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UNITED STATES v. BENITEZ

Nos. 286, 287, Dockets 85-6112, 85-6126.

779 F.2d 135 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Richard BENITEZ; Kenneth Creasy; Duncan Matteson; David Hawkins; James Irwin; John E. Austin; Thomas Gamboa; John Bernard; Steven Brock; Marvin Trepus; Robert Robinson; Doris Lashley; Fred Bryant; Joseph Caldrillo; Robert Hilden; Walter Passero; Arthur Chessler; Frank Domish; Steve Roaldson; Robert Johnson; Richard Mietzner; Donald Voth; John Lomenzo; Thomas Anderson; Harry Nelson; Robert Short; Marjorie Steinforth; William Aufleger; Robert Johnson; Danny Mallicoat; Mario Posillico; Clyde Henderson; F.C. Strange; Allen Torgerson; Mike Carlton; Rick R. Beyers; Billy Bob Barnett; Samuel Mevoroch; Brent L. Kidman; Charles Piscitelli; George Martin; Charles Norris; Kenneth Browning; Jim Renton; Joseph Bolker; Alex Mood; Marvin Margolin; Kenneth Frank; Edwin Bakerman; James Ariyoshi; Robert Woodward; Scott Arrigton; Art Bryden; Dominick Mack; Meine Construction Co.; Universal Group; Founders Equity; S.T.T., Inc.; John Eddy; Claude Ellena; Robert Campbell; SCM Land Co.; James Hanna; Charles Engle; David Rothberg; Ralph Wilcox; John Godfrey; Allen Morris Co.; Robert Bjerke; Ronald Goodwyn; Jim Granger; Jack Horton; Gary Johnston; Max Prosise; Warner Stone; James Taylor; Richard Hadley; RailAmerica; Charles Rigby; Tak Enomoto; Gerwin Rohrbach; Ronald Ramos; Patscheck Development Co.; James Chenevert; Lawrence Conkerton; M.P. Dumesnil; John Federbusch; Sandra Foutz; Thomas Galloway; Jimmy Hayes; John Knight; E.R. Lolly; Jesse Lonques; Sam McVea; Charles Quinn; Edmund Reggie; Emile Reggie; Bob Rogers; William L. Steele; Innkeeper Associates; Crossbow Ventures, Inc.; E. Dennis White; Larry Young; Joe Zalta; Park-Redhill Co-Par; Michael Friedman; Sid Feldman; Daniel Hammon; Gordon Mullens; Harry Meier; Olympic-Vermont Shopping Center; Dennis Hollyhand; John Golestani; Yardarm Restaurants; F.C. Stangl; Jack Atkins; Mike Severson; Carl F. Guy; Lawrence McRea; Jack J. Rand; Young D. Park; Dean Echelbarger; Larry A. Hull; Aaron Seligson, Defendants, Philip B. Tannenbaum; World International Limited; International CondoResort-Pacific Ventures; Huckobey Land Development, Inc.; Grand Wilshire Investment, Inc.; Grand Wilshire Equity, Inc.; and 81st West River Company, Defendants-Intervenors, Duncan Matteson; John E. Austin; Thomas Gamboa; Robert Robinson; Robert Hilden; Frank Domish; Robert Johnson; Harry Nelson; Larry A. Hull and Carl F. Guy, Defendants-Appellants, Richard Benitez; Kenneth Creasey; David Hawkins; James Irwin; John Bernard; Steven Brock; Marvin Trepus; Doris Lashley; Fred Bryant; Joseph Caldrillo; Walter Passero; Arthur Chessler; Steve Roaldson; Richard Mietzner; Donald Voth; John Lomenzo; Thomas Anderson; Robert Short; Marjorie Steinforth; William Aufleger; Danny Mallicoat; Mario Posillico; Clyde Henderson; F.C. Strange; Allen Torgerson; Mike Carlton; Rick R. Beyers; Billy Bob Barnett; Samuel Mevoroch; Brent L. Kidman; Charles Piscitelli; George Martin; Charles Norris; Kenneth Browning; Jim Renton; Joseph Bolker; Alex Mood; Marvin Margolin; Kenneth Frank; Edwin Bakerman; James Ariyoshi; Robert Woodward; Scott Arrigton; Art Bryden; Dominick Mack; Meine Construction Co.; Universal Group; Founders Equity; S.T.T., Inc.; John Eddy; Claude Ellena; Robert Campbell; SCM Land Co.; James Hanna; Charles Engle; David Rothberg; Ralph Wilcox; John Godfrey; Allen Morris Co.; Robert Bjerke; Ronald Goodwyn; Jim Granger; Jack Horton; Gary Johnston; Max Prosise; Warner Stone; James Taylor; Richard Hadley; RailAmerica; Charles Rigby; Tak Enomoto; Gerwin Rohrbach; Ronald Ramos; Patscheck Development Co.; James Chenevert; Lawrence Conkerton; M.P. Dumesnil; John Federbusch; Sandra Foutz; Thomas Galloway; Jimmy Hayes; John Knight; E.R. Lolly; Jesse Lonques; Sam McVea; Charles Quinn; Edmund Reggie; Emile Reggie; Bob Rogers; William L. Steele; Innkeeper Associates; Crossbow Ventures, Inc.; E. Dennis White; Larry Young; Joe Zalta; Park-Redhill Co-Par; Michael Friedman; Sid Feldman; Daniel Hammon; Gordon Mullens; Harry Meier; Olympic-Vermont Shopping Center; Dennis Hollyhand; John Golestani; Yardarm Restaurants; F.C. Stangl; Jack Atkins; Mike Severson; Lawrence McRea; Jack J. Rand; Young D. Park; Dean Echelbarger; Aaron Seligson, Defendants-Appellees, Philip B. Tannenbaum; World International Limited; International CondoResort-Pacific Ventures; Huckobey Land Development, Inc.; Grand Wilshire Investment, Inc.; Grand Wilshire Equity, Inc.; and 81st West River Company, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Dwyer, Syracuse, N.Y. (Lisa Gayle Bradley, Langan, Grossman, Kinney & Dwyer, Syracuse, N.Y., of counsel), for appellants Matteson, Austin, Gamboa, Robinson, Hilden, Domish, Johnson, Nelson and Hull.

Carl F. Guy, Syracuse, N.Y., for appellant Carl F. Guy.

David E. Peebles, Hancock & Estabrook, Syracuse, N.Y., for appellee S.T.T., Inc.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, VAN GRAAFEILAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

MESKILL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a memorandum of decision and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, McCurn, J., issued pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 53(e)(2). The court adopted in part and rejected in part the report of the Special Master in an interpleader action and ordered that 53 defendants-claimants share pro rata in the property held by the United States as a disinterested stakeholder. The district court...

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