NELSON v. BENNETT

Nos. CIV. S-83-820 RAR, CIV. S-84-0858 RAR.

662 F.Supp. 1324 (1987)

Loyal E. NELSON, William G. Stash, and John Hartell, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Vern BENNETT; Bennett Farms, Inc.; Deloitte Haskins & Sells; Gerald Niesar; Niesar, Moody, Hill, Massey & Kregstein; Laventhol & Horwath; Thomas Nevis, Nevis Industries, Inc.; R. Grant Cline; and R & M Investment Marketing, Defendants. Robert I. ELLSWORTH and Patricia J. Ellsworth, David W. Forsgett and Roselene J. Fosgett, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Michael Dobbs, Niesar Moody Hill Massey & Kregstein, Gerald Niesar, Mary Ann Feist, Kenneth B. Flating, Vern Bennett, R & M Investment Marketing and Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

As Modified June 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Sanborg, Keith R. Weed, Stephen D. Coldwell, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for Laventhol & Horwath.

J. Thomas Hannan, Ronald Lovitt, Lovitt & Hannan, San Francisco, Cal., for Nelson.

Donald H. Dye, Dye, Thomas, Luebs & Mort, Riverside, Cal., for the Ellsworths.

Michael E. Zacharia, Robert L. Shipley, James M. Meier, Weintraub, Genshlea, Hardy, Erich & Brown, Sacramento, Cal., for Niesar.

Philip B. Price, Price, Price, Brown & Halsey, Chico, Cal., for Thomas Nevis and Nevis Industries, Inc.

Philip R. Rotner, Charlene S. Shimade, Rebecca A. Lenaburg, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., John V. Diepenbrock, David A. Riegels, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, Cal., for Deliotte Haskins & Sells.

Frank R. Ubhaus, Pitto, Ubhaus & Waite, San Jose, Cal. for R & M Investment Marketing.

Robert Padway, San Francisco, Cal., for Bank of America.

Claire Greve, Sacramento, Cal., for Michael Dobbs.


ORDER

RAMIREZ, District Judge.

On January 14, 1987, the above-entitled matters came on specially for hearing before the undersigned on a motion to effectuate settlement brought by defendants GERALD V. NIESAR, MARY ANN (FEIST) McCAMANT, and the law firm of NIESAR, MOODY, HILL, MASSEY & KREGSTEIN (the Niesar defendants). Thomas Hannan, Esq. and Ronald Lovitt, Esq., appeared for the plaintiff class in Nelson v. Bennett (Nelson plaintiffs)...

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