STENGER v. R.H. LOVE GALLERIES, INC.

No. 83-3028.

741 F.2d 144 (1984)

Christopher STENGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. LOVE GALLERIES, INC., and R.H. Love, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Ackerman, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frederick V. Lochbihler, Chapman & Cutler, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and KELLAM, Senior District Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

In a case that we might term one of first Impressionism, we must decide whether the sale of paintings allegedly of that genre is also the sale of a security. The district court found that plaintiff's somewhat ingenious 144-count complaint against defendants, an art gallery and its president, failed to allege the existence of a securities transaction or a violation of federal warranty law, and dismissed the remaining pendent state claims for lack...

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