Ralph MAJESKI, Joseph Yach, Janice Waisman, Larry R. Peterson, Thomas Weil, Lee Aldridge, Randy Karpinsky, Kenneth Kulas, Robb S. Elliott and Raymond Harding, Plaintiffs,
v.
BALCOR ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD., an Illinois corporation; Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., f/k/a Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., and f/k/a Shearson Lehman/American Express, Inc., a Delaware corporation; the Balcor Company, an Illinois corporation; Balcor/American Express Inc., an Illinois corporation; Balcor Securities Company, an Illinois corporation, the American Express Company, a New York corporation; New World Pictures, Ltd., a California corporation, and Balcor Film Investors, an Illinois Limited Partnership, Defendants.
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.
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March 11, 1992.
March 11, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George P. Kersten, E. Campion Kersten, Bruce J. Landgraf, Kersten & McKinnon, Jerry H. Friedland (of counsel), Galanis & Friedland, Milwaukee, Wis., Michael S. Glassman, Clemens, Glassman & Clemens, Los Angeles, Cal., Robin F. Zwerling, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, Jules Brody, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Steven Bashwiner, Mary Ellen Hennessy, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., Ross A. Anderson, Frisch Dudek Ltd., Milwaukee, Wis., Dennis Perluss, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus & Beardsley, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert J. Walner, Gen. Counsel, The Balcor Co., Skokie, Ill., H. Nicholas Berberian, Robert Mandel, Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, Ill., Terry E. Mitchell, Mitchell, Baxter & Zieger, Milwaukee, Wis., John A. Lawrence, Richman, Lawrence & Mann, Beverly Hills, Cal., Robert B. Ulrich, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.
United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This action concerns a public offering of limited partnership interests in Balcor Film Investors ("BFI"). BFI was formed to produce and distribute movies pursuant to an agreement with a motion picture company, New World Entertainment, Ltd. ("New World"). The initial offering was unsuccessful, and the Securities Exchange Commission required...
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