IN RE LEMONS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Bankruptcy No. BK-S-85-273, Adv. Nos. 85-067, 85-068, 85-076 and 85-079.

67 B.R. 198 (1986)

In re LEMONS & ASSOCIATES, INC., Nevada corporation, Debtor. Brian W. HATOFF, et al., Plaintiff, Plaintiff/Intervenor, v. LEMONS AND ASSOCIATES, INC., a Nevada corporation, et al., Defendant, Defendant/Intervenor. Leroy R. BERGSTROM, Trustee et al., Plaintiff, Plaintiff/Intervenor, v. E.J. and E.C. BOONE, et al., Defendants, Defendant/Intervenor. Leroy R. BERGSTROM, Trustee et al., Plaintiff, Plaintiff/Intervenor, v. Theodore W. and Hazel M. GAUERT, et al. Leroy R. BERGSTROM, Trustee, et al., Plaintiff, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Theodore W. and Hazel M. GAUERT, et al., Defendants, Defendants-Intervenor. Austen L. HAYDIS, et al., Plaintiff, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. LEMONS AND ASSOCIATES, INC., a Nevada corporation, et al., Defendants, Defendants-Intervenor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada.

September 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Riegle, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, Nev., Bert Goldwater, Lionel, Lawyer & Collins, Reno, Nev., for debtor.

Luther Kent Orton, Christina R. Pfirrman, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Ca., Jeffrey L. Hartman, Reno, Nev., Mike K. Nakagawa, Mark Gorton, Cooper & Shaffer, Sacramento, Ca., for trustee/plaintiff Leroy R. Bergstrom.

J. Stephen Peek, Victoria S. Mendoza, Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison & Howard, Reno, Nev., for plaintiffs/intervenors Haydis and Hatoff.

John J. Dawson, Craig D. Hansen, Streich, Lang, Weeks & Cardon, P.C., Phoenix, Az., for intervenor Beneficiary Committee.

Cheryl A. Skigin, Reno, Nev., for defendants-intervenors E.J. and E.C. Boone.

Bruce T. Beesley, Robinson, Lyle, Belaustegui & Robb, Reno, Nev., for defendant/intervenor Sherrick.

John C. Renshaw, Sallie B. Armstrong, Vargas & Bartlett, Reno, Nev., for intervenor Unsecured Creditors.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

ROBERT CLIVE JONES, Chief Judge.

Lemons and Associates, Inc. and related entities ("Lemons") filed under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in April 1985. Immediately at issue was the status of several thousand "investors" who may have ownership rights in promissory notes secured by deeds of trust on real property. The above-captioned adversary proceedings were chosen as "test cases" and consolidated for trial of their common legal issues...

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