Butte Mining Plc v. Smith

76 F.3d 287 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,047, RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 8987 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 909 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1453 BUTTE MINING PLC; Tzarina & Travona Mining Corp.; Central Butte Mining Corp.; North Butte Mining Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Clive J. SMITH; Kerry Harmanus; Robertson Group PLC; Montana Mining Properties, Inc.; Dennis Washington; Herbert Roy Bichan; K. Malcolm Clews; D.C. Wilkinson; Byatt, Michau & Smart; Jay Mineral Services Limited; Ernst & Young International; Ernst & Young, a U.S. partnership, et al.; Milton Datsopoulos; Black Rock Mining Ltd; Blue Bird Mining Investments; East Ridge Mining Co.; Eureka Mining Co.; Goldbrick Mining Co.; Original Butte Mining Co.; Oro Fino Placer Mining Corp., et al.; H.R. Bichan; and J.T. Clarke, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-35198. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1995. Decided Feb. 8, 1996. William A. Rossbach, Rossbach & Whiston, Missoula, Montana; Herbert Deutsch, Roy A. Heimlich, Deutsch and Frey, New York City; and Karl J. Englund, Englund Law Office, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Joan E. Cook, Miller & Cook, Great Falls,…