KMART CORP. v. ARONDS

No. 97-20195.

123 F.3d 297 (1997)

KMART CORPORATION and Builders Square, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark J. ARONDS, et al., Defendants, Mark J. Aronds; The Network Group; Sanco Realty Investments Inc.; Southwest Appliances Incorporated; Conn Appliances Inc.; Carroll W. Conn, Jr.; Planet Development Inc.; Laverne D. Hensen a/k/a Logan d/b/a Core Properties; Geoffrey Gould, d/b/a KLM Property Management; Bayway Land Group; Bayway Land Corp.; Sharon A. Biles; Jo L. Marr; Marilyn Tadla; Maurice Aronds; Sandra L. Aronds; Michael J. Garzoni; Centre Management Inc.; Falcon Interests Realty Corp., d/b/a Falcon Group; Kyle D. Tauch; Arnold C. Tauch; Mr. Storage Inc.; 12610 Bellaire One Ltd.; 12610 Bellaire One Inc.; K Realty Corp; K Realty One, Ltd.; K Realty Two Corp.; K Realty Two, Ltd.; K Realty Three Corp.; K Realty Three, Ltd.; Westheimer Square One, Inc.; Westheimer Square One, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Sillers Hubbard, Tollie B. Nicholas, Jr., Joseph Matthew Grant, Nicholas, Grant & Hubbard, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Neal Stuart Manne, J. Hoke Peacock, III, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees, Mark Aronds, The Network Group, Sanco Rlty. Inv., Inc., Southwest Appliances, Inc., Planet Development, Inc., Bayway Land Group, Bayway Land Corp., Biles, Marr, Tadla, Maurice Aronds, Sandra Aronds, Centre Mgt., Inc., Mr. Storage, Inc., 12610 Bellaire One Ltd., 12610 Bellaire One, Inc.

Laverne D. Hensen, Bloomfield Hills, MI, pro se.

Geoffrey Gould, Bloomfield Hills, MI, pro se.

Patrick J. Brennan, Birmingham, MI, for Michael J. Garzoni, Defendant-Appellee.

Shelley A. Bush, Alvin Andrews Horne, Crady, Jewett & McCulley, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees, Falcon Interests Rlty. Corp., and Arnold Tauch.

Richard Thomas Sylvester, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees, Kyle Tauch, K Realty Corp., K Realty One, Ltd., K Realty Two Corp., K Realty Two, Ltd., K Realty Three Corp., K Realty Three Ltd., Westheimer Square One, Inc. and Westheimer Square One. Ltd.

Before DUHÉ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and COBB, District Judge.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners-Appellants Kmart Corporation and Builders Square, Inc. appeal the district court's order staying this civil RICO suit against Respondent-Appellee Mark J. Aronds, et al. pending the resolution of related criminal matters. We are without jurisdiction to hear Kmart's appeal and so dismiss it, and deny mandamus.

BACKGROUND

Appellants Kmart Corp. and Builders Square, Inc. ("Kmart") filed a civil RICO suit against...

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