Legal Opinion
James Henderson, Trustee for Service Equipment Company v. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, a Partnership
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1991No. 90-8794PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
I. Background
On April 13, 1988, James Henderson, as bankruptcy trustee for Service Equipment Company, and John Smithgall filed suit against the accounting firm of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland (CBH), a North Carolina partnership, for its role in the purchase and sale of the stock of Service Equipment Company. The complaint included federal securities law and pendent state law claims.
CBH filed a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b) motion to dismiss the complaint. The motion sought dismissal on the ground that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the claims asserted against it by Smithgall.…
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