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DEUTSCHMAN v. BENEFICIAL CORP.

Civ. A. No. 86-595 MMS.

668 F.Supp. 358 (1987)

Robert M. DEUTSCHMAN, Plaintiff, v. BENEFICIAL CORPORATION, Finn M.W. Caspersen, and Andrew C. Halvorsen, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Tikellis, of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, Del.; of counsel: Richard B. Dannenberg, Richard Bemporad, and Jill Raskin, of Lowey, Dannenberg & Knapp, P.C., New York City, for plaintiff Robert M. Deutschman.

Charles F. Richards, Jr., Samuel A. Nolen, and Kevin G. Abrams, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for defendants Beneficial Corp. and Finn M.W. Caspersen; of counsel: Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City, for defendant Finn M.W. Caspersen.

Stephen P. Lamb, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Andrew C. Halvorsen.

OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The last decade has been one of dramatic change and growth in the securities market. One evolution has been the emergence and dynamic rise of trading in options. Not surprisingly, the options market has spawned a host of legal issues. The pivotal question treated in this opinion is whether options traders have standing to bring a cause of action under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 Act...

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