ACKERBERG v. JOHNSON

Nos. 88-5538, 88-5539 and 89-5093.

892 F.2d 1328 (1989)

Norman J. ACKERBERG, Appellee, v. Clark E. JOHNSON, Jr., Roger G. Lindquist, Gary M. Petrucci, R. Hunt Greene, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., Appellants. Norman J. ACKERBERG, Appellee, v. Clark E. JOHNSON, Jr., Appellant. Roger G. Lindquist, Gary M. Petrucci, R. Hunt Greene, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc. Norman J. ACKERBERG, Appellant, v. Clark E. JOHNSON, Jr.; Roger G. Lindquist; Gary M. Petrucci; R. Hunt Greene; and Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Michael Drake, Minneapolis, Minn., for Lindquist.

Curtis D. Forslund, Minneapolis, Minn., for Johnson.

Floyd E. Siefferman, Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., for Ackerberg.

Before FAGG and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the sale of 16,500 unregistered shares of Vertimag Systems Corporation stock for $99,000. Norman J. Ackerberg brought suit against Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood and several of its employees (the PJH defendants), as well as against Clark E. Johnson, Jr., the chairman of the board of Vertimag, from whom Ackerberg bought most of his shares. The complaint set forth nine counts, alleging violations of the Securities Act of...

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