IN RE FIRST CAPITAL HOLDINGS SECURITIES LITIGATION

No. 92-55924.

33 F.3d 29 (1994)

In re FIRST CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION FINANCIAL PRODUCTS SECURITIES LITIGATION. Marguerite WOLFORD, Plaintiff Class Member-Objector-Appellant, v. George GAEKLE, Iris Gaekle; State Action Representatives Alfred Pappalardo, Linda Glynn, Garman C. Laudermilch, et al.; Federal Action Representatives Tina Pallas, James W. Palmiter, Arthur Drucker, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1994.

As Amended August 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, for appellant.

Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann, San Francisco, CA, for appellees.

Before: SNEED, THOMPSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge THOMPSON; Dissent by Judge SNEED.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

First Capital Holdings Corporation (FCH), through its subsidiaries, issued annuities and life insurance policies to over 500,000 policyholders. Shearson Lehman Brothers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Express Company, issued many of the policies. In May 1991, FCH fell victim to the crash of the...

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