California v. Altus Finance

344 F.3d 920 State of CALIFORNIA ex rel. RONO, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALTUS FINANCE S.A.; CDR Creances; Credit Lyonnais USA; Jean-Francois Henin, Defendants, and CDR Enterprises; Consortium de Realisation S.A.; Mutuelle Assurance Artisanale de France; Mutuelle Assurance Artisanale de France Vie S.A.; Omnium Geneve S.A.; Credit Lyonnais S.A.; Aurora National Life Assurance Company; New California Life Holdings, Inc.; Artemis S.A.; Artemis Finances S.N.C.; Aurora S.A.; Artemis America Partnership; Francois Pinault; Apollo Advisors L.P.; Leon D. Black; Craig M. Cogut; Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc.; John J. Hannan; Lion Advisors L.P.; Pegasus Insurance Partners, L.L.P.; Eric B. Siegel, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56038. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Filed September 15, 2003. Arthur J. Shartsis, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg, San Francisco, CA, Jan Zabriskie, DAG, Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, CA, Brian D. Daly, Beck, Decorso, Daly, Barrera & Kreindler, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. No appearance, for Defendant. Travers D. Wood, C. Randolph Fishburn, White & Case, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas McGanney, White & Case, New York,…