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COFFIN v. POLISHING MACHINES, INC.

No. 77-2360.

596 F.2d 1202 (1979)

Richard E. COFFIN, Appellant, v. POLISHING MACHINES, INC., John A. Tricoli, Jr., Helen Tricoli, and Nicholas Daniels, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart W. Settle, Richmond, Va. (John C. Moore, Coates, Comess, Settle, Moore & Taylor, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Michael S. Shelton, Richmond, Va. (W.H.C. Venable, Cohen, Abeloff & Staples, P.C., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Richard E. Coffin sued in the district court to recover compensatory and punitive damages for misrepresentations allegedly made to him in connection with his purchase of stock in Polishing Machines Systems, Inc. The district court dismissed the action for lack of federal jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We reverse and remand.

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