LOU v. BELZBERG

Nos. 86-6144, 86-6057.

834 F.2d 730 (1987)

A. Jacques LOU, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. William BELZBERG; Hyman Belzberg; Samuel Belzberg; First City Financial Corporation; First City Trust Company; Roxboro Investments Ltd.; Bel-Fran Investments Ltd.; Bel-Cal Holdings Ltd.; Bel-Alta Holdings Ltd.; Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.; John R. Hall; Robert T. McCowan; William R. Seaton; Charles J. Luellen; Samuel C. Butler; Eugene W. Erikson; James B. Farley; Robert D. Gordon; Walter W. Hillenmeyer; Don T. McKone; Harold S. Mohler; Grover E. Murray; Jane C. Pfeiffer; Robert S. Reigeluth; James R. Rinehart; F.H. Ross; Robert Stobaugh; Richard L. Terrell; James W. Vandereer; Ashland Oil, Inc., Defendants/Appellees, Pauline Mickler; Erwin A. Sherman; Lynch, Sherman & Cox; Merrill G. Davidoff; Sherrie R. Savett; Berger & Montague, P.C., Respondents/Appellants. A. Jacques LOU, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. William BELZBERG; Hyman Belzberg; Samuel Belzberg; First City Financial Corporation; First City Trust Company; Roxboro Investments Ltd.; Bel-Fran Investments Ltd.; Bel-Cal Holdings Ltd.; Bel-Alta Holdings Ltd.; Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.; John R. Hall; Robert T. McCowan; William R. Seaton; Charles J. Luellen; Samuel C. Butler; Eugene W. Erikson; James B. Farley; Robert D. Gordon; Walter W. Hillenmeyer; Don T. McKone; Harold S. Mohler; Grover E. Murray; Jane C. Pfeiffer; Robert S. Reigeluth; F.H. Ross; Robert B. Stobaugh; Richard L. Terrell; James W. Vandereer, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Withdrawn February 19, 1987.

Resubmitted August 20, 1987.

Decided November 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Warren and Claire D. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

William S. Leach, San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Before HUG, FLETCHER and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

A. Jacques Lou (Lou) appeals the district court's denial of Lou's motion to remand, the granting of a motion to transfer the action to the Southern District of New York, and the enjoining of a similar state court proceeding. The district court found that Lou improperly pled a section 17(a) violation of the 1933 Securities Act and that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims, 18 U.S.C. §...

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