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RESOLUTION TRUST CORP. v. FORD MALL ASSOC. LTD.

Civ. No. 4-89-971.

796 F.Supp. 1233 (1992)

RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION, in its Capacity as Conservator for Midwest Savings Association, a Federal Association, Plaintiff, v. FORD MALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; a Minnesota limited partnership; Haskell's Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Milton Cohen; Joseph Weis; Specialty Sales Service, Inc.; Julius B. Nelson & Son, Inc.; St. Paul Linoleum & Carpet Co., Inc.; Minnesota Mechanical, Inc.; Seal-Treat, Inc.; Wheeler Hardware Company; Jesco, Inc.; J.P. Albert Co., Inc.; Nichols & Hines, Inc.; Ron's Cabinets, Inc.; Gateway Glass Co.; Pope Associates, Inc.; Yale Incorporated; Stewart Lumber Company; Specialty Systems, Inc.; Grazzini Brothers & Company; Industrial Sprinkler Corporation; Curran V. Nielsen Company, Inc.; Minnesota Fence & Iron Works, Inc.; Weber Electric, Inc.; Weis Builders, Inc.; Wilfred S. Gall d/b/a Willie's Dumpster Service; Minuti-Ogle Co., Inc.; Spancrete Midwest Company; Western Steel Erection, Inc.; Glenn Rehbein Excavating, Inc., Defendants, and Weis Builders, Inc., Intervener. WEIS BUILDERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. FORD MALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; Milton J. Cohen; Joseph C. Weis; Resolution Trust Corporation, in its capacity as Conservator for Midwest Savings Association, a Federal Association; Minuti-Ogle Co., Inc.; Jesco, Inc.; Yale, Inc.; Gateway Glass Co.; Weber Electric, Inc.; Industrial Sprinkler Corporation; Pope Associates, Inc.; St. Paul Linoleum & Carpet Co., Inc.; Seal-Treat, Inc.; Wheeler Hardware Company; Ron's Cabinets, Inc.; Stewart Lumber Company; Nichols & Hines, Inc.; Grazzini Brothers & Company; Specialty Systems, Inc.; Julius B. Nelson & Son, Inc.; Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association; The Roseville Bank; and Haskell's Inc., Defendants, and Spancrete Midwest Company, Intervener, v. RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION, in its Capacity as Conservator for Midwest Savings Association, a Federal Association, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. LAWYERS TITLES INSURANCE CORPORATION and Metro Title Corporation, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

January 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth Senkus, Patrick J. McLaughlin, Linda J. Soranno, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Madge S. Thorsen, and Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minn., for Resolution Trust Corporation.

Milton Cohen, pro se.

Paul L. Ratelle, and Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra, Davis & Hart, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Lawyers Titles Ins. Corp. and Metro Title Corp.

Al Edwall, and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, Minn., for Ford Mall Associates Limited Partnership and Joseph C. Weis.

Jeffrey A. Hanson, Paul William Bucher, Ken D. Schueler, and Dunlap, Finseth, Berndt & Sandberg, Rochester, Minn., for Weis Builders, Inc.

James K. Sander, and Wagner, Johnston & Falconer, Minneapolis, Minn., for Mechanics' Lien Coordinator.

William D. Hull, and Timmer & Van Vliet, Minneapolis, Minn., for Jesco, Inc.

Alan K. Ruvelson, Jr., and Ruvelson, Kautzer & Schmidt, Ltd., St. Paul, Minn., for Wheeler Hardware Co.

Jack D. Elmquist, Thomas F. Surprenant, and Jack D. Elmquist Law Offices, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minuti-Ogle Co.

Peter C. Halls, and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Julius B. Nelson & Son, Inc.

Joseph F. Grabowski, Grabowski Law Office, Plymouth, Minn., for Specialty Sales Service, Inc.

Philip T. Colton, Maun & Simon, Minneapolis, Minn., for St. Paul Linoleum & Carpet Co., Inc.

Michael D. Quayle, Green, Merrigan, Johnson & Quayle, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minnesota Mechanical, Inc.

Thomas J. Williams, Miller & Williams, Minneapolis, Minn., for Seal-Treat, Inc.

J.P. Albert Co., Inc., pro se.

Jack Mertes, Edina, Minn., for J.P. Albert Co. Inc.

John M. Koneck, Ronda P. Bayer, Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, Minn., for Nichols & Hines, Inc.

David Joseph Meyers, Rinke & Noonan, St. Cloud, Minn., for Ron's Cabinets, Inc.

Michael John Minenko, Michael D Madigan, Johnson & Madigan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Gateway Glass Co.

James Eric Lindell, Minneapolis, Minn., for Pope Associates, Inc.

James Kenneth Sander, Wagner, Johnston & Falconer, Minneapolis, Minn., for Yale, Inc.

John Gilbert Gisselquist, Gisselquist Law Office, St. Paul, Minn., for Stewart Lumber Co.

Harold Julian Slawik, III, Slawik Law Office, St. Paul, Minn., Melissa A. Miller, Roseville, Minn., for Grazzini Bros. & Co.

John Gerard Patterson, Timothy Charles Cook, Moore, Costello & Hart, St. Paul, Minn., for Industrial Sprinkler.

Peter W. Johnson, Johnson & Wood, Wayzata, Minn., for Curran V. Nielsen Co.

Andrew J. Eisenzimmer, John C. Gunderson, Meier, Kennedy & Quinn, St. Paul, Minn., for Minnesota Fence & Iron Works, Inc.

Todd Stedtfeld, Stedtfeld Law Office, River Falls, Wis., Bruce Lennart Beck, Galena & Beck, St. Paul, Minn., for Weber Elec., Inc.

Allen E. Christy, Jr., Hadlick, Hoedeman & Christy, Minneapolis, Minn., for Wilfred S. Gall.

James Todd Swenson, MacKall, Crounse & Moore, Minneapolis, Minn., David Paul Newman, Herrick & Newman, Coon Rapids, Minn., for Spancrete Midwest Co.

Robert P. Laue, Snelling, Christensen & Briant, Minneapolis, Minn., for Western Steel Erection, Inc.

Jeffrey L. Knutson, Glenn Rehbein Excavating, Inc., Lino Lakes, Minn., for Glenn Rehbein Excavating, Inc.

Gary Alan Heck, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Norwest Bank Minneapolis.

Paul D. Dove, Arnold & McDowell, Minneapolis, Minn., for Roseville Bank.

Paul Laurin Ratelle, Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra & Davis, Gerald G. Workinger, Jr., Workinger Law Office, Minneapolis, Minn., for Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.

ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

This case involves various disputes arising out of the renovation and new construction of the Ford Mall project ("project").1 On December 29, 1986, Ford Mall Association Limited Partnership ("FMALP"), the project's developer, executed a mortgage to MWF Mortgage Corporation ("MWF"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association ("Midwest Federal"). MWF...

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