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GRIMES, HOOPER & MESSER, INC. v. PIERCE

No. 73-2165.

519 F.2d 1089 (1975)

GRIMES, HOOPER & MESSER, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. Ed PIERCE, also known as Edward Pierce and as Edward Strauss, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Newman, Los Angeles, Cal. (argued), for appellant.

Michael Zimmerman, Los Angeles, Cal. (argued), for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff brokerage firm, having lost $64,000 as the result of an alleged swindle by Ed Pierce, a short-selling securities customer, sued Pierce, his associates, the bank, and its manager. Plaintiff claimed that the bank and the manager had violated § 10(b) of The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5 of The Securities and Exchange Commission, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, by permitting the brokers...

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