Grosvenor Properties Ltd., a California Corporation Grosvenor Ventures Ltd. L.P v. Hotels Ltd. v. Southmark Corporation Southmark Vancouver Corporation, Grosvenor Properties Ltd., a California Corporation Grosvenor Ventures Ltd. L.P v. Hotels Ltd. v. Southmark Corporation, and William S. Friedman

896 F.2d 1149 15 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1507 GROSVENOR PROPERTIES LTD., a California corporation; Grosvenor Ventures Ltd.; L.P.V. Hotels Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOUTHMARK CORPORATION; Southmark Vancouver Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. GROSVENOR PROPERTIES LTD., a California corporation; Grosvenor Ventures Ltd.; L.P.V. Hotels Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHMARK CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, and William S. Friedman, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 87-2829, 88-1631 and 87-2877. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1989. Notice of Automatic Stay July 14, 1989. Order Vacating Automatic Stay Jan. 10, 1990. Decided Feb. 8, 1990. Charles S. Treat, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Neil E. Falconer, Steinhart & Falconer, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TANG, CANBY, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Southmark Corporation (Southmark) appeals the district court's judgment against it following a jury trial in which Southmark was found to have fraudulently…