Brown v. E.F. Hutton Group, Inc.

Citation991 F.2d 1020
PartiesFed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,420 Kay N. BROWN; Gilbert Fennema; Minnie G. Fennema; Harold J. Lemmon; Marjorie T. Miller; William C. Findt; William G. Brown; Loyette Eby; David Lawrence; Charles W. Manz, As Trustee for the Manz Family Trust; Jules Belkin; Tony Arlotti; Rita G. Thye; Richard O. Slutzky; Alyson Slutzky; Judith Alterman; Central Machine & Welding, Inc.; George F. Robinson; Margaret B. Sealander; Valerie R. Lynn; Ralph Madoff; Lily Madoff; Ralph G. Bock; Glen M. Carlson; Nila Carlson; Frederick H. Duffield; Elizabeth D. Duffield; Richard J. Paetz; Luana Borchers; Emerson Eby; Madeline Shields; Albert W. Shields; Rosemarie Cobb; Joyce V. Moorehouse; Mary K.O. Sanders; Harry J. Beyer; Elizabeth Beyer, As Trustees for the Beyer Family trust under agreement dated
Decision Date28 November 1977
CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)

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