Barclays Discount Bank Ltd. v. Sam Levy, Individually and Doing Business as Sam's Gem Trading, Israel Discount Bank Ltd. v. Sam Levy, Individually and Doing Business as Sam's Gem Trading, Barclays Discount Bank Ltd. v. Bogharian Bros., Inc.

743 F.2d 722 39 UCC Rep.Serv. 916 BARCLAYS DISCOUNT BANK LTD., Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Sam LEVY, individually and doing business as Sam's Gem Trading, Defendant/Appellant. ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK LTD., Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Sam LEVY, individually and doing business as Sam's Gem Trading, Defendant/Appellant. BARCLAYS DISCOUNT BANK LTD., Plaintiff/Appellee, v. BOGHARIAN BROS., INC., Defendant/Appellant. Nos. 83-6229, 83-6230, 83-6235 and 83-6293. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 2, 1984. Decided Sept. 25, 1984. Frederick L. McKnight, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Thomas Weiss, Pacht, Ross, Warne, Bernhard & Sears, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Philip R. Homsey, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ANDERSON and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal involves actions (consolidated below) brought by two Israeli banks, Israel Discount Bank (IDB) and Barclays Discount Bank (Barclays), to collect on promissory notes made by two California diamond merchants, Sam Levy and Bogharian…