BUSH v. REWALD

Civ. No. 84-0881.

619 F.Supp. 585 (1985)

Conrad Bryson BUSH, on Behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Ronald R. REWALD, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

As Amended January 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Robert L. Lieff, Lieff & Cabraser, Jonathan J. Wilcox, Mills & Wilcox, San Francisco, Cal., Dennis Tonsing, Richard M. Heimann, Tonsing & Heimann, Danville, Cal., Paul E. DiBianco, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs.

Donald A. Beck, Robert A. Rowan, Thomas E. Crowley, Rhonda L. Griswold, Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Jason G.F. Wong.

William F. Quinn, William C. McCorriston, Bruce C. Lamon, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Dana Smith.

Alexander C. Marrack, Wesley H. Ching, Patricia K. Wall, Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Gerald N.Y.C. Lam.

John R. Dwyer, Jason N. Baba, Carlsmith & Dwyer, Honolulu, Hawaii, for D. Alden Newland.

David W. Proudfoot, David Allan Feller, Case Kay & Lynch, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Ralph D. Black.

Edmund Burke, Gary L. Miller, Burke, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, Honolulu, Hawaii, for John Ing.

James F. Ventura, Rodney S. Nishida, Adrian Y. Chang, Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe & Hughes, and Luman N. Nevels, Honolulu, Hawaii, for William E. Jolly.

Gerald S. Clay, Stanton, Clay & Tom, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Daniel Clement.

Eric A. Seitz, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Karen Koshko Cunningham.

Leslie K.W.C. Fong, Law Offices of Paul A. Tomar, Honolulu, Hawaii, pro se.


DECISION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PENCE, District Judge.

In the summer of 1983, the investment house of Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham & Wong (Bishop Baldwin) was revealed as a gigantic fraud, a "Ponzi scheme, upon those who had entrusted their money to it. Bankruptcy immediately followed.

The factual background of the firm, its absolute control by Ronald R. Rewald, its Chairman, and its collapse are reported in some detail...

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