GOTTLIEB v. WILES

Nos. 92-1392, 93-1126 and 93-1205.

11 F.3d 1004 (1993)

Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; and Albert D. Schonbrunn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Appellants, v. Q.T. WILES; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustees of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustees of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustees of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustees of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; and Ta-Lin Hsu, Defendants-Appellees, v. Stewart CARRELL; Charles P. Waite, Jr.; W. Denman Van Ness; Robert O. Evans; Kenneth L. Guernsey; Daniel Case; Theodore H. Heinrichs; Clifford H. Higgerson; Patrick J. Sansonetti; George M. Drysdale; Kenneth B. Hart; and Michael O. Preletz, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Van Der Velde (Hartley B. Martyn and Laura DiVincenzo, with him on the briefs) of Martyn & Van Der Velde, Cleveland, OH, for appellants.

Robert F. Hill of Hill & Robbins, Denver, CO (Karen A. Tomb, John H. Evans, and Jeffrey M. Hall of Hill & Robbins, Denver, CO; Josef D. Cooper and Tracy R. Kirkham of Cooper & Kirkham, P.C., San Francisco, CA, with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellees.

H. Alan Dill and Robert Dill of Dill, Dill, Carr & Stonbraker, P.C., Denver, CO; Cary B. Lerman and Andrea M. Gauthier of Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for defendant-appellee Q.T. Wiles.

Before McKAY, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Chief Judge.

In this case, we must decide whether, and under what circumstances, an unnamed plaintiff in a class action suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 has standing to appeal the approval of a settlement when the named plaintiffs do not wish to pursue an appeal. This is a question of first impression in this circuit. We hold that standing is dependent upon a grant of intervention, a result which we believe to be consistent with the rule in all...

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