Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Goldberg

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court ruling that Margo Goldberg has no claim to corporate stock in Pro Scan Inc. and in Robert Halmi, Inc. acquired by her husband during their marriage.1 We affirm the district court’s determination that Mrs. Goldberg has waived and is now estopped from claiming any rights to the property.2

Margo and Abraham Goldberg were married in 1969, which marriage continued until Mrs. Goldberg filed for divorce on June 4, 1981. In 1977, Mr. Goldberg pleaded guilty to a series of securities fraud charges leveled against him by the Securities and…