NICHOLS v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

No. 3-86-0486.

706 F.Supp. 1309 (1989)

Donald NICHOLS, et al. v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

January 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nader Baydoun, Harris & Baydoun, and Kenneth Jones, O'Hare, Sherrard & Roe, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Anthony Iannacio, Baker Worthington Crossley Stansberry Woolf, Nashville, Tenn., A. Inge Selden, Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., for Merrill Lynch.

Leo Bearman, Jr., Roy Keathley, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., for Merrill Lynch, Sandestin Beach Hotel, Frank Flautt, Jr., William Mann, Wilton Hill, Sandestin Innkeepers, Fred and William Alias, and Robert Kamm.

William R. Willis, Jr., Willis & Knight, Nashville, Tenn., for Merrill Lynch, Sandestin Beach Hotel, Frank Flautt, Jr., William Mann and Wilton Hill.

Byron R. Trauger, Paul C. Ney, Jr., Doramus, Gideon & Trauger, Nashville, Tenn., Robert I. Chaskes, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Tysons Corner, Va., for Dominion Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n.

Thomas H. Peebles, III, Nashville, Tenn., Michael Edwards, Patricia A. McGee, Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, Ala., for Laventhol & Horwath.

Robert A. Heeken, Jacksonville, Fla., Robert Kamm, Memphis, Tenn., for Peter Bos.

Perry Allen Craft, Steven A. Hart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for amicus curiae the State of Tenn.

Winston S. Evans, Evans, Jones & Reynolds, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

HIGGINS, District Judge.

This is an action alleging fraud and other unlawful acts incident to the sale of securities in violation of federal securities laws, state blue-sky laws, the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO), the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and various theories of common law liability discussed in more detail below. Plaintiff Donald Nichols and 112 others...

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