LAWRENCE v. COHN

Docket No. 02-7642.

325 F.3d 141 (2003)

Alice LAWRENCE, individually, and on behalf of the Estate of Sylvan Lawrence, including the Residuary Trust; Suzanne Lawrence, individually, and on behalf of the Estate of Sylvan Lawrence, including the Residuary Trust; Richard Lawrence; Marta Jo Lawrence, individually, and on behalf of the Estate of Sylvan Lawrence, including the Residuary Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Seymour COHN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Mallis, Graubard Miller (C. Daniel Chill, Elaine M. Reich, and Nancy R. Sills, on the brief), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Daniel P. Waxman, Bryan Cave LLP (Mark Jon Sugarman and Erin M. Naftali, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, OAKES and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge.

In this case, denominated a securities fraud action, plaintiffs-appellants Alice Lawrence, Suzanne Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, and Marta Jo Lawrence, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Sylvan Lawrence (collectively, the "plaintiffs" or the "Estate"), ask this court to plumb the vagaries of New York law concerning estates and fiduciary relationships, an area ordinarily within the sole purview of state courts, to determine...

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