BERKE v. BLOCH

No. 00-2078.

242 F.3d 131 (2001)

Lynne BERKE; David Abdinoor; Leonard Accardo; Jeff Adams; Arnold Adicoff, M.D.; Mary Ellen Anderson; Kermeth G. Anderson; Pablo Arias; Paul Arias; Kurt Arnst; Oscar Ascurra; Steward Austin; Robert Balbach, Jr.; Philip Banks, Jr.; Pasquale Barisciano; Lynda Battle; Arthur Beebe; Mr. and Mrs. David Beverly; Joseph Bires; John Bohmke; Randolf Booker; Carl Boulay; Scott Boyer; Richard Bradley; Anna Brodycz; Melvin Burkhardt; Rosemary Camperlengo; Joseph Cardella; John Carey; Ken Carpenter; Samuel Castro; Frank Chan; Young Chang; Victor Cheuk; E. Norman Choiniere; Eugene Chriske; Raymond Clark; Craig Clerf; Mrs. Raymond Cody; Donald Coleman; Eduardo Console; William Coote; Shirley Corbett; David Cornell; Aida Cortes; Elizabeth Craig; Diana Daponte; Angela Davie; Louis Deblasio; Louis Demarco; Anthony Dibattista; Charles Digrigoli; James Dow; Danny K. & Dorothy M. Dunbar; Janet Dunn; Donald Dyer; Eastern Analytical Services, Inc., c/o Paul Stascavage; James Edwards; Diane Evans; Harlow Farmer, III; Joseph Favale; Harold Ferioli; F.L. Ficks; Alice Firgau; Helen Freemonde; Peter Friel; Stuart Fries; Elizabeth Fuss; Floyd Gallegos, Sr.; Ira Gelber; Kathleen Giacomo; Edward Gilmore; Lawrence Giustiniani; David Glickman; Kenneth Gloyeske; Theodore Goldman; Doyle Gross; Henry Grossman; Guardian Investment Club, c/o Dennis McCullough; Jabir Gulamhussein; Marlene Hallman; Dennis Hancock; Tyson Harper; John Harrison; Martin Hayes; Edward Heimrich; Victor Himel; Bryan Hodgkins; Brian Hoff; Charles Horvath; Hans Hunziker; Glorianne Jackson; Richard Jefferson; Kenneth Jenkins; Phillip Jensen; Clare Johnson; Eric Johnson; Ross Johnson; Wilfred Johnson; William Jones; Henry Karpik; Mark Kessler; Frazin Khiabani; Daniel Kilfoyle; Joseph Kolodzej, Jr.; Joseph Kilidzej, Sr.; Chester Kozlowski; Joan Kujawski; Fred Lacroix; Arron Lehmann; Robert Lesinski; Howard Little; Robert Loshbough; Bruce Loughridge; Yvonne Lumb; Lucille Lustica; Hubert Maehr; Marie Marchese; H. Steven Marelia; Ralph Mariconda; James Masone; Douglas McFadden Blank; James C. McCann; William McGowan; Dennis McIvor; William McPhillips; Joseph Mecca; Thomas Merwin; Gregory Meryam; John Mooney; Jessie Mooney Griffin; Isabel Mountbatten; Rother Murray; John Naylor; Frank Nedelka; Ann Newman; Farshid Nikfar; Brendan O'Connor; Dale Oberly; Garrett Ockert; Edward Olson; David Owen; Margaret Oxendine; Anthony Pannella; William Parker; George Patten, Jr.; Bobby Payne; Vincent Pero; Nadja Petrizzo; L. Gordon Pfefferkorn; Harry Pinkman; Nicolette Piscatelli; Alvin Pollex; Jeffrey Pope; Michael Potter; Freddie Pressley; Richard Presiosi; Grace Radonicic; Frank Recca; Stuart Rein; Jason Rein; Gary Riemer; Bradley Ritz; Anthony Rizzio; Lucien Rizzo; Thomas Roof; William Rothe; Onofrio Russo; Ralph Russo, Jr.; John Ryerson; Serg Saint Prix; Sandra Santiago; Larry Scaringelli; Lynn Scheeler; Robert Schelich; Richard Schindler; F. Thomas Senior; Joseph R Sharples; Ronald Shen; Robert Shifman; Herbert Sieh; Nicholas Sitinas; Lesley M. Smith; Lydia Smith; Franklin Smith; Doris Soape; James Sockman; William Sockman; Patricia Sofran; Paul St. Jean; Michael Stafford; Isreal Stein; John Stevens; Douglas Strohl; Ronald Sullo; Joseph Swinton; Harold Tapscott; Julia Taylor; Sandra Thomas; Francine Tindona; Joseph Tomaino; Kathleen Toth; Richard Rownsend; Larry Traub; Alexander Trento; Michael Tronolone; George Turner; Dolores Tuss; Edwin Utley; Ronald Vacca; Adele Vecchione; Arcenio Velez; Frank Viola; Inez Walsh; Joseph Wehner; Joseph Weinberger; Janet Westlake; Charles Williams; Rose Zappoli; Abe Zyman, Appellants and Alice O'Donnell, v. Paul H. BLOCH; Steven E. Weigner; Independent Broadcasters Network, Inc.; Broadcast Management Corporation; Broadcast Radio GRP; Buckley Broadcasting Corporation, d/b/a WOR Radio; Future Vision Direct Marketing, Inc.; Nationwide Wireless Corporation; James Barschow; Richard Horne; Mark Eddinger; Mark Freedman; Philip James Caratozzola; Philip Forma, Sr.; Daniel Kelly; Herbert Herr; Ira Cohen; William Geronimo; Ray Fillweber; John Forma; Scott Lagrossa; John Gnolfo; Neil Slavin; Tom Fasano; Pioneer Numisma Tics, Inc.; John Wrublewski; Michael Schwan; Kevin Schwan; Adam Crum; David Camire; John Does, 1-25 (Names being fictitious and unknown but described as salespeople and/or business entities selling investment in The Great Columbia Basin Limited Company); Harry I. "Sonny" Bloch; Bloch Broadcasting; Bruce Schroeder; Joseph Glenski; Cardiff Broadcasting; Cardiff Partners "A".

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: February 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Pearlman, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ, for Appellants.

Barry H. Gottfried, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Before NYGAARD, ALITO, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) on January 22, 2001.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

Before us is Appellee Buckley Broadcasting's motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The Appellants have filed a memorandum in opposition. Buckley Broadcasting argues that we lack jurisdiction because the Appellants did not file their notice of appeal within thirty (30) days of the date the District Court's judgment became final...

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