Legal Opinion

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-Appellees

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 16, 1982No. 80-1658PublishedCited by 150 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEE, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

We review the latest act in the long-running drama of the Western Equities, Inc. (“Westec”) stock scandal. The characters include defendants-appellants, cross-appel-lees Business Funds, Inc. (“BFI”), a small business investment company, John Austin (“Austin”), chairman of BFI, and David Bintliff (“Bintliff”), a businessman and investor. The final character is plaintiff-ap-pellee, cross-appellant Chemetron Corporation (“Chemetron”). The defendants appeal from a judgment of $18,413,160 in actual and exemplary damages for violations of the federal and Texas…

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