PNC BANK, KENTUCKY, INC. v. HOUSING MORTGAGE CORP.

Civ. A. No. 92-2215.

899 F.Supp. 1399 (1994)

PNC BANK, KENTUCKY, INC., successor by name change to Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, Plaintiff, and Palm Beach Federal Savings Bank, The Allegheny County Residential Finance Authority, First National Bank of Keystone, W. Va., Pennsylvania State Housing Finance Agency, Pennsylvania State Employes' Retirement Board, Pennsylvania Public School Employes' Retirement Board, Resolution Trust Corporation, Receiver of Aspen Federal Bank, and Federal National Mortgage Association, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. HOUSING MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Ioannis Avradinis, a/k/a John Avradinis, Haralambos Avradinis, a/k/a Harry Avradinis, Amarjit Singh Bhalla, a/k/a Armjit Singh Bhalla, Harjit Singh Bhalla, John R. Hancock, Edward A. Rendulic, Kenneth Hanna, Peter Kakoyiannis, and Edwards & Angell, a law firm, Defendants. PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, Allegheny County Residential Finance Authority, Pennsylvania State Employes' Retirement Board, Pennsylvania Public School Employes' Retirement Board, and First National Bank of Keystone, West Virginia, Plaintiffs, v. OLYMPIAN BANK and Grant Thornton, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Woodruff Turner, Thomas R. Johnson, David F. McGonigle, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, for PNC Bank, Kentucky, Inc.

David M. Neuhart, Pittsburgh, PA, George E. McGrann, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, for Palm Beach Federal Savings Bank.

W. Timothy Barry, Barry, Fasulo & Hough, Pittsburgh, PA, for The First National Bank of Keystone.

Ira Weiss, Allegheny County Law Department, Pittsburgh, PA, Howard M. Louik, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, Pittsburgh, PA, for The Allegheny County Residential Finance Authority.

Charles B. Gibbons, Michael Yablonski, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, Calvin R. Koons, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Rebecca L. Peace, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania State Housing Finance Agency.

Charles B. Gibbons, Michael Yablonski, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, Calvin R. Koons, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Ira B. Silverstein, Fox, Rothchild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, Michael D. Siegel, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Charles K. Serine, Bruce A. Feldman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania State Employes' Retirement Board.

Charles B. Gibbons, Michael Yablonski, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, Calvin R. Koons, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Charles K. Serine, Bruce A. Feldman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania Public School Employes' Retirement Board.

Mary P. Portis, Portis & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, Richard A. Francis, Denver, CO, for Resolution Trust.

Ralph A. Finizio, Thomas J. Miller, Houston Harbaugh, Pittsburgh, PA, for Federal National Mortgage Association.

Dennis A. Watson, John R. McGinley, Leo Gerard Daly, Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Lucchino, Pittsburgh, PA, for Housing Mortgage Corporation.

Paul H. Titus, Titus & McConomy, Pittsburgh, PA, for Ioannis Avradinis, Haralambos Avradinis.

Eugene R. Scheiman, Baer, Marks & Upham, New York City, for Amarjit Singh Bhalla.

Harjit Singh Bhalla, Old Brookville, NY, pro se.

Amy Reynolds Hay, United States Attorney's Office, Pittsburgh, PA, J. Christopher Kohn, Robert Hollis, Jack Kaufman, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, James S. Fagerberg, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Government National Mortgage Association, Washington, DC, for Government National Mortgage Association.

John R. Hancock, McCandless Twp, PA, pro se.

Edward A. Rendulic, Bridgeville, PA, pro se.

Kenneth Hanna, Pittsburgh, PA, pro se.

Stanley W. Greenfield, Greenfield & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, Charles A. Stillman, John B. Harris, New York City, for Peter Kakoyiannis.

Stanley W. Greenfield, Greenfield & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, for Edwards & Angell.

Richard R. Nelson, II, Wayne C. Holcombe, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, PA, for Grant Thornton.

Francis C. Rapp, Jr., Feldstein, Grinberg, Stein & McKee, Pittsburgh, PA, for Olympian Bank.

Frederick N. Egler, Jr., Egler, Garrett & Egler, Pittsburgh, PA, Gilbert J. Schroeder, Cole Stephen Kain, Randall I. Marmor, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, Chicago, IL, for Reliance Insurance Company.

David M. Neuhart, Pittsburgh, PA, George E. McGrann, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, for Palm Beach Federal Savings Bank.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

COHILL, District Judge.

On November 9, 1992, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Benson for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), and Rules 3 and 4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.

The magistrate judge's report and recommendation, filed on March 8, 1994, recommended that defendant Grant Thornton's motion to dismiss pursuant to...

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