LEVINE v. EMPIRE SAV. & LOAN ASS'N

Nos. 74-012, 75-029.

579 P.2d 642 (1977)

Mark L. LEVINE a/k/a Mark Lee Levine, and Ellen S. Levine, formerly known as Ellen Sachter, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EMPIRE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, James B. Nutter & Company, Midland Federal Savings and Loan Association, Mile High Savings and Loan Association, and Western Federal Savings and Loan Association, corporations, Defendants-Appellees. Ellen S. LEVINE a/k/a Ellen H. Levine a/k/a Ellen Levine formerly known as Ellen Sachter, Mark L. Levine a/k/a Mark Lee Levine a/k/a Mark Levine, Roger Michels, Allan P. Ansel, Patty J. Ansel, James T. Ayers, Mary K. Ayers, Medill McCormick Barnes, Getty Lee Chaikin, Dee Ann Clark a/k/a Dee Ann Rogers Clark, John F. Cook, Anne E. Cook, George P. Harris, Pearl K. Harris, George A. Hinshaw, Alberta M. Hinshaw, Kathlyn J. Hinshaw, Douglas C. Hunt, Violet M. Hunt, Harold G. Kallas, Tetta Kallas, Martin Kamine, Mildred E. Kamine, Max W. Lawler, Deborah K. Lawler, Andy Leon, Ramond P. Mecherle, Ann S. Mecherle, Peter C. Meer, Sheila H. Meer, Johnnie R. Smoker, Maryln E. Smoker, Robert M. Vockrodt, Jesse H. Wine and Elma M. Wine on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CENTRAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT COMPANY, Colorado State Bank, Empire Savings and Loan Association, Kassler & Co., Midland Federal Savings and Loan Association, Midland Mortgage Co., Mile High Savings and Loan Association, James B. Nutter & Company, Western Federal Savings and Loan Association, Weyerhaeuser Mortgage Company, D. C. Burns Realty, Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Association, the Central Bank & Trust Company, Colorado National Bank, Colorado National Mortgage Company, Columbia Savings & Loan Association, First American Mortgage, First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of Denver, First National Bank of Denver, First of Denver Mortgage Company, Garrett-Bromfield, Moore Mortgage Co., Mortgage Institute Co., Mountain States Financial Corp., Silver State Savings & Loan Assn., and Van Schaack & Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division I.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1978.

Certiorari Granted May 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hellerstein & Levine, Harry L. Hellerstein, Aurora, Criswell & Patterson, John A. Criswell, Englewood, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 74-012.

Criswell, Patterson & Ballantine, John A. Criswell, John N. McNamara, Jr., Englewood, Lawrence A. Wright, Jr., Kiowa, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 75-029.

Kenneth T. Sullivan, Denver, for defendant-appellee Empire Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 75-029.

Calkins, Kramer, Grimshaw & Harring Richard L. Harring, Denver, for defendant-appellee Empire Sav. and Loan Ass'n in Nos. 74-012 and 75-029.

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover Robert E. Warren, Jr., Denver, for defendant-appellee, Moore Mortgage Co. in No. 75-029.

Charles J. Hafertepen, Denver, for defendant-appellee Columbia Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 75-029.

Fairfield & Woods, Charlton H. Carpenter, Denver, for defendant-appellee Midland Federal Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 74-012 and No. 75-029.

Balaban & Lutz, Harlan G. Balaban, Denver, for defendant-appellee Mile High Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 74-012 and No. 75-029.

Mosley, Wells & Spence, James H. Mosley, Denver, for defendant-appellee Western Federal Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 74-012 and No. 75-029.

Hayden, Ross & Sweeney, William G. Ross, Denver, for defendant-appellee First Federal Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 75-029.

Holland & Hart, Robert E. Benson, David G. Palmer, Denver, for defendants-appellees Central Mortg. & Inv. Co., Kassler & Co., Midland Mortg. Co., First American Mortg. Co., the D. C. Burns Realty and Trust Co., First of Denver Mortg. Co., and Mortgage Institute Co. in No. 75-029.

Law, Nagel & Clark, Robert L. Nagel, Denver, for defendant-appellee James B. Nutter and Co. in No. 74-012.

Holland & Hart, Robert E. Benson, David G. Palmer, Denver, for defendant-appellee James B. Nutter and Co. in No. 75-029.

Atler, Zall & Haligman, Jon M. Zall, Denver, for defendants-appellees Silver State Sav. and Loan Ass'n and Van Schaack & Co. in No. 75-029.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, L. Richard Freese, Jr., Denver, for defendants-appellees Colorado Nat. Bank, Central Bank & Trust Co., Colorado Nat. Mortg. Co., Garrett-Bromfield Mortg. Co., and Mountain States Financial Corp. in No. 75-029.

Holme, Roberts & Owen, Donald C. McKinlay, Denver, for defendant-appellee Weyerhaeuser Mortg. Co. in No. 75-029.

Hughes & Dorsey, Kirk P. Brady, Denver, for defendant-appellee First Nat. Bank of Denver in No. 75-029.

Harry M. Williams, Denver, for defendant-appellee Capitol Federal Sav. and Loan Ass'n in No. 75-029.

Dawson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard, Craig A. Christensen, Denver, for defendant-appellee Colorado State Bank in No. 75-029.


RULAND, Judge.

These cases have been consolidated for the purposes of this appeal. The sole issue in each case is whether the trial court's ruling that the plaintiffs' claims could not be pursued as a class action was premature. We affirm the ruling in each case.1

CASE NO. 74-012

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