MURKEN v. SOLV-EX CORPORATION

No. 25,459.

136 P.3d 1035 (2006)

139 N.M. 625

2006-NMCA-064

Arlo and Joyce MURKEN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOLV-EX CORPORATION, John S. Rendall, W. Jack Butler, Defendants, and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Bernard C. Baier (including shares held by Pension and Profit sharing Plan FBO Bernard C. Baier with Suburban Radiology, Patricia A. Baier, Mary Kathleen Baier, and Susan Baier); Harold S. Carpenter (including shares held by Marilyn N. Carpenter, Heartland Systems Company, and Carpenter Investment Company); Lee S. Chapman; Clark A. Colby (including shares held by Thomas Colby, Kimberly Colby, Clark A. Colby, Jr., Melinda Colby, Clark A. Colby III, Vicki Colby, Robert Vogel, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brooke, Lloyd Clarke, Peggy Williams, Stephanie Kempf, Jeff Lamson, Charles I. Colby and Ruth Colby Trust Number One, Ruth Colby Trust `A', Charles I. Colby and Ruth Colby Nation Development Trust, Charles I. Colby and Ruth Colby Trust, and The Six Incorporated Trust); Keith Denner; Joey Feste; Joe Fielder; William R. and Virginia R. Fielder; Jerry V. Flatt; Samuel A. Francis; Kenneth L. Haack; Armon J. Helvig; Steve Lindell; Edward J. Michael; Toby Michael; Cliff Phelps; Kelly Wentzel; and Don White, Proposed Intervenors-Appellants, and Toby Michael, Objector-Appellant, and Bernard Baier, Lee Chapman, William Felder, Virginia Felder, Jerry Flatt, Cliff Phelps, Kelly Wentzel, Don White, Joey Feste, Edward J. Michael, Toby Michael, David Rendall, Joe Rock, Mark Richards, John Liporante, Manny Aragon, Dennis Schlegel, Kent Barghols, Norman Anderson, Sajad Janmohammed, Milton E. Davey, Charles Quenneville, Robert Retz, Matthew L.T. Waldor, and Mary Ann Michael, Movants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

April 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio, P.C., Robert J. Desiderio, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Branch Law Firm, Turner W. Branch, Albuquerque, NM, Alexander, Hawes & Audet, LLP, William M. Audet, San Jose, CA, for Appellees Arlo and Joyce Murken.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., John R. Cooney, Charles A. Armgardt, Albuquerque, NM, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, Jeffrey Barist, New York, NY, Michael D. Nolan, Andrew M. Leblanc, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Inc.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} In this class action appeal, we decide whether the district court was divested of jurisdiction over the merits of the case due to a pending appeal of the denial of a motion to intervene brought by nonnamed class members. We also consider issues contending the district court abused its discretion in certifying a class for purposes of settlement, in deciding that notice to absent class members was adequate, and in approving the...

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