40235 Washington Street Corporation, a California Corporation v. W.C. Lusardi, an Individual, 40235 Washington Street, Corporation, a California Corporation v. W.C. Lusardi, an Individual

329 F.3d 1076 40235 WASHINGTON STREET CORPORATION, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.C. LUSARDI, an individual, Defendant-Appellant. 40235 Washington Street, Corporation, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.C. Lusardi, an individual, Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-56644. No. 01-56801. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 4, 2003. Filed May 23, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED David A. Niddrie, Niddrie & Hegemier, LLP, for W.C. Lusardi. Duane S. Horning, Mary A. Lehman, and James W. Huston, Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, LLP, for 40235 Washington Street Corporation. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; John S. Rhoades, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-90-01472-JSR. Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and ARCHER * Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. 1 W.C. Lusardi purchased an apartment complex at a Riverside County tax foreclosure auction in 1990. Unbeknownst to Lusardi, the owner of the property, 40235 Washington Street Corporation ("WSC" or "the corporation") had recently filed a federal bankruptcy petition, creating an automatic stay preventing the…