PRESIDENTIAL LIFE INS. CO. v. MILKEN

No. 1371, Docket 95-9072.

94 F.3d 65 (1996)

PRESIDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., Movant-Appellant, v. Michael R. MILKEN; Roy Abbott; Paul Abecassis; Jack Ackerman; Peter Ackerman; Joseph P. Adams; Steven Andreder; Joel Asen; Andrew Astrachan; Mark Attanasio; Eileen Austen; Herbert Bachelor; Stanley Bailowitz; Jeffrey Balash; Donald Balser; Dan Bathon; Jeffrey P. Beck; Joseph Bencivenga; Richard A. Bergman; David W. Bergmann; Martin L. Berman; Robert D. Beyer; Paul Biddelman; Arthur H. Bilger; Leon Black; Jay Bloom; Frederick Borden; Thomas Boudakian; Gerald Brodsky; William Bron; Bruce Brown; Michael D. Brown; E. Alan Brumberger; Gerard M. Bucci; Jon E. Budish; Dort A. Cameron, III; Thomas Cauchois; John Cavalier; Jeffrey Chanin; Mark Chasin; Franklin Chu; John Chulick; Thomas P. Clerkin; Craig M. Cogut; Thomas Connors; Richard Crowell; Lorraine D'Ambrosio; James Dahl; Charles Dargan; Robert Davidow; Marshall Davidson; Logan D. Delany, Jr.; Carl Deremer; Dennis Dolan; Scott Douglas; Richard Dunler; David DuPont; Maurits Edersheim; William Eng; Donald Engel; Chris Evensen; Robert Fallon; Geoffrey L. Faux; David Feinman; Michael Fields; Ralph Finerman; Alan J. Fishbein; Steven Fisher; Patrick Flanagan; Allen Flans; Richard S. Frary; Joshua Friedman; William Frymer; Dennis K. Galgano; Peter R. Gardiner; Bruce Garver; Richard L. Gelfond; Michael E. Gellert; Joel L. Gold; Mark Goodman; Robert Goodwin; Nancy Cates Gordon; Kevin J. Gorman; Patrick L. Graham; Jeffrey Green; Richard Handler; John J. Hannan; Joseph Harch; Reed L. Harman; Scott Harrison; David Hedley; Andrew Heyer; J. Ericson Heyke III; Paul Higbee; Richard H. Hochman; Harry Horowitz; John Humphreville; Susan Humphreville; Jay Jablonow; Jon Jetmore; Paul Jetter; Roy J. Johnson; Lisa Jones; Roger Jospe; Mitchell R. Julis; Edwin Kantor; Steven J. Kantor; David Kay; Dean Kehler; Donald Kendall; David Kiarsis; John Kissick; Barry F. Klein; Robert Kline; Lynne Knox; Gerald Koenig; Gerald Koerner; Robert I. Kohl; John Krasznekewicz; John A. Ladyzinski; Graciela Lagumen; Anthony Lamport; Jeffrey Lane; Jack Langer; Douglas Lehrman; Paul Levy; Trevor Lewis; Robert Lloyd; Bridgette S. Loden; Kevin J. Madigan; Joel Mael; J.O. Maggard; Mary Lou Malanoski; Alison J. Mass; Cary J. Maultasch; Frederick McCarthy; Douglas McClure; John McMahon; Leonard Meads; Lori Milken; Lowell Milken; Michael Milken; Sandra Milken; David Mills; Kenneth Moelis; James Moglia; Pamela Monzert; John Moriarty; Frederick Moseley; Philip W. Moss; Donald Mullen; Allen Nadler; Jeffrey L. Neuman; Richard Nevins; Bruce Newberg; Thomas Noonan; Terren S. Peizer; Arthur Phillips; Lawrence A. Post; James D. Price; Harold Purkey; Bruce Raben; Joseph J. Radecki; Michael Ranger; Marc Rapaport; Paul Rapisarda; Jess M. Ravich; James L. Rawlings; Langhorne Reid, III; Thomas E. Reinhart; Anthony Ressler; Barry W. Ridings; Randy Rock; Richard Rosee; Naomi Rosenfeld; Alan E. Rosenthal; Stephen Roth; Peter Rothschild; Richard V. Sandler; Patrick Savin; Sylvan Schefler; James Schiffner; Nicholas Schlumberger; James A. Schneider; Kevin W. Schultz; Janice L. Shapiro; Allyson Shields; Ruben Shohet; Jonathan D. Sokoloff; John Sorte; Lorraine Spurge; Linda Stedman; Stanley Stein; Lee Stern; James G. Sullivan; David Sydorick; Cathryn Taylor; John Taylor; Marla Thomas; Charles A. Thurnher; William R. Tobey, Jr.; Warren Trepp; Stanley Trotman; Olivier Trouveroy; Marc A. Utay; Patsy Van Utt; George