Legal Opinion
Cohen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 1, 2013No. 12-1319PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STARK, District Judge.
This case arises from the well-known Ponzi scheme operated by Bernard L. Ma-doff. Plaintiffs-Appellants Stanley Baer, Jesse L. Cohen, Alan Roth, Elaine Ruth Schaffer, and Lenore H. Schupak (“Appellants”) were customers of Bernard L. Ma-doff Investment Securities LLC (“BLMIS”). On March 7, 2011, Appellants brought suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. (“FTCA”), to recover damages for injuries resulting from the failure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to uncover and…
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