PRATT v. FIRST CALIFORNIA COMPANY, INC.

No. 74-1441.

517 F.2d 11 (1975)

Ramon D. PRATT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIRST CALIFORNIA COMPANY, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Leedy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ricardo B. Ferrari, Salt Lake City, Utah (Rand L. Cook, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In this action under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq., the trial court held that venue lay in the District of Utah. We allowed an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and reverse.

Plaintiff-appellee Pratt met defendant-appellant Congleton in California and discussed with him the sale of stock in a company known as Newport. Congleton represented that he could dispose of the stock through...

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