Varughese; Edward G. Victor; James E. Virtue; Leon Wagner; Sven Wehrwein; Jeffrey R. Weinhuff; Stephen D. Weinroth; John Wexler; Henry M. Wilf; Alexa D. Willson; Gary Winnick; Stephen Winningham; Eugene Wong; David Ying; Ronald N. Yurcak; AFP Investments; AHP Holdings, Inc.; AHP Investments; Alamo Associates; Alamo Investments L.P.; All-Fed Investment Associates; Alta Associates; Anchor Capital Holdings; ARA Partnership; Arete Partners; Argonaut Ventures Group; Armacor Incorporated; Arrowlake Investors; Arroyo Pacific Investments, L.P.; Associated Capital; Associated Investors; Atlantic Financial Investors; Atlantic Management Group; Baltmar Investors, L.P.; Bandelier Associates; Barid Corporation; Barlem Associates; Barrows Associates; Bass Investment L.P.; Bayberry Financial Group, Inc.; BCP Capital Partners, a California Limited Partnership; BCP Capital Partners L.P.; BCP Capital Partners II, L.P.; Beaumont Holdings; Beauty Care Partners; Berry Associates; Belvedere Securities; Bergman, Knox & Green; Bering Associates; Bicoast Investment Associates; Biscayne Capital L.P.; BMA Limited Partnership; Brittany Holdings; Buel's Gore Associates; Cabat Associates Ltd.; CACF Partners Ltd.; Calco United Investors; Cambrent Associates; Cambrent Financial Group, Inc.; Cambridge Associates; Camden Investments; Camont Associates; Camont Investments, Inc.; Camro Associates; Camro II Associates; Canterbury Group; Capital Coast Partners; Capital First Investors; Capital Fund Foundation; Capital Investments; Captran Venture Associates; Cardiff Associates; Carlton Investments; Carlyle Associates; Carlyle II Associates; Carthaway Investments; Cavalier Associates; Centennial Financial; Century Institutional Advisors; CFD Partners '81; Champlain Associates; Chanticleer Investors, Ltd.; Cheatham Capital; Chesapeake Partners; Chessment Investment Associates, a California Limited Partnership; Chessment Investors, L.P.; Chesterfield Investments; Chesterfield Ventures Fund Co.; Chieftan Investments Capital Corp.; Childress Group, Inc.; Childress High Yield Fund; Chittenden Associates; Clayton & Dublier Private Equity Fund Ltd.; Clayton & Dublier Private Equity Fund II Ltd.; Clayton & Dublier Private Equity Fund III Ltd.; CLC Financial Partners, L.P.; CLC Investors, L.P.; Cleburne Enterprises; Coast Holdings; Coastal Capital Partners; Color Tile Investments; Commercial Management Co., L.P.; Commonwealth Equities; Commonwealth United; Concordia Investment Associates; Conport Associates, a California Limited Partnership; Contera Partners; Continental Associates L.T.D.; CR Associates; Crescent Capital Associates; Cristal Partners; Dalton Associates; Dayton Investments; DBL Employee Profit Sharing Plan Vol. Cont. A/C #1; DBL Transcap Partners; Delphin Investment Associates; Demeter Capital Corp.; Dencal Partners; Denslow Financial Associates; Dickinson Associates; Downingville Associates; DR Capital Partners; Drexel Reliance Capital Group Partnership, DRJ Associates; Dunmore Partners; Dunmore Partners Ltd.; Dunstable Investments; Durant Financial Associates; EBOC Associates; EJ Associates; Elmwood Investments; Elstead Partners; Embassy Capital Group Inc.; Ensign National Association; Essex Financial; Execor, Incorporated; Fairfield Investment Group, Ltd.; Fairwood Investments, Inc.; Fairwood Partners; Field Ranch, Inc.; Fillmore Financial; Financial Associates; Financial Investments; Financial Partners; Financial Partners II; Finfund Management L.P.; Fircon Partners; Firebird