MEYERHOFER v. EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO.

Nos. 512-514, Dockets 73-2340, 73-2443, 73-2501.

497 F.2d 1190 (1974)

Dietrich MEYERHOFER and Herbert Federman, Appellants-Appellees, Bernson, Hoeniger, Freitag & Abbey, Appellants, Stuart Charles Goldberg, Intervenor-Appellant, v. EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees-Appellants, Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan Securities Corp., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rogers M. Doering, New York City (Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, and Cynthia M. Cohen, New York City, of counsel), for appellants and cross-appellees Dietrich Meyerhofer, Herbert Federman and Bernson, Hoeniger, Freitag & Abbey.

Lawrence M. McKenna, New York City (Wormser, Kiely, Allesandroni, Mahoney & McCann, New York City, of counsel), for intervenor-appellant Stuart Charles Goldberg.

Anthony L. Tersigni, New York City (Aranow, Brodsky, Bohlinger, Benetar, Einhorn & Dann, George Berlstein and Kathryn E. Zenoff, New York City, of counsel), for appellees and cross-appellants Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co., Gary O. Gross, Yale J. Kaplan, Robert A. Phillips, Francis J. Kratky, Nick Lalich, L. C. Swick and M. M. Jennings, Jr.

Robert E. Meshel, New York City (D'Amato, Costello & Shea, George G. D'Amato, New York City, of counsel), for appellees and cross-appellants Sitomer, Sitomer & Porges, Alvin L. Sitomer, Stephen J. Sitomer and Robert E. Porges.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Lawrence E. Nerheim, Gen. Counsel, Theodore Sonde, Asst. Gen. Counsel and Theodore L. Freedman, Atty., Washington, D. C., as amicus curiae.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Dietrich Meyerhofer and Herbert Federman, plaintiffs, and their counsel, Bernson, Hoeniger, Freitag & Abbey, from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, dated August 23, 1973, (a) dismissing without prejudice plaintiffs' action against defendants, (b) enjoining and disqualifying plaintiffs' counsel, Bernson, Hoeniger, Freitag & Abbey, and Stuart Charles Goldberg from acting...

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