EISEN v. CARLISLE & JACQUELIN

No. 78, Docket 30934.

391 F.2d 555 (1968)

Morton EISEN, on behalf of himself and all other purchasers and sellers of "odd-lots" on the New York Stock Exchange similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARLISLE & JACQUELIN and DeCoppet & Doremus, each limited partnerships under New York Partnership Law, Article 8 and New York Stock Exchange, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Haudek, New York City (Robert Zicklin, Richard M. Meyer, Laventhall & Zicklin and Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Devereux Milburn, New York City (Louis L. Stanton, Jr. and Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Carlisle & Jacquelin.

Francis S. Bensel, New York City (Bud G. Holman, J. Portis Hicks, Kelley, Drye, Newhall Maginnes & Warren, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee DeCoppet & Doremus.

William E. Jackson, New York City (A. Sidney Holderness, Jr., Russell E. Brooks, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee New York Stock Exchange.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal we are presented with significant questions involving the interpretation of recently amended Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Morton Eisen instituted this action seeking damages and injunctive relief on behalf of himself and all other purchasers and sellers of "odd-lots" on the New York Stock Exchange against Carlisle & Jacquelin and DeCoppet & Doremus, alleging that the two brokerage firms had combined...

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