ECKSTEIN v. BALCOR FILM INVESTORS

Civ. A. No. 89-C-1315.

750 F.Supp. 375 (1990)

Robert ECKSTEIN and Sylvia Eckstein, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BALCOR FILM INVESTORS, Balcor Entertainment Company, the Balcor Company, the Balcor Securities Company, Jerry M. Reinsdorf, Robert A. Judelson, James E. Finley, Gregory S. Junkin, Barry R. Jackson, Joseph A. Kruszynski, New World Entertainment, Ltd., Lawrence L. Kuppin, Robert Rehme, and Harry E. Sloan, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

November 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Glassman, Kathleen L. Clemens, Brian Barry, Clemens, Glassman & Clemens, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert S. Schachter, Robin F. Zwerling, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, Jules Brody, Melissa Emert, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Steven L. Bashwiner, Mary Ellen Hennessy, C. Elizabeth McCarty, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., Ross Anderson, Frisch Dudek Ltd., Milwaukee, Wis., Dennis M. Perluss, Cassandra S. Franklin, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus & Beardsley, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

John A. Lawrence, Richman, Lawrence & Mann, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants Kuppin, Sloan and Rehme.

Robert J. Walner, Gen. Counsel, The Balcor Co., Skokie, Ill., pro hac vice.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge.

FACTS

On June 22, 1990, this court dismissed plaintiffs Robert and Sylvia Eckstein's ("the Ecksteins") federal securities law complaint because it failed to allege reliance which is an essential element of a claim brought pursuant to section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Rule 10b-5"). In addition,...

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