Legal Opinion
Coleco Industries, Inc. v. Berman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 25, 1977No. Nos. 76-2328 to 76-2331PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This factually-complex case arises out of the 1973 acquisition of Royal All-Aluminum Swimming Pool Corp. by a 100% stock purchase on the part of Coleco Industries, Inc. Royal’s shareholders were Abe Berman, Joseph Rubin, and Irvin, Lewis and Frederick Cohen. Berman acted as president and sales manager, Rubin functioned as vice president, design engineer and production manager, while the Cohens provided financial support to Royal. Berman, Rubin and the Cohens, along with Zelnick, Sobelman and Co., Royal’s accountants, were the defendants in the $1.3 million securities fraud…
3Cases cited19 opinions
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,887 Sundstrand Corporation v. Sun Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,030 Henry T. Sanders v. John Nuveen & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Maggie Dudley, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for James Dudley, a Minor v. South Jersey Metal, Inc., a Corporation of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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4Cited by45 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,861 Gerald Mansbach v. Prescott, Ball & TurbenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- John H. Smith v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- SHARP, Stanley L. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- K-B Trucking Company and Keith Collins, Cross-Appellants v. Riss International Corporation and World Leasing, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,862 G. A. Thompson & Co., Inc. v. Herbert Partridge, Robert M. Presley, Frank Andrews and C. Thomas MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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