Legal Opinion
Michelson v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 28, 1989No. 83 Civ. 8898(MEL)PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
This action arises out of the events of the silver market in the years 1979 and 1980. Plaintiff Douglas J. Michelson, who until August of last year appeared pro se, alleges that the defendants conspired to corner the silver market, thereby causing the price to rise to unprecedented levels and then drop precipitously and plaintiff to suffer injuries of more than one million dollars. Throughout the case, which originated in New Mexico in 1983 and was transferred to this court that same year, the adequacy of service of process and thus the existence of personal…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Mississippi Publishing Corp. v. MurphreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Wuchter v. PizzuttiSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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