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MATEK v. MURAT

Nos. 86-6292, 86-6302, 86-6303, 86-6371, 86-6372 and 87-5592.

862 F.2d 720 (1988)

Budimir MATEK; Eleanor Matek; Martin Matek; Marijan Dusevic; Mario Forgiarini; Mary L. Forgiarini; John Zivkovic; Judith Zivkovic; Vinco Marich; Cvita Marich, Plaintiffs, and Rex Martin; Carolyn Martin; David A. Hill; Diane S. Hill; Ruth Thayer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Chester J. Hummel; Celia A. Hummel; Ronald A. Lebetsamer; Minor, Popeny & Lebetsamer; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund; West Coast Diesel, Inc.; Orange Production Credit Association, Defendants-Appellees. Budimir MATEK; Eleanor Matek; Martin Matek; Marijan Dusevic; Mario Forgiarini; Mary L. Forgiarini, Plaintiffs, and Rex Martin; Carolyn Martin; David A. Hill; Diane S. Hill; Ruth Thayer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund; West Coast Diesel, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Budimir MATEK; Eleanor Matek; Martin Matek; Marijan Dusevic; Mario Forgiarini; Mary L. Forgiarini; John Zivkovic; Judith Zivkovic; Vinco Marich; Cvita Marich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Rex Martin; Carolyn Martin; David A. Hill; Diane S. Hill; Ruth Thayer, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Chester J. Hummel; Celia A. Hummel; Ronald A. Lebetsamer; Minor, Popeney & Lebetsamer; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund; West Coast Diesel, Inc.; Orange Production Credit Association, Defendants-Appellees. Budimir MATEK; Eleanor Matek; Martin Matek; Marijan Dusevic; Mario Forgiarini; Mary L. Forgiarini; Rex Martin; Carolyn M. Martin; David A. Hill; Diane S. Hill; Ruth Thayer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Chester J. Hummel; Celia A. Hummel; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund; West Coast Diesel, Inc., Defendants, and Ronald A. Lebetsamer; Minor, Popeney & Lebetsamer, Defendants-Appellants. Budimir MATEK; Eleanor Matek; Martin Matek; Marijan Dusevic; Rex Martin; Carolyn M. Martin; David A. Hill; Diane S. Hill; Ruth Thayer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund; West Coast Diesel, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Ronald A. Lebetsamer; Minor, Popeney & Lebetsamer, Orange Production Credit Association, Defendants. Budimir MATEK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph MURAT; Veronica M. Murat; Port Welding & Machine Works, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust Fund, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson H. Chan, and William J. Hickey, Borton, Petrini & Conron, Bakersfield, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mark Kester Brown, Kinsella, Boesch, Fujikawa & Towle, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Raphael Metzger, Seal Beach, Cal., for defendants-appellees-appellants.

Howard M. Jaffe and David B. Rosenman, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Los Angeles, Cal., and Michael Fate, Culver City, Cal., for defendants-appellees and defendants-appellants, Lebetsamer and Minor, Popeney & Lebetsamer.

Before PREGERSON, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

The major issue in this appeal is whether the appellants' general partnership interests are securities under the federal securities laws. The lower court held that the interests were not securities, stayed the appellants' RICO claims pending this appeal, and dismissed pendent state claims. The district court also denied the Murats' motion for execution on bonds given by the appellants to secure an injunction. Matek v. Murat, ...

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