ITOBA LTD. v. LEP GROUP PLC

No. 582, Docket 94-7562.

54 F.3d 118 (1995)

ITOBA LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEP GROUP PLC, William R. Berkley, John L. Read, Peter J. Grant, John R. East, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Zauderer, New York City (James Robert Pigott, Jr., Stein, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, New York City, Richard F. Lawler, James C. Riley, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, Greenwich, CT, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey E. Glen, New York City (Berwin Leighton, New York City, Mark B. Seiger, Halloran & Sage, Hartford, CT, of counsel), for defendant-appellee LEP Group PLC.

William McGuinness, New York City (Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees William R. Berkley and Peter J. Grant.

Alan H. McLean, Stamford, CT (Neville, Shaver, Kelly & McLean, Stamford, CT, of counsel), for defendant-appellee John R. East.

John L. Read, pro se.

Before: FEINBERG, VAN GRAAFEILAND and MINER, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Itoba Limited appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Eginton, J.) dismissing its securities fraud action against Lep Group PLC, William Berkley, John Read, Peter Grant and John East for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The corporate defendant in this case, Lep Group PLC, is a London-based holding...

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