FREEMAN v. FIRST UNION NAT.

No. 02-11559.

329 F.3d 1231 (2003)

Lewis B. FREEMAN, as Receiver of Unique Gems Int'l Corp., Lucy Martinez, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL, a National Banking Association f.k.a. First Union National Bank of Florida, N.A., Defendant-Appellee, Hector Ponte, an individual, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrice A. Talisman, Hersch & Talisman, P.A., Carol Cox Berk, Mishan, Sloto, Hoffman & Greenberg, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Elliot H. Scherker, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and FULLAM, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Lewis B. Freeman, court-appointed receiver for Unique Gems International Corp. ("Unique Gems"), and Lucy Martinez, class representative of Unique Gems' creditors ("the Creditor Plaintiffs"), appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims against First Union National Bank ("First Union") for its alleged participation in a fraudulent Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the principals of Unique Gems. The district court dismissed, with prejudice, Freeman and...

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