FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK v. GELT FUNDING, CORP.

No. 92 Civ. 0790 (MBM).

820 F.Supp. 89 (1993)

FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK, a Federal Savings Bank, a federal stock association, Plaintiff, v. GELT FUNDING, CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger B. Mead, Margaret E. Murray, Folger & Levin, San Francisco, CA, Robert M. Abrahams, Lynn E. Judell, Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York City, for plaintiff.

Lewis R. Clayton, Brian F. Havel, Mark A. Silberman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Gelt Funding Corp., Allen I. Gross, Edith Gross, Solomon Werdiger, Esther Werdiger, 350 Sterling Associates, Brookhaven Realty Associates and 2608 Realty Associates.

Nathan Lewin, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, Sara Moss, J. Jay Lobell, Howard, Darby & Levin, New York City, for defendant Ralph Herzka.

Irving P. Seidman, Lawrence H. Silverman, Allen L. Weintraub, Irving P. Seidman, P.C., New York City, for defendants 1261 Central Avenue Owners Corp., 36 Plaza Street Owners Corp., and Robert Wolf.

Robin Feingold Singer, Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, for defendants New Heights (765 Riverside) Limited Partnership, New Heights (765 Riverside) Management Corp., New Heights (173-174) Ltd. Partnership, Temple Apartments Management Corp., and Crown Equities Ltd. Partnership.

Edward D. Fagan, Fagan & Associates, New York City, for defendants Shimon Eckstein and 505 Realty Associates.

Meir Unsdorfer, pro se.

Sheldon Rudoff, Mark S. Arisohn, James W. Johnson, Goodkind, Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, New York City, for defendants David Malek, Peter Rebenwurzel, Adar Two Realty, 730 Realty Associates, 740 Realty Associates, and 2344 Davidson Associates.

Meir Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld & Maidenbaum, Cedarhurst, NY, for defendant Judah Wolf.

Richard H. Dolan, Schlam, Stone & Dolan, New York City, for defendants 65-11 Realty Co., Aviezer Cohen, Elaine Cohen, 100 Realty Company, Esther Shur, and E. Philip Weingarten.


OPINION AND ORDER

MUKASEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff First Nationwide Bank sues defendants Gelt Funding, Corp., et al., under RICO, 18 U.S.C. § 1962, and state law. Plaintiff alleges that defendants fraudulently misrepresented the value of commercial properties and induced it to make non-recourse loans secured by those properties. In a previous opinion, familiarity with which is assumed, this Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff...

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