PRITZKER v. YARI

Nos. 93-2374, 94-1128 and 94-1129.

42 F.3d 53 (1994)

Jay A. PRITZKER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Bob YARI, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger R. Crane, with whom Bachner, Tally, Polevoy & Misher, New York City, Roberto Boneta, Munoz Boneta Gonzalez Arbona Benitez & Peral, Hato Rey, PR, Jose Trias-Monge, and Trias & Melendez, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for defendant Bob Yari.

Martin I. Kaminsky, with whom W. Hans Kobelt and Pollack & Kaminsky, New York City, were on brief, for defendant Baird, Patrick & Co.

Benjamin Rodriguez-Ramon, Rodriguez-Ramon & Rodriguez-Hernandez, and Emigdio R. Seles, San Juan, PR, on brief, for defendant Lincoln Realty, Inc.

Ruben T. Nigaglioni, with whom Diana Mendez-Ondina and Ledesma, Palcu & Miranda, Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for defendant Paul S. Dopp.

Gael Mahony, with whom Frances S. Cohen, David A. Hoffman, Joshua M. Davis, Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira, Ricardo Ortiz-Colon, and Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for plaintiff Jay A. Pritzker.

Before SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and ZOBEL, District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this troika of appeals, we address several questions arising collaterally from a bitterly fought breach-of-contract suit between Paul S. Dopp and Jay A. Pritzker (the D/P Litigation) concerning the ownership of two hotels, situated on approximately 1,000 beachfront acres, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The engine of high-stakes litigation runs on money, and at various times during the course of the D/P Litigation Dopp forged financing...

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