IN RE CLASSICSTAR MARE LEASE LITIGATION

MDL No. 1877. Master File: Civil Action No. 5:07-cv-353-JMH Civil Action No. 5:08-321-JMH.

361 F.Supp.3d 677 (2019)

IN RE CLASSICSTAR MARE LEASE LITIGATION. Neil and Anne Baker, et al., Plaintiffs, v. David Plummer, et al., Defendants,

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Central Division at Lexington.

Signed January 18, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 18 U.S.C. § 1964
Cause: 18 U.S.C. § 1964 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Nature of Suit: 470 Racketeer / Corrupt Organization
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

West Hills Farms, LLC, Arbor Farms, LLC, Nelson Breeders, LLC, MacDonald Stables LLC, Jaswinder Grover & Monica Grover, Plaintiffs, represented by Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Medrith Lee Norman , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Paul E. Sullivan , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Robert C. Webb , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Vincent E. Mauer , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Junis L. Baldon , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Beechglen Farms, Plaintiff, represented by Richard N. Bigelow & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Dr. John Hales, Plaintiff, represented by Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

J & L Canterbury Farms, LLC, Leo Hertzog & Jean Hertzog, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher L. Soriano , Duane Morris, LLP & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Gregory R. Raifman, individually and as Trustee of the Raifman Family Revocable Trust dated 7/2/03, Susan Raifman, individually and as Trustee of the Raifman Family Revocable Trust dated 7/2/03, Gekko Holdings, LLC, an Alaska Limited Liability Company, Raifman Family Trust dated 7/2/03 & Gekko Breeding and Racing, Plaintiffs, represented by Elizabeth Juliana Rest , Idell & Seitel LLP, Ory Sandel , Idell & Seitel LLP, Richard J. Idell , Idell & Seitel LLP & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Bissmeyer Properties, Plaintiff, represented by Brent E. Johnson , Holland & Hart & Romaine C. Marshall , Holland & Hart.

Premiere Thoroughbreds, LLC, Greg Minor & Stephanie Minor, Plaintiffs, represented by Jayson E. Blake , The Miller Law Firm & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Spencer D. Plummer, III, Plaintiff, pro se.

Dumar Horses, L.C., Plaintiff, represented by David W. Scofield , Peters Scofield Price & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

John Goyak, Dana Goyak, John Goyak and Associates, Incorporated & Jupiter Ranches, LLC, Plaintiffs, represented by David Z. Chesnoff , Chesnoff & Schonfeld, Jonathan F. Jorissen , Brooks Wilkins Sharley & Turco PLLC, Robin Luce Herrmann , Butzel Long, Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Richard A. Schonfeld , Chesnoff & Schonfeld.

Larry McNeill, Plaintiff, represented by Kenneth W. Yeates , Savage, Yeates & Waldron, PC, Kyle C. Thompson , Savage, Yeates & Waldron, PC & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

DLJ Family Investment Partners, Plaintiff, represented by Timothy S. Arnold , Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner, Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Jana M. Smoot White , Fowler, Measle & Bell, LLP & Taft A. McKinstry , Fowler Bell PLLC.

Neil Baker, Anne Baker, Nebann Farms, LLC, Harriet V. Barker, Spider Woman Ranches, LLC, Beverly House-Myers, Mark Myers, Rolling Knoll Farms, LLC, William Romanowski, Julie Romanowski, Romanowski Thoroughbreds, LLC, Ralph Tamm, No Limits Productions, LLC, Steven Webb, Janice Webb, Moonshadow Ranch, LLC, Dave Werner, Kristin Werner, Rezie Farms, LLC, Karl Whitten, Lisa Whitten & JKLM Ranches, LLC, Plaintiffs, represented by Jeffrey Alan Springer , Springer & Steinberg, PC & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

C. Edward Cunningham, Plaintiff, represented by Blake C. Erskine, Jr. , Erskine & Blackburn, LLP, Mark Bradley Blackburn , Erskine & Blackburn, LLP & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Betty Lee, Plaintiff, represented by Gilbert Ross Serota , Arnold & Palmer, LLP & Jeremy T. Kamras , Arnold & Palmer, LLP.

