Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Wasserstein, Perella & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2002No. 00-31292PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
This Louisiana diversity case arises out of a food-business merger gone sour. Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee A1 Copeland owned the controlling interest in companies that sought to acquire a chain of restaurants and retained Defendant-Ap-pellee/Cross-Appellant Wasserstein, Perel-la, & Co. (“Wasserstein”) to provide financial advice regarding the deal. After the corporation that resulted from the merger was forced into bankruptcy by creditors, Copeland sued his investment banker, settled that lawsuit, and then sued Wasser-stein and one of its executive employees,…
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