Legal Opinion
Paul S. Dopp v. Htp Corporation, Paul S. Dopp v. Htp Corporation, Paul S. Dopp v. Htp Corporation, Island Resorts, S.A.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 4, 1991No. 91-1187, 91-1188, 91-1191, 91-1302 to 91-1304, 91-1189, 91-1301, 91-1190 and 91-1293PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This factually and legally complicated case casts a shadow over the ownership of two of the Caribbean’s finest resort hotels. The plaintiff, Paul Dopp, alleging breach of contract, sought money damages and other forms of redress. The jury returned a $2,000,000 verdict in his favor against a single defendant, Jay Pritzker. Later, the district court annulled a stock subscription agreement (the SSA), see Dopp v. HTP Corp., 755 F.Supp. 491 (D.P.R.1991), but limited the annulment specifically to the plaintiffs shares. Id. at 501. The court denied the plaintiff’s broader…
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