Peter Fortenbaugh, Plaintiff, represented by Gilbert Ross Serota , Arnold & Palmer, LLP, Jeremy T. Kamras , Arnold & Palmer, LLP & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Stanwyck Glen Farms, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph M. Garemore , Brown and Connery LLP, Stephen J. Defeo , Brown and Connery LLP & Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Thomas E. Morello & Denise G. Morello, Plaintiffs, represented by Joseph M. Garemore , Brown and Connery LLP & Stephen J. Defeo , Brown and Connery LLP.

Sea Song Farms, LLC, Lewis T. Teffeau & Linda S. Teffeau, Plaintiffs, represented by Charles C. Mihalek & Steven M. McCauley , Charles C. Mihalek, PSC.

James D. Lyon, Chapter 7 Trustee of ClassicStar LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Earl M. Forte , Gordon & Rees, LLP, George J. Krueger , Blank Rome, LLP, John E. Lucian , Blank Rome, LLP, John O'Neill Morgan, Jr. , John O. Morgan, Jr., Alisa E. Moen , Blank Rome LLP, pro hac vice, Jonathan Scott Goldman , Blank Rome, LLP, Norman E. Greenspan , Blank Rome, LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen E. Gross , Blank Rome, LLP, pro hac vice.

Sioux Breeders, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Dennis K. Egan , Kotz, Sangster,Wysocki & Berg, P.C.

Silver Fox Equestrian, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Timothy S. Arnold , Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner.

Debora D. Plummer, Plaintiff, pro se.

S. David Plummer, Plaintiff, pro se.

Shane D. Plummer, Plaintiff, pro se.

ClassicStar Farms, Inc., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

Geostar Corp., Defendant, pro se.

Tony Ferguson, Defendant, pro se.

David Plummer, Viking Real Estate, L.C. & Crown Jewels Limited Partnership, Defendants, represented by T. Scott White , Miller Edwards Rambicure PLLC.

ClassicStar 2004, LLC, First Source Wyoming, Incorporated & ClassicStar Thoroughbreds of Kentucky, LLC, Defendants, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

ClassicStar Thoroughbreds, LLC & GeoStar Financial Financial Services Corp., Defendants, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

Geostar Equine Energy, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Matthew L. Lalli , Snell & Wilmer & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

John Parrot, Defendant, represented by Angela S. Fetcher , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Culver V. Halliday , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Lea Pauley Goff , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC & Matthew R. Lindblom , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC.

Spencer Plummer, Defendant, represented by Emily H. Cowles , McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC & T. Scott White , Miller Edwards Rambicure PLLC.

Thom Robinson, Defendant, represented by William L. Doffermyre , Williams & Connolly.

Strategic Opportunity Solutions, LLC, doing business as, Defendant, pro se.

Classicstar, a Utah Limited Liability Company, Defendant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC & Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

David S. Forman, Defendant, represented by Steven C. Forman & Pamela Dae Perlman .

Thomas Robinson, Defendant, pro se.

GeoStar Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant, represented by Matthew L. Lalli , Snell & Wilmer.

Tony P. Ferguson, Defendant, pro se.

John W. Parrott, Defendant, represented by Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Angela S. Fetcher , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Culver V. Halliday , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Lea Pauley Goff , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC & Matthew R. Lindblom , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC.

Thomas E. Robinson, Defendant, pro se.

ClassicStar, Inc., Defendant, represented by John O'Neill Morgan, Jr. , John O. Morgan, Jr.

ClassicStar Farms, Inc., GeoStar Financial Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Frederick J. Lambert, Tartan Business, L.C., Cadillac Farms, Inc., First Source Texas, Inc., First Source Bossier, L.L.C., First Texas Gas, LP, CBM Resources Pty, Ltd., Associated Geophysical Services, Inc., Conquest Group Operating Company, West Virginia Development, Inc., West Virginia Gas Corporation, Squaw Creek Development, Inc., Arkoma Basin Development, Inc., Royalty Acquisition Company, BNG Producing & Drilling, Geostar Financial Corporation, Geostar Leasing Corporation, Conquest Exploration, Inc., First Source Wyoming, Inc., Squaw Creek, Inc. & Brookstone Development, Ltd., Defendants, represented by David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

Thomas Bissmeyer, Defendant, represented by Barry D. Hunter , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Brent E. Johnson , Holland & Hart & Romaine C. Marshall , Holland & Hart.