Investments; First Alliance Financial; First Alliance Investments; First Brittany Holdings Inc.; First Coastal Associates; First Financial Partners; First General Financial; First Guardian Enterprises Inc.; First Management Co; First Stratford Inc; First Stratford Life Insurance Co; First Union Investments; Foreman Associates; Framingham Investments; Framingham Partners; Fulton Partners; F.O.L. Holdings; Galway Investments Associates L.P.; GC Partners; General Financial; Glenbay, Inc.; Glencoe Investors, L.P., f/k/a First Guardian of Texas, L.P.; Gloucester Asset Management; Gotham Capital; GPI Associates; Greystone Partners; Guardian Equity, a California Limited Partnership; Guardian Global Associates; Guardian Global Incorporated; Guildford Capital; Hammond Associates; Hanover Investment Associates, L.P.; Hastings Associates; Hatton Hall Associates; Haywood Investments; Hemisphere Capital; Heritage Capital; Heritage Hall Investments; Hillside Capital; Holland Partners; Hopkins Associated; Hudson River Associates; Hybon Corporation; IDS Investment Associates; Incon Associates; Interconsolidated Investors; International Consolidated Associates, L.P.; Investment National; JEJ Partnership; Jellicle Associates; JMP Associates; JMP Investors; JP Associates; Kidpix Associates; Kingsley Partners, a California Limited Partnership; Kraft Associates; L Holdings Investment; L & S Trust; Lafayette Associates; Lahus V Syndicate, Inc.; Lambda Capital Corp., L.P.; Lambda CFD '87 L.P.; Lambda I Capital Partners; Lambda II; Lambda II Capital Partners; Lambda II Private Investment Account; Lambda III; Lambda III, L.P.; Lambda III Capital Partners; Lambda III Fund; Lambda III Private Placement; Lambda Private Placement; Lambda Private Placement Account; Lambda Partners, Ltd.; Lambda Private Investment Account; Lennox Investors; LMAR Partners; Lobon Associates; Lombardi Equities; Lorsand Partnership; L & S Milken Foundation; M and L Milken Foundation; Macpherson Investment Partners; Macpherson Management Associates; Macson Investments, Inc; Magtek Partners, L.P.; Malaga Capital, L.P.; Manchester Investments, L.P.; Marglen Associates; Marglen Inc.; Marley Holdings, L.P.; McCook Financial Enterprises; Meridian American, Inc. (CAL Meridian (in CA)); Merrick Associates; Merrimac Fixed Assets; Metro Associates; MIAD Partners; Milken Family Foundation; Milow Corporation; ML Associates; ML Portland Associates, Ltd; ML-SL Incorporated; Model Investment Associates; Monitor Equity, L.P., a California Limited Partnership; Monmouth Partners; Monogram Financial Investments, a California Limited Partnership; Montaigne Enterprises; Montgomery Partners; Monument Capital L.P.; Moredon Partners, Ltd; Motel Investments L.P.; MVS, Ltd; M & L 1981 Trust; Neilson Partners; New CWT PARTNERS; New Levitz Associates, a California Limited Partnership; 9560 Associates, Ltd; Ocelot Associates; OP Capital Partners, L.P.; Optimus Financial Associates; Otter Creek Associates; Owens Capital; Ozark Investment Group; Pace Investments, L.P.; Pacific Asset Advisors; Pacific Asset Corporation; Pacific Asset Holdings L.P.; Pacific Asset Management Inc.; Pacific Assets Partnership; Pacific Continental Partners; Pargon Asset Holdings; Parco, Inc; Parco International, L.P.; Parco Partners; Picardy Financial; Pier Port Investment Management; Pollicle Capital; Porter & Jenkins Enterprises; Premier Paragon Partners (Gothic); Prime Assets Corporation; Prime Capital Associates; Prospero Asset Management, L.P.; Prospero