FERGUSON v. ROBERTS

No. 92-2656.

11 F.3d 696 (1993)

Merrill FERGUSON, Stephen W. Dils, Gail W. Dils, as Trustee for the Dils Trust, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard ROBERTS and Roberts & Ellsworth, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Samuels, Jeffrey A. Berman, Jacquelyn F. Kidder, Patricia K. Smoots, Patrick J. Ahern, argued, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Barry L. Kroll, argued, Brigid E. Kennedy, David E. Morgans, Williams & Montgomery, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this action under § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Act"). The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment. It held that the newly adopted one-year statute of limitations combined with the three-year statute of repose made the plaintiffs' claims time-barred. Because there was no just reason for delay, the district court entered final judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil...

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