Legal Opinion
Spira v. Nick
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 24, 1995No. 94 Civ. 7066 (LAK)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KAPLAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, an investor in two investment vehicles controlled by defendant Larry Nick, claims that Nick and his wife have embezzled large sums of money from a substantial number of Nick-dominated entities. They bring a host of State law-based claims, including claims of fraud and conversion, purportedly on behalf of a class of all investors in Nick-controlled entities. The only alleged basis of federal jurisdiction is two causes of action for alleged conspiracies to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…
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