Legal Opinion
W.O. Akin v. Q-L Investments, Inc., Etc., Laventhol & Horwath
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1992No. 89-1643PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit alleging violations of state and federal securities laws and RICO by accountants who audited financial statements included in private placement memo-randa. Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment and a sanction. We reverse.
I
Plaintiffs are 127 investors who invested in a number of tax-oriented limited partnerships syndicated between 1973 and 1985 by a group of companies known as the Quinn-L group. The Quinn-L group included four companies that served as general partners of these limited partnerships: Quinn-L Investments, Inc., SML, Inc.,…
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