Goel v. Heller

OPINION

BARRY, District Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiffs, Anant B. Goel and his wife Zarina, 1 bring this action against individual defendants Steven B. Heller and James J. Edgette, and the investment firm of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Company and two related companies, First Century Company and First Century Partnership II (the “Smith Barney group”), alleging, in essence, three causes of action; fraud, civil RICO, and “indemnification.” Heller and Edgette, together, and the Smith Barney group, now move to dismiss, or in the alternative for summary judgment. Because the court will rely upon…