No. 76-2615

608 F.2d 1297 52 A.L.R.Fed. 136, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,190 DE LUZ RANCHOS INVESTMENT, LTD., Nos. 30-31, 40-41, 70-71, 45, 75, 6 of Parcel Map 20-1 and De Luz Ranchos Investment, Ltd., Nos. 1, 8, 11-18, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31-1, 32, 37, of Parcel Map 28, California Limited Partnerships, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLDWELL BANKER & COMPANY, a California Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 76-2615. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 28, 1979. John F. Banker, Tiburon, Cal., William M. Ziering, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Edmund L. Regalia, Richard Ardoin, William H. G. Norman, San Francisco, Cal., Shelly J. Shafron, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendants-appellees; Miller, Starr & Regalia, Oakland, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TRASK, ANDERSON and HUG, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 De Luz Ranchos Investment, Ltd. ("De Luz"), a group of limited partnerships, brought this action against Coldwell, Banker & Co. ("Coldwell"), W. Brad Smith, and Kaiser-Aetna and several of its affiliated firms ("Kaiser"). De Luz alleges violations of the…