Legal Opinion
Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 8, 2006No. Docket No. 05-5106 CVPublishedCited by 730 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are investors who were defrauded by lawyer David Schick in the early 1990s as part of his multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme. Many of Schick’s victims have tried with varying degrees of success to recover some of their lost investments from Schick’s estate in bankruptcy, see, e.g., In re Venture Mortgage Fund, L.P., 282 F.3d 185 (2d Cir.2002), and from various banks that allegedly either abetted or failed to detect Schick’s activities, see, e.g., Schmidt v. Fleet Bank, 16 F.Supp.2d 340 (S.D.N.Y.1998).
This is the second time we have considered these investors’…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Laura Holtz v. Rockefeller & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Sarah B. Shields, Individually and as Representative of All Others Similarly Situated v. Citytrust Bancorp, Inc., George F. Taylor and Irwin EngelmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Mills v. Polar Molecular Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Acito v. IMCERA Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
45 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by730 opinions
- Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015
- Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SALCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
- Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- Ellington Credit Fund, Ltd. v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2011
- Covey v. SimontonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2007
725 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.