ELSTER v. ALEXANDER

No. 77-3276.

608 F.2d 196 (1979)

William ELSTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas W. ALEXANDER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Savell, Atlanta, Ga., Pincus, Munzer, Bizar, D'Alessandro & Dugan, Irving Bizar, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald L. Reid, Charles S. Johnson, III, Sidney O. Smith, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for Price Waterhouse.

Gary W. Hatch, Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for all remaining defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

William Elster appeals the district court's order denying his motion for class certification under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 in a securities fraud case. Elster appealed on October 26, 1977, asserting jurisdiction in this court under the "death knell" doctrine and the collateral order doctrine articulated in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93...

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