Legal Opinion

Jones v. Miles

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 31, 1981No. 80-7544PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellee, Robert P. Jones, filed this action in the district court charging the defendants-appellants, J. Merrell Miles, Franklin Earl Miles and H. Frank Tanner, and others, with state and federal securities violations and common law fraud. He essentially complains that the appellants knowingly made false representations and omissions to him concerning the financial condition of a company owned and controlled by the Miles in order to induce him to enter into a merger with his business. The five-count petition is premised on § 10(b) of the Securities…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,803 Steven Flaks v. David I. Koegel and Flora Mir Candy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,213 Hill York Corporation v. American International Franchises, Inc., Gurn H. FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,872 Lila A. Miley v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., Anthony L. Geller and John W. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Marram v. Kobrick Offshore Fund, Ltd.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  2. Joan Hassan, Dinesh Hassan v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  3. American National Bank Of Jacksonville v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Allied Chemical Corporation v. Jack MacKay D/B/A MacKay Farms Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Silverberg v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983

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