GEDDES v. UNITED FINANCIAL GROUP

John M. GEDDES, P. M. C. van der Spank, Schutzgemeinschaft der USI-ANLEGER und Anlageberater, for themselves and all others similarly situated, and Enrico Chesi, a creditor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED FINANCIAL GROUP, a corporation, United States Investment Plan, Ltd., a corporation, United Growth Fund, Inc., a corporation, United Income and Growth Fund, Inc., a corporation, Euro-American Real Estate Fund, Inc., a corporation, USI Venture Fund, Inc., a corporation, Fund of Nations, Inc., a corporation, Design Fund, Inc., a corporation, Argus Real Estate, Inc. of California, a corporation, Argus Real Estate, Inc., a corporation, Atlas Properties, Inc., a corporation, Port-West, Inc., a corporation, Standard Growth Properties, Inc., a corporation, Standard Investment Company, a corporation, Taylor and Associates Advertising, Inc., a corporation, United States Investment Bank, a corporation, U.S.I. Management, Ltd., a corporation, U.S.I. Management A. G., a corporation, U.S. Investment Services, Ltd., a corporation, U.S.I.S. Investment Services, a corporation, United States Real Estate Corporation, a corporation, U.S.I. Securities, Inc., a corporation, Harris Management Company, Inc., a corporation, United States Land Investment X, a corporation, International Securities Underwriters, Inc., a corporation, Consolidated Insurance International, Inc., a corporation, U.S.I. Distributors, Inc., a corporation, Unit & Co., a corporation, U.S. Investment Management (UK), Ltd., a corporation, Robert W. Pollock, Douglas K. Pollock, Robert J. Walker, Frank Weigel, Sandra Pollock, Barry Snider, Defendants-Appellees.