FOGEL v. CHESTNUTT

No. 39, Docket 74-2582.

533 F.2d 731 (1975)

Rosalind FOGEL and Gerald Fogel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George A. CHESTNUTT, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham L. Pomerantz, New York City (Richard M. Meyer, William E. Haudek, Daniel W. Krasner, and Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Clendon H. Lee, New York City (Rogers, Hoge & Hills, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees (other than American Investors Fund, Inc. Nominal Defendant).

Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City (Edward N. Sherry, Judson A. Parsons, Jr., and Martin J. Schwartz, New York City), for Lord, Abbett & Co., as amicus curiae.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

More than four years after the First Circuit decided Moses v. Burgin, 445 F.2d 369 (1971), reversing 316 F.Supp. 31 (D.Mass.1970), concerning the duty of the managers of a mutual fund to recapture brokerage commissions for the benefit of the fund, this court is confronted with the problem for the first time. In reviewing Judge Wyatt's dismissal on the merits of...

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