C. E. H. McDONNELL as Trustee in Reorganization of Equitable Plan Company, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee,
v.
AMERICAN LEDUC PETROLEUMS, LTD., et al., Defendants, Matthew Berdon, Seymour Berdon, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 28, 1971.
Decided January 19, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert S. Stitt, New York City (Thacher, Proffitt, Prizer, Crawley & Wood, George W. Taliaferro, Jr., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.
Roy H. Callahan, pro se.
Samuel Becker, New York City, for defendant-appellee Benjamin C. Cohen.
Francis B. Delehanty, Jr., New York City (Corbin, Bennett & Delehanty, David E. Pitcher, Jr., New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Ruby Schinasi.
Andrew Stewart, New York City, for defendant-appellant George Stewart.
Max Freund, New York City (Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, Harvey J. Yaverbaum, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee-appellant Hyman D. Lehrich.
William F. Koegel, New York City (Royall, Koegel & Wells, James B. Weidner, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Szabo Food Service, Inc. (formerly Chemoil Industries, Inc. and United Dye & Chemical Corp.).
Jay Leo Rothschild, New York City, for defendant-appellee-appellant Matthew Berdon, and defendants-appellees Seymour Berdon, Dante Ferro, Myron Ganz, Alfred A. Marks, Sadye Berdon, Ferro, Berdon & Co., Seymat Associates and Maber, Inc.
Martin Blau, New York City, for defendant-appellee Joseph D. Blau.
Joel M. Leifer, New York City (Joseph Lotterman, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Harry T. Slavin.
Before HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
C. E. H. McDonnell, the Chapter X trustee of Equitable Plan Company of Los Angeles, California (Equitable), brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that numerous defendants had conspired with the ubiquitous Lowell Birrell to acquire Equitable and then loot the company through various fraudulent transactions.1 There were originally over 90 defendants...
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