Legal Opinion
Semegen v. Weidner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1985No. Nos. 84-2174, 84-2730PublishedCited by 479 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Investors in a group of purported coal-mining ventures appeal the dismissal of their securities fraud action as to certain defendants by the district court. We affirm the dismissal with respect to defendants David Winder, the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Robert Alexander and the law firm of Alexander & Rosenberg (No. 84-2174), and reverse with respect to defendants Jan Mirsky and Daniel Topper (No. 84-2730).
I
Beginning in 1976 defendants Stephen M. Weidner (“Weidner”) and Stein Skattum (“Skattum”) developed a scheme whereby they created six limited…
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