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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Ent erp ris e Fi na nc ia l Gro up , Inc .,
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Ri ch ard Po dh or n; GR3 C on st ru ct io n, LLC; Cap it al Co ns tru ct or s Dev el op m en t, LLC; SLC Gro up , LLC; CLS Gro up , LLC; LCS Gro up , LLC; Co rn ers to ne In ve st or s, LLC; Cap Dev , LLC; Wilm er Fa rm s, LLC; Hig hl an d M an ag em en t Gro up , LLC; Ma un de ig h- Bl u, LP; Mau nd ei gh -Bl u M an ag em en t Co m pa ny, Inc.; Ri ch ard J. Po dh or n R ev oc ab le Trus t U/ T/A Dat ed May 18, 2 00 6; Loco m ot iv e In ve st m en ts , LP; HSWB, LL C; HS15 7, LLC; PFWB, LL C; W B1 , LLC; 6 ND, LLC; 6 NW B, LLC; M is so ur i Eq ui ty Solu ti on s, LLC; MO Hou si ng & Re-De ve lo pm en t, LLC; Co nt ract Hol di ng s, In c.; S im ps on Liv in g Tru st ; Aut om ot iv e Pro fes si on al Res ou rces , LLC; J CL Real ty, LLC; J am es Cap it al In ve st m en ts , LP; 4 S Dev el op m en t, LLC; W en tz vi ll e Ci ne m a Co m pa ny, L LC,

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Eas te rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - St . Lou is

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15 , 20 19 Fi le d: Ju ly 16, 2 01 9 [Pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re SM ITH, Chi ef J ud ge , COLLOTO N and ERICKSON, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Ent erp ris e Fi na nc ia l Gro up , In c. su ed Cap Dev , LLC an d se ve ral ot he r de fen d a n t s un de r th e Mi ss ou ri Uni fo rm Frau du le nt Tran sf er Act. Ent erp ris e th en fil ed a li s pe nden s —a no ti ce th at an y in te res ts in pr op ert y acq ui red du rin g li ti ga ti on

are su bjec t to th e ou tc om e—a ga in st on e of Cap Dev ’s pr op ert ie s. The di st ric t co ur t 1
gr an te d C ap Dev ’s m ot io n t o c an cel th e li s p en de ns , and Ent erp ris e ap pe al s.

The am en de d co mpla in t al le ge s th at an en ti ty in de bt ed to Ent erp ris e m ad e frau du le nt tra ns fers to Cap Dev an d th e ot he r de fen da nt s. As rel ev an t he re, Ent erp ris e cl ai m s th at Cap Dev rece iv ed a frau du le nt $1 .9 m il li on lo an a n d u s ed th is lo an to pu rch as e an d de ve lo p “ 23 .82 acre s at th e co rn er of St at e Hig hwa y Z an d In te rs ta te 70

co m m on ly kn own as W en tz vi ll e Bl uf fs .” Ent erp ris e se pa rat el y fil ed a li s pe nden s as to “ Lot 2 of W ENTZ BLUFFS #1 & T09 22 00 00 7 SPLIT/ MAP P, a c c o r d i n g to th e pl at th ereo f rec or de d i n P la t Bo ok Pag e(s ) of th e St . Cha rle s C ou nt y Rec or ds (Hwy Z, Went zv il le , M O 6 33 85 ).” The di st ric t co ur t g ran te d C ap Dev ’s m ot io n to can cel th is li s pe nden s , co nc lu di ng th at it was in va li d un de r Mi ss ou ri la w. W e rev ie w

can cel la ti on of a li s pe nden s fo r ab us e of di sc ret io n. S.B. McLa ug hl in & Co

. v. Tu do r Oak s C on do . Pro je ct , 87 7 F .2d 70 7, 7 08 (8t h C ir. 1 98 9)

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“ Fo r a li s pe nd en s to ha ve pr os pe ct iv e effe ct , th e jud gm en t co nt em pl at ed m us t ad jud ic at e an eq ui ta bl e rig ht , cl ai m or li en , affe ct in g or d es ig ne d t o a ffec t [t he ] real

es ta te in qu es ti on .” Sp ac e Pla nn er s Arch it ect

s, In c. v. Fro nt ie r To wn -Mo
., In c. , 10 7 S.W .3d 39 8, 40 7 (Mo

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. 20 03 ) (al te ra ti on in or ig in al ) (in te rn al qu ot at io n

m ark s om it te d) ; se e Mo

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. § 52 7.2 60

. As th e di st ric t co ur t no te d, Ent erp ris e’s pr ay er do es no t sp eci fic al ly req ue st eq ui ta bl e r e l i e f , an d in st ead se ek s

“ act ua l an d ex em

pl ary da m ag es ” an d “ an y ot he r rel ie f th e co ur t de em s ap pr op ria te .”

The Ho n o r a b l e Hen ry Edwar d Aut rey, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e 1 East ern Dis tri ct of M is so ur i.

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-Ent erp ris e ur ge s us to fo cu s on pa rag rap h 13 3 of it s am en de d co m pl ai nt , whi ch
pr ece d e s t h e p rayer fo r rel ie f an d ge ne ric al ly req ue st s eq ui ta bl e rem ed ie s su ch as at ta ch m en t of th e de fen da nt s’ as se ts an d ap po in tm en t of a rece iv er. Thi s pa rag rap h, ho wev er, do es no t i de nt ify an y sp eci fic pr op ert y , l et al on e th e pa rti cu la r real es ta te
at is su e, as to whi ch eq ui ta bl e rel ie f is so ug ht

. Th e o n l y refe ren ce to Cap Dev ’s
pr op ert y co m es se ve ral pa rag rap hs earl ie r, whe n Ent erp ris e m en ti ons the “ 23. 82 acre s at th e co rn er o f St at e Hig hwa y Z and Int ers ta te 70 co m

m on ly k no wn as W en tz vi ll e Bl uf fs .” Thi s im

pr eci se de sc rip ti on do es n o t s p e c i f y whe th er th e 23 .82 acre s

en co m pa ss th e “ Lot 2” m en ti on ed in th e li s pe nden s , an d do es no t co nn ect th e pr op ert y to an y pa rti cu la r req ue st fo r eq ui ta bl e rel ie f. In li gh t of th es e sh or tc om in gs in Ent erp ris e’s am en de d co m pl ai nt , th e di st ric t co ur t act ed wit hi n it s di sc ret io n i n

can cel in g t he li s p en de ns

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The ord er o f th e d is tri ct co ur t i s af fir m ed

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