & Dahnke, P.C, Ross A. Plourde, Michael J. LaBrie, McAfee & Taft, Oklahema City, OK, David Nimmer, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee.

Andrew M. Low, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, D. Kent Meyers, Phillip L. Free, Oklahoma City, OK, Steven G. Hill, Eric Maurer, Peter F. Schoenthaler, Hill & Kertscher, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, ALDISERT,[* 1] and McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.

ORDER AND JUDGMENT[** 1]

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

Declaratory judgment defendant, third-party and counterclaim plaintiff Urantia Foundation appeals the district court’s denial of its renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law and its alternative motion for a new trial. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

I. Background

Urantia Foundation is a charitable trust formed under Illinois law. Michael Foundation is a non-profit corporation orga-

  1. *The Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.
  1. **This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R 36.3.