PLAUT v. SPENDTHRIFT FARM, INC.

No. 92-5591.

1 F.3d 1487 (1993)

Ed PLAUT; his wife, Nancy McHardy Plaut; John Grady, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SPENDTHRIFT FARM, INC.; Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc.; Francis M. Wheat; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Deloitte, Haskins & Sells; Norman D. Owens; American International Bloodstock Agency, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Montjoy Trimble (argued and briefed), Trimble & Bowling, Lexington, KY, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard C. Ward, David C. Long, Barbara Edleman (briefed), Glenn C. Van Bever (argued), Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, KY, for Spendthrift Farm, Inc.

Guy R. Colson, Sr. Partner, Fowler, Measle & Bell, Elizabeth S. Feamster, Lexington, KY, James E. Burns, Jr., John Missing, Kevin P. Muck (briefed), Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA, for Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards Inc.

Robert M. Watt, III (briefed), J. David Smith, Jr., Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, KY, William E. Johnson, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Frankfort, KY, for Francis M. Wheat, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

L. Clifford Craig (argued and briefed), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, Peter L. Ecabert, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, New York City, Robert B. Craig (briefed), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Crestview Hills, KY, for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells.

Michael D. Meuser, Frank T. Becker, Harry B. Miller, Jr., Robert S. Miller (argued and briefed), Miller, Griffin & Marks, Lexington, KY, for Norman D. Owens and American Intern. Bloodstock Agency, Inc.

Scott R. McIntosh (briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Div., Washington, DC, Barbara C. Biddle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Mark B. Stern (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S. and Securities and Exchange Com'n.

Kathryn Oberly (briefed), Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Arthur Andersen & Co., Ernst & Young, KPMG Peat Marwick and Price Waterhouse.

Before: KEITH and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and CHURCHILL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 14, 1993.

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

I.

Appellants, the plaintiffs before the District Court, representing a large number of sometime investors, originally sued defendants on November 25, 1987, alleging violations of the securities laws, namely fraud and deceit in the sale of stock under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 Act")1 and...

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