UNITED STATES v. WOLFSON

Nos. 717-720, Dockets 33326-33329.

437 F.2d 862 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Louis E. WOLFSON, Elkin B. Gerbert, Joseph Kosow and Marshal G. Staub, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Bittman, Washington, D. C. (Hogan & Hartson, Austin S. Mittler, Carl L. Taylor and Stuart Philip Ross, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant, Louis E. Wolfson.

Edgar H. Brenner, Washington, D. C. (Arnold & Porter, James E. Krier and Milton V. Freeman, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant, Elkin B. Gerbert.

Simon H. Rifkind, New York City, (Paul, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Arthur L. Liman, Allan Blumstein and Edward R. Korman, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant, Joseph Kosow.

Frank G. Raichle, Buffalo, N. Y. (Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Halpern, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Marshal G. Staub.

Paul B. Galvani, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, Douglas S. Liebhafsky, John H. Doyle, III, Ross Sandler and Charles P. Sifton, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, and Paul R. Grand, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MOORE, SMITH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

The defendants Louis Wolfson, Elkin Gerbert, Joseph Kosow and Marshal Staub appeal from their respective convictions after a jury trial upon charges contained in a five-count indictment.

Count I alleged a conspiracy to violate specific enactments, namely, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 78m and 78ff(a), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1505, 1621 and 1622, and Rules 10b-5 and 13a-1 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under...

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