Legal Opinion
Ackerman v. Schwartz
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided December 29, 1989No. S85-705PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILLER, District Judge.
On August 30, 1983, attorney Howard Schwartz wrote an opinion letter concerning a leasing program purportedly involving the production of ethanol. The leasing program collapsed due, at least in part, to its principals’ criminal conduct. Nearly one hundred persons who invested in that program, and who claim to have relied upon the opinion letter in doing so, seek to hold Mr. Schwartz and his law firm liable under federal securities and racketeering laws, Indiana securities and racketeering laws, and Indiana’s common law.
The cause is before the court…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Webb v. JarvisIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- Jerry Ackerman v. Howard K. Schwartz and Bassey, Selesko and Couzens P.C.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Baker, Watts & Co. v. Miles & StockbridgeCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Edward Pritchard, Cross-Appellee v. Rainfair, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- People v. RaderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
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