Valerio

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Good Law

80 F.R.D. 626·1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18532

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaApril 6, 1978No. C-77-0937 RFPCalifornia17,276 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Pecrham, J.

On May 21, 1973, this court entered a final order certifying, for purposes of settlement only, the plaintiff class and approving the settlement in McCubbrey v. Boise Cascade Home & Land Corporation, No. C-72-0470 RFP. The instant class action was filed on May 6,1977, by Michael Valerio and Yung Hao Chang, who were members of the McCubbrey class and participants in that settlement. Now, however, they seek an order vacating the McCubbrey judgment, “substituting the attorneys for plaintiffs herein for those who are now of record for plaintiffs in that action and placing the matter on the court’s trial calendar.” Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint at 63. Their amended complaint also seeks $800,000,000 in damages and $1,000,000,000 in punitive damages as well as equitable relief for alleged violations of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and pendent claims. Included in the pendent claims are claims against many of the private attorneys who represented the McCubbrey class and against the Attorney General of California for fraud and negligence allegedly arising out of breaches of…

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Parties

Michael VALERIO, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and Yung Hao Chang
Plaintiff
BOISE CASCADE CORP. Boise Cascade Home & Land Corp. Boise Cascade Recreation Communities Corp. of Delaware Boise Cascade Credit Corp. Hidden Valley Lake Association Stonehouse Mutual Water Co. Burger, Robbiebun Horner, Jack Hearn, Fred Ray, Wayne Percy, Orin Carey, Kenneth Lovitt & Hannan Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein Cotchett & Hutchinson Breen, Young, Whitehead & Hoy Beckland, Siner, Taketa & Salle Barfield, Barfield, Dryden & Ruane Stark, Stewart, Simon & Sparrowe Murray, John J. Watson, Frederick E. Titcomb, Martin Elke, Thomas Attorney General of the State of California
Defendant

Judges

Pecrham

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