BUTTE MINING PLC; Tzarina & Travona Mining Corp.; Central Butte Mining Corp.; North Butte Mining Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Clive J. SMITH; Kerry Harmanus; Robertson Group PLC; Montana Mining Properties, Inc.; Dennis Washington; Herbert Roy Bichan; K. Malcolm Clews; D.C. Wilkinson; Byatt, Michau & Smart; Jay Mineral Services Limited; Ernst & Young International; Ernst & Young, a U.S. partnership, et al.; Milton Datsopoulos; Black Rock Mining Ltd; Blue Bird Mining Investments; East Ridge Mining Co.; Eureka Mining Co.; Goldbrick Mining Co.; Original Butte Mining Co.; Oro Fino Placer Mining Corp., et al.; H.R. Bichan; and J.T. Clarke, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted December 7, 1995.
Decided February 8, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Rossbach, Rossbach & Whiston, Missoula, Montana; Herbert Deutsch, Roy A. Heimlich, Deutsch and Frey, New York City; and Karl J. Englund, Englund Law Office, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Joan E. Cook, Miller & Cook, Great Falls, Montana; and James Sabela, New York City, for defendant-appellee Clive J. Smith.
Randy Cox, Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula, Montana, for defendant-appellee Kerry Harmanus.
Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois; and John Stephenson, Jr., Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett and Weaver, Great Falls, Montana, for defendant-appellee Robertson Group PLC.
R.D. Corette, Corette Pohlman Allen Black & Carlson, Butte, Montana for defendants-appellees Montana Mining Properties, Black Rock Mining Ltd., Blue Bird Mining Investments, East Ridge Mining Co., Eureka Mining Co., Goldbrick Mining Co., Original Butte Mining Co., Oro Fino Placer Mining Corp. et al.
Ronald MacDonald, Missoula, Montana, for defendants-appellees Dennis Washington, Milton Datsopoulos.
Maxon R. Davis, Cure, Borer and Davis, Great Falls, Montana, for defendants-appellees Herbert Roy Bichan, H.R. Bichan, and J.T. Clarke.
David M. McLean, Knight, Dahood, McLean & Everett, Anacoda, Montana, for defendant-appellee K. Malcolm Clews.
Maria Sorolis, Brant & Moore, Jacksonville, Florida, for defendant-appellee D.C. Wilkinson.
Robert E. Sheridan, Lawrence F. Daly, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, Montana; and Lucy T. France, Missoula, Montana, for defendant-appellee Byatt, Michau & Smart.
Edward G. Beaudette, Anacoda, Montana; and Stephen Vandrake, Brainerd, Maryland, for defendant-appellee Jay Mineral Services Limited.
Kenneth R. Dyrud, Richard F. Gallagher, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, Great Falls, Montana; John Matson, New York City; and Thomas L. Riesenberg, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees Ernst & Young International and Ernst & Young, a United States partnership.
Before: D.W. NELSON and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, TANNER, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
Butte Mining PLC (Butte), Tzarina & Travona Mining Corporation, Central Butte Mining Corporation, and North Butte Mining Company, (collectively the Plaintiffs) brought suit for securities fraud, RICO violations and various common law torts against the former promoters and directors of Butte and related others (the Defendants). The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The case requires the application of principles...
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