ROBERTS v. HEIM

No. C 84-8069 TEH.

670 F.Supp. 1466 (1987)

Phillip D. ROBERTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Werner HEIM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

March 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Gold, George Donaldson, Solomon B. Cera, San Francisco, Cal., Philips D. Roberts, Winokur, Maier & Zang, Woodford G. Rowland, San Rafael, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Ernest Y. Sevier, Loraine P. Eber, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants Somers & Altenbach and Robert E. Altenbach.

Boake Christensen, Richard North Patterson, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.

James Robertson, Patricia D. Douglass, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for defendant Lewin and Associates, Inc.

Robert J. Glynn, Gary A. Cerio, Glynn & Harvey, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Baskin & Steingut fka Baskin & Sears.

Karen L. Hawkins, Christina Johnson, Taggart & Hawkins, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Neil Rogen.

James A. Cunningham, Boulder, Colo., in pro per.

Kurt C. Peterson, Mary C. Oppedahl, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, Cal., for defendant T. Kenneth Pyles.

David B. Epstein, Charles Marshall, Margolis, McTernan, Scope & Epstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Todd M. Doscher, The Doscher Group, Inc., and CLD Group, Inc.

Dennis M. Bourquin, Los Altos, Cal., for defendant William R. Conklin.

Kenneth D. Robin, San Francisco, Cal., for specially appearing non-defendants/TRO Respondents Energy Reserve Resources, Ltd., T. Michael Carrington, Joseph Babich and Larry Melnick.

George B. Richardson, Holtzman, Wise & Shepard, Palo Alto, Cal., and R. Nicholas Gimbel, Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard, New York City, for defendants Lewin Energy Corp., Vello A. Kuuskraa, Technology Catalysts, Inc. and R.L. DiCicco.

Ernest M. Anderson, Eckhoff, Hoppe, Slick, Mitchell & Anderson, San Francisco, Cal., and Dan Biles, Gates & Clyde Chartered, Overland Park, Kan., for defendant C. Norris Taylor Jr.

Richard A. Ardoin, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., Michael H. Greenberg, Gary S. Mayerson, Graubard, Moskovitz, Dannett, Horowitz & Mollen, New York City, for defendant Richard B. Basile.

Robert L. Leberman, Cheryl G. Weisbard, Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants American Energy Resources, Inc., AER Investments, Inc., The Forsee Group, Ltd., Drake Oil Technology Partners, Vulcan Oil Technology Partners, Vanguard Oil Technology Partners, Derringer Oil Technology Partners 1981, Crown Oil Technology Partners, Dillon Oil Technology Partners, Derringer Oil Technology Partners 1982, Castaic Oil Technology Partners, Carlton Oil Technology Partners, Ltd., and Louis F. Coppage (partnership defendants).

A. James Roberson II, Michael Q. Eagan, Peter J. Busch, Howard, Rice, Nemovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Friedman and Shaftan, P.C.

Tristam B. Brown, James J. Corbelli, Lillick, McHose & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

George J. Ziser, Andrew C. Wolin, Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner, Oakland, Cal., for defendants Schumacher & Hickey and Frederick R. Schumacher, Ltd. a P.C.

Stephen C. Tausz, Richard A. Ardoin, Stephen D. Colwell, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Glenda Exploration and Development Co.

Darrell D. McCullough, Denver, Colo., in pro per.

Roger B. Pool, Mark D. Petersen, Farella, Braun & Martel, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Fox & Co.

Richard Haas, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, Cal., for Robert E. Altenbach.

Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz & Zukerman, Edward R. Curtin, New York City, for Richard Basile, and Manhatton Partnership.

Robert D. Radcliffe, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Werner Heim, et al.

David M. Greenberg, Professional Corp., San Francisco, Cal., for Texoil Intern., Inc.

E. Lawrence Brock, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Am. Energy Resources, Aer, Foresee Grp., Louis F. Coppage and Denver Partnerships.


ORDER CONCERNING MOTIONS TO DISMISS, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND FOR SANCTIONS

THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action are six individuals who invested in four limited partnerships ostensibly organized to produce oil and gas through the use of new "enhanced oil recovery technology" ("EOR"). These named plaintiffs are attempting to proceed as class representatives for over 1000 persons who invested in these four...

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