BLACK & COMPANY v. NOVA-TECH, INC.

Civ. Nos. 71-168, 71-190, 71-232, 71-236.

333 F.Supp. 468 (1971)

BLACK & COMPANY, Inc., an Oregon corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NOVA-TECH, INC., a California corporation, et al., Defendants. Julius J. NEILS, Plaintiff, v. BLACK & COMPANY, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. NOVA-TECH, INC., a California corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. NORTHERN PACIFIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation, Plaintiff, v. BLACK & COMPANY, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Lawrence S. Black, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, and Nova-Tech, Inc., a California corporation, et al., Defendants, v. Alan J. BARTON et al., Third-Party Defendants. G. L. COMPTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gardiner S. DUTTON, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

September 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Fraser, David G. Hayhurst, Barnes H. Ellis, Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs Black & Company, Inc.

Jack L. Kennedy, Dennis W. Skarstad, Portland, Or., for defendants Waters, Scott, Krueger, Riordan, Marsh, Caps, Guinn, Guthner, Kaufer, Foster, Hill & Barton.

Eric R. Haessler and Donald H. Pearlman, Keane, Haessler, Harper & Pearlman, Portland Or., for Frederick J. Warren.

Myron W. Curzon, Los Angeles, Cal., for Florence C. Alperin.

Leonard J. Heilman, pro se.

John Deacon, Los Angeles, Cal., Edward Fitzgibbon, Portland, Or., for Sidney P. Held.

Walter H. Evans, Jr., William D. Peek, Portland, Or., for Leonard J. Heilman.

Barnes H. Ellis, Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, James C. Dezendorf, McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears & Lubersky, Portland, Or., for Gardiner S. Dutton.

William E. Hurley, Bernard, Hurley, Hodges & Kneeland, Portland, Or., for plaintiff Julius J. Neils.

Kenneth E. Roberts, Douglas J. White, Jr., Kenneth E. Roberts, Jr., Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland, Or., for plaintiff Northern Pacific Capital Corp.

Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Los Angeles, Cal., for Sidney P. Held.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, District Judge:

Motions by defendants to dismiss in four related actions have been consolidated for hearing. The principal issue is whether the court has long-arm jurisdiction over California lawyers alleged to have participated in sales of unregistered securities within the district of Oregon.

In civil case No. 71-168, the several plaintiffs are Oregon residents who purchased unregistered securities from Nova...

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