Charles N. RILEY; Thelma Levine; Dr. Donald I. Schiffman, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated
v.
Ted D. SIMMONS; Henry E. Kates; John Lloyd Huck; Stephen Carlotti; Fred E. Brown; Edward Merrick Bull; Raymond E. Cartledge; James E. Ferland; Ellen V. Futter; Paul Hardin; Peter Harris; The Estate of John Harrison Kreamer; Rocco J. Marano; Josh Weston, Thelma Levine, and Donald I. Schiffman, on behalf of the uncertified Class consisting of all persons, except Defendants, who purchased or otherwise beneficially acquired securities that were incorrectly and misleadingly labelled or described as annuities from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company during the period August 14, 1988 to July 15, 1991, Appellants.
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Argued August 8, 1994.
Decided January 20, 1995.
Sur Petition for Rehearing March 16, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth A. Jacobsen, Ira Neil Richards (argued), Lisa J. Rodriguez, Lisa Chanow Dykstra, Chimicles, Jacobsen & Tikellis, Haverford, PA and Daniel W. Krasner, Peter C. Harrar, Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, New York City, for appellants Thelma Levine and Dr. Donald I. Schiffman.
Lawrence A. Blatte, Rosen & Reade, New York City, for appellant Dr. Donald I. Schiffman.
Steven S. Radin, (argued) Joseph L. Buckley, Paul F. Doda, Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Rading, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, P.A., Newark, NJ, for appellees Ted D. Simmons, John Lloyd Huck, Stephen Carlotti, Fred E. Brown, Edward Merrick Bull, Raymond E. Cartledge, James E. Ferland, Ellen V. Futter, Paul Hardin, Peter Harris, The Estate of John Harrison Kreamer, Rocco J. Marano and Josh Weston.
Bruce E. Baldinger, Somerville, NJ, for appellee Henry E. Kates.
Deborah T. Poritz, Atty. Gen., Sharon M. Hallanan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, NJ and Robert L. Ritter (argued) David M. Kohane, Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., Hackensack, NJ, for intervenor/appellees, Andrew J. Karpinski, Acting Com'r of Ins. of the State of N.J. and Rehabilitator of Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. in Rehabilitation.
Before HUTCHINSON and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges, and LUDWIG, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Thelma Levine ("Levine") and Donald Schiffman ("Schiffman") (collectively "Plaintiffs"),1 appeal an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing their action without prejudice following the court's decision to abstain from considering their federal securities claims under Burford v. Sun Oil Co.,319 U.S. 315...
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