Atari Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Ernst & Whinney, a Partnership Goldman Sachs, a Partnership Wilfred Schwartz, Keith Powell Merrill Lyons Michael A. Pastore Hyman Hershow Marc Laulhere Jack W. Minor, Individuals, Atari Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Ernst & Whinney, a Partnership Goldman Sachs, a Partnership, and Wilfred Schwartz, Keith Powell Merrill Lyons Michael A. Pastore Hyman Hershow Marc Laulhere Jack W. Minor, Individuals

981 F.2d 1025 ATARI CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERNST & WHINNEY, a partnership; Goldman Sachs, a partnership; Wilfred Schwartz, Keith Powell; Merrill Lyons; Michael A. Pastore; Hyman Hershow; Marc Laulhere; Jack W. Minor, individuals, Defendants-Appellees. ATARI CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNST & WHINNEY, a partnership; Goldman Sachs, a partnership, Defendants, and Wilfred Schwartz, Keith Powell; Merrill Lyons; Michael A. Pastore; Hyman Hershow; Marc Laulhere; Jack W. Minor, individuals, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 91-15668, 91-15693. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1992. Decided July 22, 1992. As Amended on Grant of Rehearing Dec. 10, 1992. Jonathan P. Hayden, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, Matthew S. Steinberg, Inman, Weisz & Steinberg, Beverly Hills, CA, and Robert A. Sacks, Sullivan & Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees-appellants. John W. Clark, Clark & Korda, San Jose, CA, for appellant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: ALARCON, HALL, and KLEINFELD,…