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DOHERTY v. McAULIFFE

No. 2949.

74 F.2d 800 (1935)

DOHERTY v. McAULIFFE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 4, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Dodge, of Boston, Mass. (Harold S. Davis, of Boston, Mass., Robert S. Sloan and Joseph A. Burdeau, both of New York City, and Charles F. Dutch and Arthur F. Ray, both of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

Alfred Gardner, of Boston, Mass. (Paul B. Sargent, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee McAuliffe.

William H. Lewis, of Boston, Mass., for various appellees.

George L. Dillaway, of Boston, Mass. (Allan Robinson, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for intervener Absolom.

Before BINGHAM, WILSON, and MORTON, Circuit Judges.

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity to restrain a multiplicity of suits with which the plaintiff, a stockbroker, alleges he is being threatened under the Blue Sky Law of Massachusetts (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 110A) by many different persons who bought stock from him; the proceeding is sometimes called a "Bill of Peace." The bill shows complete diversity of citizenship as to the named defendants and more than $3,000 in controversy; and it alleges that the statute...

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