BECK v. LAZARD FRERES & CO., LLC

No. 97-5485.

175 F.3d 913 (1999)

Jeffrey H. BECK, as Trustee of the Chapter 7 Estate of Southeast Banking Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAZARD FRERES & CO., LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall Coffey, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carol A. Licko, Thomson, Muraro, Razook & Hart, P.A., Miami, FL, Tariq Mundiya, D. Stuart Meiklejohn, Sullivan & Cromwell, Richard L. Posen, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and RONEY and FAY, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is one of a series of cases in which the trustee for the bankrupt Southeast Banking Corporation has attempted to recover assets from the bank's former officers and directors, several accounting firms and a law firm. Plaintiff Jeffrey H. Beck, as trustee of Southeast Banking Corporation, sought to recover damages against the defendant investment firm of Lazard Freres & Co. for advice it gave concerning Southeast's acquisition of First Federal Savings...

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