Read CORDOZA v. PAC. STATES STEEL CORP., 01-16638, 02-15110

The district court did not commit clear error or exceed its authority under Fed. R. Civ. P. 53, in supervising a special master and setting his compensation. A special master has the right to appeal orders affecting him or her, when the orders are final or collateral.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2002
• Submitted 11/04/2002
• Decided 02/20/2003
• Published 02/20/2003

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  McKEOWN and PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tamar Pachter, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Goodin, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants, Bruce Train, Hans Lemcke, Theodore Sorensen, Passco Administrative Services, Inc., and Passco Development Co., LLC., Arthur Lazear, Oakland, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees, Eldon T. Cordoza, et al., Charles Reese, Oakland, CA, for real party in interest-appellee, Community Redevelopment Agency-Union City., Larry W. Telford, San Franciso, CA, and Walter J. Sears, III and Scott Smith, Birmingham, AL, for real party in interest-appellee Rust International Inc.