Charles W. Dwight, Iii, Cross-Appellant v. Joan F. Tobin, Howard N. Ellman, Cross-Appellees

TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by defendants Joan F. Tobin (“Tobin”) and Howard N. Ellman (“Ellman”) and a cross-appeal by plaintiff Charles W. Dwight, III (“Dwight”) from various orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida stemming from a multimillion dollar civil suit involving a number of real estate partnerships in Colorado and Florida.

I. Statement of the Case

In 1987, Dwight filed a civil complaint in Florida state court alleging several claims against Tobin and Ellman, and the case was later removed to the District Court for the…