BECHERER v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC.

Nos. 93-1049 to 93-1052, 93-1164 and 93-1221.

43 F.3d 1054 (1995)

Richard C. BECHERER; Lawrence Milton Richard; Robert A. Horvath; Shirley L. Horvath; Henry V. Denolf; and Joann L. Denolf, (93-1050/1051/1221), Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, J. Don Adams, et al., (93-1052/1164), Proposed Intervenors, Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC.; Frank Lavin; Martin Cicco; Laventhol & Horwath; M.A. Mortenson Co.; Winsor/Faricy Architects, Inc.; Trustbank Mortgage Center, Inc., formerly known as Dominion Financial & Investment Corp.; and Midwest Title Guarantee Company of Florida, Defendants-Appellees, Can-American Corporation; Can-American Realty Corporation; Shelter Seagate Corporation; Garrett G. Carlson; Graham C. Lount; and Arni Thorsteinson, (93-1049), Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood S. Simon (argued and briefed), John P. Zuccarini (briefed), Bloomfield Hills, MI, Bruce E. Gerstein, Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, New York City, and Eugene A. Spector, and Robert M. Roseman, Spector & Roseman, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

Michael W. Pettit and Thomas R. Grady (argued and briefed), Naples, FL, for appellant.

Dennis K. Egan (argued), Douglas G. Graham (briefed), Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, MI, David C. Andrew (briefed), Washington, DC, Jon B. Gandelot, Gandelot & Dickson, Detroit, MI, Mary C. Yeager (briefed), Faegre & Benson; Steve Gaskins (argued and briefed), Minneapolis, MN, Stephen F. Wasinger, Raymond W. Henney, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, Lawrence A. Hurlburt, Van Benschoten, Hurlburt, Tsiros & Allweil, Saginaw, MI, Thomas G. McNeill, Lawrence G. Campbell, Michael S. Daar, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, MI, Jeanne M. Forneris, Minneapolis, MN, Robert P. Hurlbert, Chicago, IL, James R. Case, Melissa Horne, Kerr, Russell & Weber; Jonathan T. Walton, Jr. (argued and briefed), Clark, Klein & Beaumont; Lawrence R. Donaldson, Kelly A. Freeman (argued and briefed), Plunkett & Cooney; Charles G. Goedert, Timothy D. Wittlinger, Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, MI, and Maura D. Corrigan, Robinson & McEwee, Lexington, KY, for defendants.

Susan LaCava (briefed), Madison, WI, for amicus curiae.

Before: KEITH, KENNEDY, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

This complicated commercial litigation arises out of the construction and sale of unit interests in a resort hotel. Plaintiffs are investors in the hotel and have filed suit against the hotel's developers, as well as against the broker, the escrow agent, and the financial institution involved in the sale of the hotel. The District Court held a bench trial on one of the contract claims and disposed of the balance of the contract, statutory,...

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