LAVENTHOL, KREKSTEIN, HORWATH & HORWATH v. HORWITCH

Nos. 78-1296 to 78-1299, 78-1397.

637 F.2d 672 (1980)

LAVENTHOL, KREKSTEIN, HORWATH & HORWATH, Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Appellant, v. Arnold M. HORWITCH, Douglas E. Frank and Michael H. Folb, William Myers, Milton H. Corwin, John A. Pizer, and Walter P. Siders, Defendants/Cross-Defendants/Appellees. UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Appellant, v. Douglas E. FRANK and Michael H. Folb, Defendants/Cross-Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Dyekman, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant/cross-claimant/appellant Laventhol, Krekstein, Horwath & Horwath.

Allen L. Feinstein, Daughton, Feinstein & Wilson, Phoenix, Ariz., argued for defendant/cross-claimant/appellant U.S. Trust Co. of N. Y.; Allen L. Feinstein, Jeffrey S. Leonard, Daughton, Feinstein & Wilson, Phoenix, Ariz. and Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, New York City, on brief.

Seymour Sacks, James Powers, Phoenix, Ariz., argued for defendants/cross-defendants/appellees; N. Warner Lee, Ryley, Carlock & Ralston, Phoenix, Ariz., Philip E. von Ammon, Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon & Udall, Phoenix, Ariz., Powers, Boutell, Fannin & Kurn, Dushoff & Sacks, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.

Before MERRILL, GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the sale of securities in the form of limited partnerships. On August 12, 1974, plaintiff Jay Herman filed suit on behalf of a class consisting of 95 investors who purchased limited partnerships in Western Properties Limited Partnership, pursuant to a prospectus and registration statement dated November 30, 1972. The complaint alleged that the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission was false...

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