Legal Opinion
Avery J. Stone, as Trustee of the Anita M. Stone Family Trust and the Avery J. Stone Trust v. David J. Doerge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 2003No. 02-3873PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Balis, Lewittes & Coleman, Inc., a broker-dealer, handled securities transactions for two trusts of which Avery Stone is the trustee. In some of these transactions, Bear Stearns Securities Corp. served as the clearing broker. In this suit under the federal securities laws, Stone contends that Balis and David Doerge (one of Balis’s employees, who served as investment adviser to the trusts) committed fraud in connection with several private placements. (We refer to the defendants collectively as Balis.) Bear Stearns played no role in either the advice given or the…
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