IN RE NORTH AM. ACCEPTANCE CORP. SECURITIES CASES

Civ. A. No. C74-193 et al.

513 F.Supp. 608 (1981)

In re NORTH AMERICAN ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION SECURITIES CASES.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

March 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Beynart, Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, Atlanta, Ga., Harold F. McGuire, Jr., Barthold & McGuire, New York City, Fred L. Somers, Jr., Somers & Altenbach, Edwin Marger, Law Offices of Edwin Marger, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Oscar N. Persons, Alston, Miller & Gaines, Atlanta, Ga., for Security Mortgage Investors.

Hugh W. Gibert, Haas, Holland, Levison & Gibert, Atlanta, Ga., for Sol Blaine.

Richard H. Sinkfield, Atlanta, Ga., for Marshall S. Cogan, James J. Ling, W. H. Tinsley, Clyde Skeen and Herman J. Ruppel, H. Bascom Thomas and The First Nat. Bank of Dallas, as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of A. Pollard Simons.

Gerald A. Friedlander, Nall & Miller, Atlanta, Ga., for Herbert S. Perman.

John A. Chandler, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Ga., for Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc.

A. Timothy Jones, Rosemary Lawlor, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., James E. Tolan, Christopher Brady, Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, for Arnall, Golden & Gregory.

Geoffrey M. Kalmus, Nickerson, Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, New York City, for Robert K. Lifton, Ira J. Hechler and Howard L. Weingrow.

James N. Whitson, pro se.

Richard L. Thomas, pro se.

E. McIntosh Cover, pro se.

Michael N. Mantegna, Atlanta, Ga., for Mrs. A. J. Gonter, intervenor.

Jack M. McLaughlin, Atlanta, Ga., for Omega-Alpha, Inc.

Hugh O. Brock, III, pro se.

Tom Watson Brown, Cofer, Beauchamp & Hawes, Atlanta, Ga., for Bozell & Jacobs, Inc.

Richard M. Kirby, Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Atlanta, Ga., for The First Nat. Bank of Atlanta and First Nat. Holding Corp.

William H. Schroder, Jr., Killorin & Schroder, Atlanta, Ga., for Semorco, Inc., Smith Barney Real Estate Corp. and Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc.

Robert E. Hicks, Hicks, Maloof & Campbell, Atlanta, Ga., for North American Acceptance Corp.

Gene B. McClure, O'Callaghan, Saunders, Sutter & Stumm, Atlanta, Ga., for Bernes & Kerker.

James William Harris, Sr., North American Acceptance Corp., pro se.

David L. Troughton, pro se.

John T. Jones, pro se.

Michael C. Russ, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., for Touche Ross & Co.


ORDER

MOYE, Chief Judge.

This case arises out of the sale of Thrift Notes, Thrift Certificates, and Term Notes to the plaintiff class from 1966 until 1974 by the North American Acceptance Corporation (NAAC). The plaintiff class brought claims for losses in their note purchases against several defendants, including the law firm of Arnall, Golden and Gregory (AGG); Touche Ross and Company, an accounting firm (Touche...

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