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Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. Cogen Sklar, L.L.P

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided October 9, 2001No. 00-1157PublishedCited by 263 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

This matter arises out of the bankruptcy of two lease financing corporations, which were allegedly operated as a “Ponzi scheme.”1 Like all such schemes, this one collapsed, leaving numerous investors with significant losses. To operate the scheme, William Shapiro, aided by others, allegedly caused the corporations to issue fraudulent debt certificates, which were then sold to *344individual investors. When the corporations lost any reasonable prospect of repaying the outstanding debt, they filed for bankruptcy.

A Committee of Creditors, appointed by a…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Nami v. FauverCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by263 opinions

  1. Davis v. Wells Fargo, U.S.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2016
  2. In Re: Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc. Securities Litigation, Charal Investment Company Inc., a New Jersey Corporation C.W. Sommer & Co., a Texas Partnership, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Alan Freed Jerry Crance Helen Scozzanich Sheldon P. Langendorf Rita Walfield Robert Flashman Renee B. Fisher Foundation Inc. Frank Debora Wilson White Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. Joseph Gross v. David Rockefeller Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co. Goldman Sachs Group Lp Goldman Sachs & Co. Whitehall Street Real Estate Limited Partnership v. Wh Advisors Inc. v. Wh Advisors Lp v. Daniel M. Neidich Peter D. Linneman Richard M. Scarlata Frank Debora Wilson White Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. Joseph Gross, Charal Investment Company Inc., a New Jersey Corporation C.W. Sommer & Co., a Texas Partnership, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Alan Freed Jerry Crance Helen Scozzanich Sheldon P. Langendorf Rita Walfield Robert Flashman Renee B. Fisher Foundation Inc. Frank Debora Wilson White Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. Joseph Gross v. David Rockefeller Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co. Goldman Sachs Group Lp Goldman Sachs & Co. Whitehall Street Real Estate Limited Partnership v. Wh Advisors Inc. v. Wh Advisors Lp v. Daniel M. Neidich Peter D. Linneman Richard M. Scarlata Charal Investment Company Inc. C.W. Sommer & Co. Renee B. Fisher Foundation Helen Scozzanich Jerry Crance Alan Freed Sheldon P. Langendorf Rita Walfield Robert FlashmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  3. In Re Teleglobe Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  4. Nisselson v. LernoutCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
  5. Reed v. City of ArlingtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011

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