Legal Opinion
R.M. Perez & Associates, Inc. v. Welch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1992No. 90-3815, 91-3119 and 91-3191PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the final disposition of several consolidated securities fraud cases. The cases against Welch and Paine Webber have been percolating in the federal court system for seven years; only a few isolated issues are presented here for review. We affirm on all issues except the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees.
I. Background
The plaintiffs are eight customers of James Welch, a former Paine Webber stockbroker. The eight plaintiffs — Huey Clemons, Gilbert Disotell, Henry Fry, Stanley Gardeman, Victoria Carleton Jolley, Valerie Mills, Charles…
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