Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 1972PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham J. Gellihoff, J.
Motions No. 48 and No. 49 of March 2, 1972 are consolidated.
The defendants move to dismiss the complaint, asserting that it fails to state a cause of action. In the alternative, they seek to stay prosecution of this action until determination of several class actions involving basically the same facts, now pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The first cause of action alleges a violation by defendants of subdivision (a) of section 17 of the Securities Act of 1933 (U. S. Code, tit. 15, § 77q). Defendants assert that subdivision (a) of section 17…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Fischman v. Raytheon Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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