WANG v. GORDON

No. 82-3072.

715 F.2d 1187 (1983)

S.Y. WANG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Earl Dean GORDON & Inland Real Estate Corp., an Illinois Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Brown, Walsh, Case, Coale, Brown & Burke, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark C. Friedlander, Fohrman Lurie Sklar & Simon, Ltd., Daniel D. Maynard, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

The principal question before us is whether defendant Earl Dean Gordon was an investment adviser within the meaning of Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. §§ 80b-1 et seq.). The district court held that he was not and therefore dismissed the action for failure to state a claim.

Wang's original complaint was based on the federal securities laws and ruled deficient in June 1982. No appeal...

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