BERNICKER v. PRATT

Civ. A. No. 83-5645.

595 F.Supp. 1034 (1984)

Eugene & Helaine BERNICKER, husband and wife, v. Leonard PRATT and Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Giannini, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Jonathan K. Wright, Philadelphia, Pa., Matthew Farley, Newark, N.J., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM and ORDER

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs claim they relied on the allegedly fraudulent advice of defendant Pratt in deciding to invest in certain tax straddles. Plaintiffs further allege they invested in the scheme for the sole purpose of deferring payment of tax on substantial capital gains. Unfortunately for plaintiffs, however, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently challenged and disallowed the deductions related...

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