Assets, Inc.; Prospero Partners; Purnell Associates; Quadpics Enterprises Inc.; Ra Partnership; Raleigh Investment Management; Ramstar Investments Inc.; Rayburn Associates; Real Property Associates; Regency Equities Corp.; Regency Equities Corp. Stockholders Liquidating Trust; Reliance Associates; Reliance Capital Group, L.P.; Remington Financial; Resource Investors; Revell Investments, L.P.; RJ-LG Company, Inc; Roblar Associates; ROCAM Associates; ROCAM II Associates; Rodeo-Wil Associate, Ltd; Romont Associates; Romont Investments, Inc; RWLC Partners; Salisbury Enterprises, L.P.; Samurai Associates; Saxon Associates; SCI Associates; SCI Capital Associates, L.P.; SCI Partners; SDIC Associates, Ltd; Second Financial Partners; Second General Financial; Sendel Partners; Sherbrooke Associates; Sheridan Associates; Sherwood Financial; Shoreglen Associates; Shoreglen II Associates; South Coast Partners; South Saxony Investment Group; Southern Electronics Investments; Southwest Financial; Srapex Associates; Stoneham National; Summit Holdings; Sun Brook Partners; Suncoast Financial; Sunpow Investment Associates; Tangent Associates; Tangent Capital, a California Limited Partnership; Tartan Financial Associates; Teton Investors, L.P.; Transcentury Investments; Translimited; Translimited II; Triplestone, Inc.; Valcour Associates, Valcour Associates II; Wallstone Associates; WB Associates; Wellesly Investments, a California Limited Partnership; Westam Capital Group; Westminster Capital; Westridge Investment Associates, a California Limited Partnership; Whitehall Financial Associates; Whitmore Capital L.P.; Whitson Investors L.P.; Whitworth Associates, Whitworth Capital Partners; Wicklow Investment Associates; Wilcam Financial Group, Inc.; Wil Shire First Associates; Winooski Associates; Winooski Partners II; Winooski Partners III; Winooski Partners IV; Winooski Partners V; Winston Capital Partners; Woodglen, Inc.; Woodtime Associates; WP Capital Partners; WRC Associates, Wriston Associates, a California Limited Partnership; WTV Associates; Yorkshire Group Investments, a California Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Puccio, New York City (William M. McErlean, Richard S. Huszagh, John F. Verhey, Julie A. Garvey, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Illinois, of counsel), for Movant-Appellant TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.

Merrill G. Davidoff, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (David Berger, Lawrence J. Lederer, Michael L. Block, of counsel; Stanley Nemser, Wolf Popper Ross Wolf & Jones, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee Presidential Life Insurance Company and the Plaintiff Class.

JAMES L. STENGEL, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City (Steven J. Fink, Geoffrey W. Millsom, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Carlton Investments.

Before FEINBERG, OAKES, and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of a so-called "settlement class action." TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. ("TLC Beatrice") appeals from Judge Pollack's denials of its motions seeking intervention as of right under Rule 24(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., and for relief under Rule 60(b) from the district court's July 1992 final judgment approving the settlement. The district court denied the motions as moot. Although the parties agree that the district court...

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