WESTLAKE v. ABRAMS

No. C78-555A.

565 F.Supp. 1330 (1983)

Robert G. WESTLAKE, Individually, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Alan ABRAMS, a/k/a James A. Carr and Charles P. LeMieux III, doing business under the firm name of "Lloyd, Carr & Co.," James A. Brien, John Cosulich, Thomas Labus, Charles J. Hecht, George E. Bushnell, Jr., Noel A. Gage and Mark E. Reizen, Individually and as Co-Partners doing business under the firm name of "Bushnell, Gage & Reizen," Daniel J. Henry, Lynn H. Shecter, Frank J. Post, Robert Waldheim, Charles A. Wathen, Michael D. Shuster and Ralph R. Zolla, individually and as representatives of all other persons similarly situated, Defendants.

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

May 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scheer & Elsner, Atlanta, Ga., Hoffman & Hertzig, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiff.

Frank J. Post, pro se.

Arthur H. Rice, Leibowitz & Rice, Miami, Fla., for Charles P. LeMieux III.

James E. Brien, pro se.

Michael D. Shuster, pro se.

John L. Taylor, Jr., McDaniel, Chorey & Taylor, Atlanta, Ga., for Charles A. Wathen.

Charles J. Hecht, pro se, Jeffrey M. Smith, Trotter, Bondurant, Miller & Hishon, Atlanta, Ga., for Charles J. Hecht.

Robert E. McLaughlin, Sandra C. Steele, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, Boston, Mass., for receiver, Walter H. McLaughlin.

Kirk M. McAlpin, Robert Thornton, Ralph Levy, Michael C. Russ, J. Kevin Buster, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., for Gage, Bushnell, Reizen and Shecter.

Charles M. Kidd, Woodrow Vaughan, Jr., Kidd & Vaughan, Bruce H. Beerman, Warren C. Fortson, Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, Atlanta, Ga., for Daniel J. Henry.

J. Marbury Rainer, Parker, Hudson & Rainer, Atlanta, Ga., for Charles E. McDonnell.


ORDER

MOYE, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by a purchaser of two commodity futures options from Lloyd, Carr & Co. (hereinafter Lloyd, Carr) under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq. (hereinafter the Securities Act); the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq. (hereinafter the Exchange Act); the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); the...

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