People of State of California v. Keating

986 F.2d 346 PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, By and Through Daniel E. LUNGREN, Attorney General of the State of California, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles H. KEATING, Jr.; Jack Atchison; Judy J. Wischer; Charles H. Keating, III; Robert J. Kielty; Sheldon K. Weiner; Robert W. Wurzlebacher, Jr.; Andrew F. Ligget; Andre A. Niebling; Bruce F. Dickson; Robert J. Hubbard; Mark A. Voigt; Gary W. Hall; Arthur Young & Company, currently doing business as, and known as, Ernst & Young; Frank O'Brien, and Does 1-1000, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-16323. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 18, 1992. Decided Feb. 25, 1993. Kelvin C. Gong, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Kathryn A. Oberly, Ernst & Young, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We consider whether impleading the Resolution Trust Corporation ("RTC") in a state court proceeding gives defendants the right to remove a complaint containing only state law claims to federal court. 2 * On July…