COSTA v. CARAMBOLA PARTNERS, LLC

Case No. 08-CV-0567 (PJS/RLE).

590 F.Supp.2d 1141 (2008)

Peter COSTA; Jeffry Johnson; Justyna Johnson; Gehele Anderson Properties, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company; and JVK Investco, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, Plaintiffs, v. CARAMBOLA PARTNERS, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; JS Carambola, LLP, a United States Virgin Islands limited liability partnership; John L. Puls, Jr.; James Puls; Larry Vaughn; XYZ Corporation, ABC Partnership, John Doe, and Mary Roe, whose true names are unknown to plaintiffs; and every person or entity who either directly or indirectly controls Carambola Partners, as well as all employees of Carambola Partners who materially aided in the disposition of unregistered securities, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

December 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Bauer, William M. Topka, and Michael G. Dougherty, Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A., for plaintiffs.

Scott A. Neilson and Wesley T. Graham, Henson & Efron, P.A.; and Denis L. Durkin and Kirk D. Johnson, Baker & Hostetler LLP, for defendants.


ORDER

PATRICK J. SCHILTZ, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of defendant Carambola Partners, LLC ("Carambola") to dismiss Counts I, II, and III of plaintiffs' complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants the motion with respect to Counts II and III, but denies the motion with respect to Count I.1

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out of the planned conversion of a Virgin...

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