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MORLEY v. COHEN

Nos. 88-1391, 89-2303.

888 F.2d 1006 (1989)

Daniel C. MORLEY; William T. Evans, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Irving COHEN; Halajen Mineral Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Mountainview Associates; Newport Coal Associates etc., et al., Defendants. Daniel C. MORLEY; William T. Evans, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Irving COHEN; Halajen Mineral Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Jaffe (Carol A. Jablonski, Lawrence M. Nessenson, Jaffe and Asher, on brief) for defendants-appellants.

Richard Douglas Bennett (Donna M. Larkin, Weaver, Bendos & Bennett, on brief) for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

The controversy underlying this appeal involved a tax shelter investment in coal mines which the appellees contend was a scheme to defraud investors, but which the appellants assert was simply a risky investment that went awry.

Irving Cohen and the Halajen Development Corporation appeal a district court judgment awarding Daniel Morley and William Evans1 $265,940 trebled after a jury found for them on RICO...

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