Thomas Williams, Defendant, pro se.

Gary L. Thornhill, Defendant, pro se.

Robert Holt, Defendant, pro se.

Elizabeth Holt, Defendant, pro se.

David Lieberman, Defendant, represented by Mickey T. Webster , Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP.

First Source Wyoming, Defendant, represented by Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Matthew L. Lalli , Snell & Wilmer & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

Thomas J. Handler, J.D. P.C., Defendant, represented by Nancy L. Hendrickson .

Wilmington Trust FSB, Defendant, represented by Benjamin Samuel Klehr , Cozen O'Connor, Eric D. Freed , Cozen O'Connor & Neal D. Colton , Cozen O'Connor.

Wilmington Trust Corporation, Defendant, represented by Benjamin Samuel Klehr , Cozen O'Connor & Eric D. Freed , Cozen O'Connor.

Jennifer Stahle, Defendant, pro se.

Boyce J. Sanderson, Defendant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP & Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

Viking Real Estate, L.C., Defendant, pro se.

Crown Jewels Limited Partnership, Defendant, pro se.

Duggan Bertsch, LLC, Handler Thayer, LLP & Steven J. Thayer, Defendants, represented by Jeffrey M. Heftman , Gozdecki, Del Guidice, Americus & Farkas LLP, pro hac vice, Jonathan Ernest Harris , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP & Richard A. Del Giudice , Gozdecki, Del Guidice, Americus & Farkas LLP.

Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, Movant, represented by Catherine L. Sakach , Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP.

Brookstone Development Pty. Ltd., Brookstone Development, Ltd., Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP & Riverside Equities, LLC, Movants, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

ClassicStar Farms, Inc. & GeoStar Corporation, ThirdParty Plaintiffs, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

Strategic Opportunity Solutions, LLC, ThirdParty Defendant, pro se.

Zeus Investments, LLC, ThirdParty Defendant, pro se.

Geostar & Classicstar, Counter Claimants, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

S. David Plummer, II, Cross Defendant, represented by T. Scott White , Miller Edwards Rambicure PLLC.

James D. Lyon, Estate of ClassicStar, LLC, Trustee, represented by John O'Neill Morgan, Jr. , John O. Morgan, Jr., Alisa E. Moen , Blank Rome LLP, pro hac vice, Earl M. Forte , Gordon & Rees, LLP & Jonathan Scott Goldman , Blank Rome, LLP.

Strategic Opportunity Solutions, LLC, Cross Defendant, pro se.

Zeus Investments, LLC, Cross Defendant, pro se.

Geostar Corp., Cross Defendant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

John W. Parrott, Cross Defendant, represented by Culver V. Halliday , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Lea Pauley Goff , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC & Matthew R. Lindblom , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC.

John Parrot, Cross Defendant, represented by Angela S. Fetcher , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Culver V. Halliday , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, Lea Pauley Goff , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC & Matthew R. Lindblom , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC.

Spencer D. Plummer, III, Cross Defendant, pro se.

Spencer D. Plummer, III, ThirdParty Defendant, pro se.

ClassicStar Farms, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC & David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC.

GeoStar Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Matthew L. Lalli , Snell & Wilmer, Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC & Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.

GeoStar Financial Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Brian M. Johnson , Dickinson Wright PLLC, David Andrew Owen , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Jason Trent Ams , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Jennifer Julie Cave , Stites & Harbison, PLLC & Matthew A. Stinnett , Dickinson Wright PLLC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant John Parrott [DE 33]. Plaintiffs have filed a Response [DE 176], and Defendant has filed a Reply [DE 181] in further support of his motion.1

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