Legal Opinion
Beckerman v. Sands
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 11, 1973No. 72 Civ. 3188PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LASKER, District Judge.
Ethel and Abraham Beckerman (“theBeckermans”), two participants in a real estate syndicate, Times Square Associates (“Associates”), bring this diversity action directly on behalf of themselves and all other participants and derivatively on behalf of Associates. They allege breach of trust by defendant, Sands, and diversion of Associates’ funds by him to defendant, F. S. Management Corp.
Defendants move to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. They contend that the Beckermans’ non-derivative claim must be dismissed for lack of the jurisdictional amount (28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Walker v. SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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