Legal Opinion

Adams v. Cavanagh Communities Corp.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 10, 1994No. 81 C 7332PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NORDBERG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action, filed on behalf of more than one thousand Plaintiffs, alleges that Cavanagh Communities Corp. (“Cavanagh Communities”), Cavanagh Land Sales Corp. (“Cavanagh Land Sales”), Joseph and Zola Klein (“the Kleins”), John Sgarlat, (collectively “the Cavanagh Defendants”) and television personality Ed McMahon perpetrated a comprehensive land fraud scheme that defrauded Plaintiffs and other investors of millions of dollars. Plaintiffs’ Seven Count Amended Complaint seeks remedies under the Securities Act of 1933, ch. 38,…

2Cases cited76 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Woods v. FosterDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
  2. Richard R. Wals and Sandra L. Wals v. Fox Hills Development Corporation and Grey Hound Real Estate Finance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. Celsion Corp. v. Stearns Management Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
  4. Trull v. GC Services Ltd. PartnershipDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
  5. Craft v. Vanderbilt UniversityDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1998

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