DONOVAN v. SCHMOUTEY

No. CV-LV 77-47 RDF.

592 F.Supp. 1361 (1984)

Raymond J. DONOVAN, Successor to Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff, and Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Pension Trust, Involuntary Plaintiff, v. Ben SCHMOUTEY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

As Amended August 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamond Mills, U.S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., John Hardin Young, Joseph R. Reyna, Paula J. Page, David L. Peña, Willie M. Alexander, Daly D.E. Temchine, Peter B. Dolan, Linda S. Leonard, Nancy S. Hyde, Patrick Hyde, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff Donovan.

John J. Reynolds, Chicago, Ill., Kevin C. Efroymson, Las Vegas, Nev., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Mitchel D. Whitehead, Bruce R. Bailey, Mary E. McInerny, Los Angeles, Cal., Iverson, Yoakum, Papiano & Hatch, John A. Slezak, Donald M. Robbins, Neil Papiano, F.B. Yoakum, Jr., Deborah M. Nesset, Los Angeles, Cal., for involuntary plaintiff and cross defendant Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Trust.

Thomas L. Pursel, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant Ben Schmoutey.

William Singleton, Rene C. Arceneaux, Mark C. Scott, Jr., Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy & Jemison, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants and third-party plaintiffs Richard P. Crane, Jr., Bernard W. Menke & Harry R. Stang.

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Christopher P. Bisgaard, Robert F. Lewis, Roy M. Brisbois, Alan M. Greenberg, Charles K. Wake, Los Angeles, Cal., and Cromer, Barker, Michaelson, Gillock & Rawlings, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant/cross claimant and third party plaintiff Harry Rugg.

Houston, Moran & Kennedy, Las Vegas, Nev., and Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Associated 8/13/79, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant/cross claimant and third party plaintiff Herbert Tobman.

John O'Reilly, Gloria Sanchez, Peter J. Stutsman, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant Estate of Al Bramlet.

Cordell Siegel, Andrew F. Puzder, James L. Zemelman, Anthony A. Zmaila, John L. Boeger, St. Louis, Mo., Bilbray, Carelli & Miller, Las Vegas, Nev., William E. Crockett, Cordell Siegel, St. Louis, Mo., E. Michael Murphy, Clayton, Mo., Pierre E. Mailloux, Washington, D.C., Bernard J. Mellman, St. Louis, Mo., Anthony A. Zmaila, St. Louis, Mo., Andrew F. Puzder, Stolar, Heitzmann, Eder, Seigel & Harris, St. Louis, Mo., E. Michael Murphy, Clayton, Mo., for defendant and defendants in intervention Morris Shenker; I.J.K. Nevada, Inc., Murrieta Hot Springs & S & F Corp.

Lee A. Warsaw, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant and defendant in intervention Sierra Charter Corp.

A. William Maupin, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant and third party defendant Pacific Intern. Brokers, Ltd.

James Pico, Las Vegas, Nev., for third party defendants Underwriters at Lloyd's, London & Professional Indem. Agency, Inc. (also referred to as Professional Indemnity, Inc.).

Bancroft, Avery & McAlister, Michele D. Robertson, Janet F. Stansby, San Francisco, Cal., Leonard I. Gang, Las Vegas, Nev., for third party plaintiff and third party defendant Barbanell Associates.

Keith Edwards, Las Vegas, Nev., Parkinson & Wolf, Marc L. Sallus, Lisa Weinberg, Gordon J. Calhoun, Walter S. Weiss, Roger A. Parkinson, David Lyons, Barbara M. Rubin, Girard Fisher, William Z. Elliott, Erin M. Mulcahy, Allan H. Cutler, Jeffrey M. Loeb, Fred J. Marcus, Linda C.J. Miller, Brian R. Strange, Suzanne Elkins, Mark F. Marnell, David Herriford, Los Angeles, Cal., for third party defendants Roland C. Davis, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, I.R. Ashleman, II, and Ashleman & Sabbath.

Herbert L. Roth, Los Angeles, Cal., Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Jean P. Nogues, Charles F. Eick, Richard S. Hessenius, Daniel A. Weber, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard Mainland, Los Angeles, Cal., Earl Monsey, Rogers, Monsey, Woodbury, Brown & Berggreen, Las Vegas, Nev., for Substituted Investment Manager and Plaintiff/intervenor Thomas L. Karsten Assoc.

Andrew S. Brignone, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, Nev., for third party defendants Laventhol and Horwath.

David R. Grundy, Hibbs, Roberts & Lemons, Reno, Nev., Reuben & Proctor, John A. Krivicich, Chicago, Ill., for third party defendant Lake Shore Nat. Bank.

Goodman, Oshins, Brown & Singer, Kirby R. Wells, Las Vegas, Nev., for deponent Merlin Jones, CPA.


ROGER D. FOLEY, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACTS

I. PARTIES

1. On March 30, 1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) filed a complaint in the United States District Court, District of Nevada, naming the Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Pension Trust (Pension Trust) as an involuntary plaintiff, certain of the Pension Trust's trustees as defendants, and Morris A. Shenker (Shenker) and certain companies owned or controlled by him as defendants...

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