Philip and Dorothy KORWEK, Marty Finkelstein, William L. Cohn and James G. Williams, Plaintiffs,
v.
Nelson Bunker HUNT, William Herbert Hunt, Lamar Hunt, International Metals Investment Co., Ltd., Sheik Mohammet Aboud Al-Amoudi, Sheik Ali Bin Mussalem, Faisal Ben Abdullah Al Saoud, Mahmoud Fustok, Naji Robert Nahas, Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc., Bache Group, Inc. (Prudential Bache Securities, Inc.), Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., Conticommodity Services, Inc., Conti-Capital Management, Inc., Conti-Capital Ltd., Norton Waltuch, Melvin Schnell, Gilion Financial, Inc., Banque Populaire Suisse, Advicorp Advisory and Financial Corporation, S.A., Commodity Exchange, Inc., the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Acli Futures, Inc., formerly Acli International Commodity Services, Inc., Litardex Traders, S.A., Walter Goldschmidt, Continental Grain Co., Defendants.
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October 24, 1986.
October 24, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Deutsch and Frey, New York City, for plaintiffs; of counsel: Herbert I. Deutsch, Robert E. Frey, Richard L. Weingarten, John M. Martin, Law Clerk.
Shank, Irwin & Conant, Roger Goldburg, Roderic G. Steakley, Robert E. Wolin, Dallas, Tex., for Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt and Lamar Hunt.
Sullivan & Cromwell, Marvin Schwartz, Richard H. Klapper, Marcy Engel, New York City, for Bache Group Inc. and Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
Rogers & Wells, William R. Glendon, Guy C. Quinlan, Susan A. Garcia, New York City, for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Futures, Inc.
Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, Paul L. Perito, John P. Wintrol, Robert E. Pokusa, Washington, D.C., and Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, Jerome Kowalski, New York City, for Intern. Metals Inv. Co., Ltd.
John R. Bartels, Jr., New York City, and Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Steven J. Glassman, New York City, for Norton Waltuch.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Erskine Henderson, New York City, for Mel Schnell.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Mark A. Alcott, Richard A. Rosen, New York City, for Conticommodity Services, Inc. and Conti-Capital Ltd.
Sidley & Austin, Marc J. Gottridge, for Continental Grain Co.; of counsel: Lawrence H. Hunt, Jr., David T. Pritikin, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Sheldon L. Berens, Gen. Counsel, Continental Grain Co., New York City.
Parker, Auspitz, Neesemann & Delehanty, P.C., New York City, for Walter M. Goldschmidt; of counsel: Jack C. Auspitz, Hollis L. Hyans.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
LASKER, District Judge.
This class action is brought by five named plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of short sellers of silver futures contracts who traded between July 3, 1979 and February 26, 1980 against a number of defendants, including individuals, firms, and commodities exchanges. Plaintiffs allege that all defendants other than the exchanges attempted to manipulate the price of silver and silver futures and conspired to monopolize the...
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