Legal Opinion

Brunetti v. Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. (In Re Thomson McKinnon Inc.)

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 4, 1993No. 92 Civ. 7848 (VLB), 90 B. 10914 and 90 B. 11805, Claim No. 020085PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I

This bankruptcy appeal concerns the claim against a securities broker asserted by appellants, as investors seeking control of a New Jersey racetrack, based on the broker’s failure to initiate reports to the state police — reports that were necessary for a takeover of control of the track to proceed. Appellants had asked the broker to keep its purchases of the stock for their benefit in secrecy (Tr. 113-19 to 114-7; Appellant’s Brief [“App.Br.”] at 2). 1

United States Bankruptcy Judge Howard Schwartzberg found that because of intervening…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Child World, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1993
  2. Fontaine v. RyanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
  3. Sharkey v. Ultramar Energy Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994

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