JACOBSON v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

Nos. 85-3282, 85-3311, 85-3343, 85-5517, 85-5542, 85-5439, 85-5552, 85-1541.

797 F.2d 1197 (1986)

Estelle JACOBSON and Cynthia Carson, Appellants in Nos. 85-3311 and 85-3343, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. and Robert M. Kolaczynski, Appellants in No. 85-3282. Marilyn E. BURRIS, v. PAINE, WEBBER, JACKSON AND CURTIS, INC., Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc., and Donald J. Porter, Appeal of SMITH BARNEY, HARRIS UPHAM & CO., INC. Ellis GANT, v. KIDDER, PEABODY & CO., INC. and Frank E. Gatta, Jr., Jointly and Severally. Appeal of KIDDER, PEABODY & CO., INC. Herbert BLUMENTHAL, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC. and Daniel J. Turov. Appeal of DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC. Michael ERLBAUM, v. PRUDENTIAL-BACHE SECURITIES, INC. and Samuel Alan Liebman, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Argued April 17, 1986.

Decided August 11, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stirling Lathrop (argued), Greenfield & Chimicles, Haverford, Pa., John R. McGinley, Jr., Jeffrey Reed, Grogan, Graffam, McGinley, Solomon & Lucchino, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Estelle Jacobson and Cynthia Carson.

Richard C. Lane, Marten R. Jenkins (argued), Campbell, Sherrard & Burke, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Foster S. Goldman, Jr., Berkman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber & Engel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Robert M. Kolaczynski.

William J. Fitzpatrick, New York City, for amicus curiae Securities Industry Ass'n, Inc.

Dennis A. Durkin, Thomas E. Durkin, Jr., Newark, N.J., for Marilyn Burris.

Sheldon M. Finkelstein, Joseph J. Fleischman, Hannoch Weisman, Roseland, N.J., for Paine Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc., and Donald J. Porter.

Janvey & Berglas, New York City, Matthew Farley, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, N.J., Edward Turan, Linda R. Feinstein, New York City, for Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc.

Kenneth K. Lehn, Perry Feinberg, Ellenport & Holsinger, P.A., Roseland, N.J., for Ellis Gant.

Matthew Farley, Florence M. Peterson, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, N.J., for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Inc.

Alan Mansfield, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for Herbert Blumenthal.

John V. McCambley, Wyckoff, N.J., for Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.

Allan D. Windt, Spector, Cohen, Gadon & Rosen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Michael Erlbaum.

Harold E. Kohn, Joseph C. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. and Samuel Alan Liebman.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS, and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) in Nos. 85-5517, 85-5542, 85-5439, 85-5552 and 85-1541 April 14, 1986.

Argued in Nos. 85-3282, 85-3311 and 85-3343 April 17, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc in No. 85-5439 Denied September 8, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

This opinion deals with five interlocutory appeals presenting similar legal issues. All five appeals present the issue whether subsequent decisions...

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