Legal Opinion
Lou v. Belzberg
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1987No. Nos. 86-6144, 86-6057PublishedCited by 381 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
A. Jacques Lou (Lou) appeals the district court’s denial of Lou’s motion to remand, the granting of a motion to transfer the action to the Southern District of New York, and the enjoining of a similar state court proceeding. The district court found that Lou improperly pled a section 17(a) violation of the 1933 Securities Act and that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68, and the section 17(a) claims were “separate and independent,” thus affording the court removal jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…
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