EASTER v. AMERICAN WEST FINANCIAL

No. C01-1004R.

202 F.Supp.2d 1150 (2002)

Don EASTER and Shirley Easter, and the marital community composed thereof; and Debra Ogunleye, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN WEST FINANCIAL, a Nevada corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

May 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Duane Daudt, Beth E. Terell, Tousley Brain, Christopher Ian Brain, Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC, Seattle, WA, Eric G. Calhoun, Lawson & Fields, Dallas, TX, Daniel O. Myers, Fred Thompson, A Hoyt Rowell, III, Kevin L. Oufnac, Ness Motley Loadholt Richardson & Poole, Mt. Pleasant, SC, for plaintiffs.

Kevin Arnold Bay, Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, Seattle, WA, Michael J. Mills, Antoinette P Hewitt, Kutak Rock, Omaha, NE, Douglas L. Davies, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, WA, Richard M Clinton, Curt Roy Hineline, Paul E. Ridley, Elizabeth S. Welsh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Dallas, TX, Todd L. McLawhorn, Sheldon T. Zenner, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO ABSTAIN OR STAY

ROTHSTEIN, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the court on defendant FirstPlus Bank's motion in which it argues that this court should abstain and stay all of plaintiffs' claims against it, pending the outcome of its California liquidation proceeding.1 The Hill plaintiffs, who filed a class action against FirstPlus, disagree and argue that this case is inappropriate for...

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