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NICHOLAS v. SAUL STONE & CO. LLC

No. 98-5390.

224 F.3d 179 (2000)

Richard NICHOLAS; Lynn Nicholas; Robert M. Blackburn; and Cheryl S. Blackburn, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the class of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. SAUL STONE & COMPANY LLC, f/k/a Saul Stone and Company; First Options of Chicago, Inc., dba LIT Division of First Options; Smith Barney Inc; LFG, LLC, f/k/a Linnco Futures Group, Inc.; GNI Incorporated; Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.; ING (U.S.) Securities Futures & Options, Inc. dba ING Futures & Options; Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.; Prudential Securities, Inc.; Rosenthal Collins Group, L.P. f/k/a Rosenthal & Company; E.D. & F. Man International Inc., f/k/a E.D. & F. Man International Securities, Inc.; Clarence Delbridge, III; Thomas H. Stone; National Futures Association; John Doe; Joan Doe; Jack Doe; Joseph Doe; Jane Doe; Jake Doe; Jeff Doe; Jean Doe; James Doe; Jill Doe and Joel Doe; GNI Limited.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Bernstein (argued), Lawrenceville, NJ, Attorney for Appellants.

Stephen P. Bedell, Timothy G. McDermott (argued), Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellees Saul Stone & Company LLC, First Options of Chicago, Inc. LFG, LLC and ING (U.S.) Securities, Futures Options, Inc., Clarence Delbridge, III, and Thomas H. Stone.

E. Michael Bradley, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee Smith Barney, Inc.

David J. Libowsky (argued), Bressler, Amery & Ross, Morristown, NJ, Attorney for Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Warren H. Colodner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee Prudential Securities, Inc.

J. Todd Raymond, Manalapan, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Rosenthal Collins Group, L.P.

Alan I. Dunst, Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, New Brunswick, NJ, Attorney for E.D. & F. Man International Securities, Inc.

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Brian D. Roche (argued), Sachnoff & Weaver, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for National Futures Association.

Before: ROTH and RENDELL, Circuit Judges and POLLAK, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POLLAK, District Judge.

Appellants seek review of a judgment of the District Court of New Jersey granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' amended complaint. The District Court dismissed the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over the two individual defendants, and for failure to state any claims upon which relief could be granted against the other defendants. We conclude that it was proper for the District Court to...

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