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BUTTE MIN. PLC v. SMITH

No. CV-92-031-BU.

876 F.Supp. 1153 (1995)

BUTTE MINING PLC, Tzarina & Travona Mining Corp., Central Butte Mining Corp., and North Butte Mining Company, Plaintiffs, v. Clive J. SMITH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Butte Division.

January 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Rossbach, Rossbach & Whiston, PC, Missoula, MT, Herbert I. Deutsch, Robert B. Frey, Vincent R. Coffey, Alfred N. Metz, Ganine Gambale, Roy A. Heimlich, Deutsch & Frey, New York City, Karl J. Englund, Englund Law Office, Missoula, MT, for plaintiffs Butte Min. PLC, Tzarina & Travona Min. Corp., Cent. Butte Min. Corp., North Butte Min. Co.

Joan E. Cook, Miller & Cook, Great Falls, MT, James Sabella, Bree, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, for defendants Clive J. Smith, C.J. Smith Life Interest Trust, Fiona Smith, Helen Smith.

Randy J. Cox, Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula, MT, for defendant Kerry Harmanus.

John D. Stephenson, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, PC, Great Falls, MT, Thomas Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for defendants Robertson Group PLC, Robertson Research (Singapore) Private Ltd., Robertson Research Intern. Ltd., Simon Engineering, PLC.

John D. Stephenson, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, PC, Great Falls, MT, for defendant Robertson Montana, Inc.

R.D. Corette, Corette, Pohlman, Allen, Black & Carlson, Butte, MT, for defendants Montana Min. Properties, Inc., John J. Oitzinger, Western & Pacific Resources, Ltd., Black Rock Min. Ltd., Blue Bird Min. Investments Ltd., East Ridge Ltd., Eureka Min. Investments Ltd., Goldbrick Min. Investments Ltd., Original Butte Investments Ltd., Oro Fino Placer Ltd., Mountain Consol. Investments Ltd., Silver Bow Investments Ltd., Wabash Min. Ltd., West Butte Investments Ltd., Yankee Doodle Min. Investments Ltd., Black Rock Min. Co., Blue Bird Min. Co., East Ridge Min. Co., Eureka Min. Co., Goldbrick Min. Co., Original Butte Min. Co., Oro Fino Placer Min. Corp., Mountain Consol. Min. Co., Silver Bow Consol. Corp., Wabash Min. Co., West Butte Metals, Inc., Yankee Min. Co.

Ronald P. MacDonald, Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, Missoula, MT, for defendants Dennis Washington, Milton Datsopoulos.

Maxon R. Davis, Cure, Borer & Davis, PC, Great Falls, MT, for defendants Herbert Roy Bichan, John Thomas Clarke.

David McLean, Knight, Dahood, McLean, Everett & Dayton, Anaconda, MT, for defendant K. Malcolm Clews.

Maria Sorolis, Brant & Moore, Jacksonville, FL, for defendant D.C. Wilkinson.

Robert E. Sheridan, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, MT, for defendants Byatt, Michau & Smart, M.P. Byatt, M.P. Byatt & Co.

Edward Beaudette, Beaudette Law Office, Anaconda, MT, Stephen VanDrake, John Raboin, Raboin Law Office, Brainerd, MN, for defendant Jay Mineral Services Ltd.

Richard F. Gallagher, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, PC, Great Falls, MT, for defendants Ernst & Young Intern., Ernst & Young UK, a U.K. partnership.

Richard F. Gallagher, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, PC, Great Falls, MT, John Matson, Ernst & Young, New York City, for defendant Ernst & Young US, a U.S. partnership.

Joan E. Cook, Miller & Cook, Great Falls, MT, for defendants Finchley Investments Ltd., Newsham Investments Ltd., Newsham No. 1 Trust, Newsham No. 2 Trust.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HATFIELD, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs, Butte Mining PLC ("Butte Mining"), and three of that entity's wholly-owned Montana subsidiaries — Tzarina & Travona Mining Corp. ("Tzarina"), Central Butte Mining Corp. ("Central Butte"), and North Butte Mining Company ("North Butte"), instituted the present action charging the defendants engaged in a pattern of activity designed to defraud plaintiffs...

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