ROSS v. THOUSAND ADVENTURES OF IOWA, INC.

No. 3-00-CV-10236.

178 F.Supp.2d 996 (2001)

Tony ROSS, Brian and Toni Hammond, George and Nadine Hess, Don and Donna Gerbeling, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. THOUSAND ADVENTURES OF IOWA, INC. and Thousand Adventures, Inc., and Heller Financial, Inc., and Allstate Financial, Inc., and Cascade Finance, and Zarr, Inc., and Consumer Loan Portfolios, Inc., and Travel America, Inc., and Western American Bank, N.A., and Liberty Bank, and Community First Bank f/k/a Carrolton Federal Bank, and Great Western Bank f/k/a Douglas County Bank, and 900 Capital, and Travelers Acceptance Corp., and Geico Financial Services, Inc., and Farmers & Merchants Bank f/k/a Nebraska State Bank, and Washington County Bank, and Wheeler Investment Group, and First Savings Bank of Arlington, and Receivable Financing Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Davenport Division.

September 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Napier, Napier Wolf & Napier, Fort Madison, IA, for plaintiffs.

James R. Adams, Douglas R. Dennis, Frost Brown Todd, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, for Thousand Adventures of Iowa, defendant.

Thomas M. Cunningham, Pingel & Templer, PC, West Des Moines, IA, for Heller Financial, Inc., defendant.

Mark L. Zaiger, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jeffrey E. Altshul, Miki Vucic, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, IL, Antony S. Burt, Michael P. Mullins, Schiff Hardon & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Allstate Financial, Inc., defendant.

Michael P. Mallaney, Smith Schneider Stiles Hudson Serangeli Mallaney & Shindler, Des Moines, IA, for Travel America, Inc., defendant.

G. Mark Rice, Adams & Rice, Des Moines, IA, Mark C. Enoch, Lawrence Fischmann, Glast Phillips & Murray PC, Dallas, TX, for Western American Bank, NA, defendant.

Nick Critelli, Critelli & Associates, Des Moines, IA, Elizabeth A. Fitzsimmons, Sabia & Hartley, Hartford, CT, for Liberty Bank, defendant.

Robert S. Hatala, James L. Sines, Crawford Sullivan Read Roemerman & Brady PC, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Community First Bank, defendant.

William G. Dittrick, Heidi A. Guttau-Fox, Thomas O. Ashby, Baird Holm McEachen Pedersen Hamann & Strasheim, Omaha, NE, for Great Western Bank, defendant.

Brent Ruther, Aspelmeier Fisch Power Warner & Engberg, Burlington, IA, for Geico Financial Services, Inc., defendant.

Scott J. Coziahr, Ronald E. Eggers, Gross & Welch PC, Omaha, NE, for Washington County Bank, defendant.

Robert V. P. Waterman, Jr., Lane & Waterman, Davenport, IA, John F. Pollick, Hill Gilstrap & Balson, Chicago, IL, for First Savings Bank of Arlington, defendant.


ORDER

LONGSTAFF, Chief Judge.

This Court held a hearing on May 9, 2001 to address plaintiffs' motion to remand. At the hearing, the Court set up a briefing schedule which has since been adhered to by the parties. While defendants have filed other motions,1 this Court has determined that the preliminary motion this Court must address is the motion to remand.2

Following the May 9 hearing, an...

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