Legal Opinion
Apostolou v. Fisher
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 19, 1995No. 94 C 7244PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal 1 presents a difficult question, namely, whether individual investors defrauded in a Ponzi scheme 2 can maintain a separate cause of action against non-debtor co-conspirators of the now bankrupt estates of Thomas Collins (“Collins”) and his fictitious corporation, Lake States Commodities, Inc. (“Lake States”) — the debtors. In this appeal, the appellants, defrauded investors known as the “Apostolou Plaintiffs,” 3 seek reversal of the bankruptcy court’s ruling 4 that the federal claims they filed in the district court…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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