SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORP. v. VIGMAN

No. 85-5786.

803 F.2d 1513 (1986)

SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Seymour VIGMAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Withdrawn July 14, 1986.

Resubmitted November 7, 1986.

Decided November 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy G. Wuchitech, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

David L. Ross, Greenberg, Traurig, Askew, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, NELSON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Seventy-five defendants allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme of stock market manipulation that ultimately caused the failure of two securities brokerages and the loss of many of the brokerage customers' securities and cash. Appellant, Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), liquidated the brokerages and reimbursed their customers for the value of the cash and securities as of the liquidation.

SIPC sued the brokers...

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