WILLCO KUWAIT (TRADING) S.A.K. v. deSAVARY

Nos. 86-1737, 86-1738 and 86-1743.

843 F.2d 618 (1988)

WILLCO KUWAIT (TRADING) S.A.K., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Peter J. deSAVARY, Defendant, Appellee. WILLCO KUWAIT (TRADING) S.A.K., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Peter J. deSAVARY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Press with whom Paul M. Brown, Gary P. Rosenthal and Whitman & Ransom, New York City, were on brief, for Willco Kuwait (Trading) S.A.K.

Richard M. Sharfman with whom James A. Shanman, Mark R. Kook, Sharfman, Shanman, Poret & Siviglia, P.C., New York City, and Mandell, Goodman, Famiglietti & Schwartz Ltd., Providence, R.I., were on brief, for Peter J. deSavary.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Willco Kuwait (Trading) S.A.K. ("Willco"), a Kuwaiti corporation engaged in the business of trading petroleum throughout the world, brought this action in district court against defendant Peter deSavary, an international financier and entrepreneur, based primarily upon the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws and principles of common law fraud. Willco contends that deSavary fraudulently induced it to pay $10...

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