Legal Opinion
Pearl Kehr v. Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Incorporated Glenn Nordskog and Jim Martin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-5930PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
A jury found Smith Barney, Harris Up-ham & Co., Inc. and two of its employees (“Smith Barney”) liable to Pearl Kehr under section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for improperly involving her in sophisticated options transactions, the riskiness of which she was unable to understand. On appeal, Smith Barney contends that the district court improperly 1) denied its motion for a new trial based on the misconduct of Kehr’s attorney at trial; 2) denied its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict based on Kehr’s failure to prove scienter; and…
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