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MATHEWS v. KIDDER, PEABODY & CO., INC.

No. 97-3164.

161 F.3d 156 (1998)

John W. MATHEWS; Carole Ann Nuckton; Patricia Lester; Jordan Brodsky; Thomas C. Chestney; Deborah W. Troemner; William J. Waterman, Jr.; Vernon L. Schatz; Melvin H. Roots; Robert J. Holton; James J. Boyle; David L. Robinson; Vincent J. Panepinto; Dominic A. Martell; Francis B. Borcato; John J. Dougherty, Trustees of the Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons Local Union Officer & Employee Pension Fund; Lee Crossman; Susanne Diane Anderson; Larry C. Anderson; George P. Arnold; Ann M. Arnold; Donald J. Aibel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, v. KIDDER, PEABODY & CO., INC., a Delaware corporation; KP Realty Advisers, a Delaware corporation; HSM, Inc., a Texas corporation; Henry S. Miller Co., Henry S. Miller Management; Henry S. Miller Appraisal Corporation; HSM Real Estate Securities Corporation; Miller Real Estate Services Corporation, a Texas corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Brownlee (argued), Kenneth M. Argentieri, Paul E. Del Vecchio, Bethany E. Ammons, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants, Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated and KP Realty Advisers, Inc.

William M. Wycoff, Donald M. Lund, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants, HSM, Inc., Henry S. Miller Co., Inc.; Henry S. Miller Management Corporation; Henry S. Miller Appraisal Corporation; HSM Real Estate Securities Corporation and Miller Real Estate Services Corporation.

Anthony P. Picadio (argued), Picadio, McCall, Kane & Norton, Thomas W. Henderson, Tybe A. Brett, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, and ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("Reform Act" or "PSLRA"), amends 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) to eliminate, as a predicate act for a private cause of action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), any conduct actionable as fraud in the purchase or sale of securities. See Pub.L. No. 104-67, § 107, 109 Stat. 737, 758. This civil RICO case was brought by plaintiff...

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