CROWE v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 92-2164-M.

856 F.Supp. 1178 (1994)

Larry D. CROWE, et al., v. James W. SMITH, et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

July 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Ward, Jr., Lynn H. Frank, Ward & Clesi, New Orleans, LA, John T. McDowell, Bankston & McDowell, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Leroy Smith, Jr., Tallulah, LA, for James W. Smith.

James Eugene Mixon, Columbia, LA, for Russell Hart.

Robert S. Rooth, Corinne A. Morrison, James C. Young, Chaffe McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, Anne B. Sobol, Slidell, LA, Susan R. Laporte, Metairie, LA, for Agrarian Development Corp., MLM Services Inc., Resolution Trust Co.

James W. Berry, Coenen & Berry, Rayville, LA, J. Allen Harvey, Jr., Monroe, LA, for Vernon McCrory, James E. Wooldridge, Bobby Thrialkill, Hugh Roche, Dwight Vines.

William E. Wright, Jr., Judy L. Burnthorn, Nancy J. Marshall, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Johnny Dollar.

Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., Jones Walker, Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Kurt D. Engelhardt, Hailey McNamara, Hall Larmann & Papale, Metairie, LA, Robert B. Bieck, Jr., Virginia W. Gundlach, Jones Walker, Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for McLeod Swearingen Verlander et al., Robert P. McLeod, Lawson L. Swearingen.

Kurt D. Engelhardt, Hailey McNamara Hall Larmann & Papale, Metairie, LA, W. Glenn Burns, Hoffman Sutterfield Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, LA, Judy L. Burnthorn, Nancy J. Marshall, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Elmer G. Noah, II, Kirby O. Price.

Colette J. Winston, U.S. Dept. of Justice Torts, Branch Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

M. James Chaney, Jr., Teller Martin Chaney & Hassell, Vicksburg, MS, for Merchants Bank NA.

Stephen L. Harrison, Shafto & Ashbrook, Monroe, LA, for L. Michael Ashbrook.

Thomas Davenport, Jr., Davenport Files & Kelly, J. Allen Harvey, Jr., Monroe, LA, for Malcolm Maddox.


RULING

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.

Before the court is a Motion for Summary Judgment filed on behalf of defendants Robert P. McLeod, Lawson L. Swearingen, and David E. Verlander, III (the Law Partners). Five other defendants or groups of defendants — Johnny E. Dollar; James E. Woolridge, Bobby Thrialkill, Dwight Vines, and Hugh Roche (the Bank Directors); Russell Hart; Malcolm Maddox; and Kirby O. Price and Elmer G. Noah, II (Price &...

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