LAROCHELLE v. ALLAMIAN

No. 2-03-1383.

836 N.E.2d 176 (2005)

361 Ill. App.3d 217

296 Ill.Dec. 761

Carla LAROCHELLE, Ron Holzer, William Wheeler and Linda Penn, a Marital Community, Allen Weiss, Peter Olmstead, Evelyn Roberts, Steven Swenson, Mary Jo Lamb, Helen Mehoudar, Edlund Real Estate, a Michigan Company, Sariba International, Ltd., a California Company, Saba Ltd., a California Company, James Knoll, Stanton Smith, Jack Courshon, Gabaldon Family Ltd., a New Mexico Limited Partnership, James Hastings, Georgian.Com, LP, a Nevada Limited Partnership, Norman and Mary Abrams, Peter Gollon, Gollon Family Ltd., a New York Limited Partnership, Bernard Peyton, Robert and Patricia Ralph, S and R Investments, Marcie Polier Family Foundation, Marcie Polier Living Trust, Pat Clemente, Ronald Lange, and Nancy O'Conner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Martin ALLAMIAN, James J. Manning, Robert Paszkiet, Martin James Capital Managements, Inc., M.J. Select Global, Ltd., Commodity Compliance Services, Inc., Michael Coglianese, Gina Coglianese, Vorisek and Company, LLC, Terah Rahming, Kenneth Clowes, and Oceanic Bank and Trust Company, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Bradtke, Jennifer K. Soule, Kelly K. Lambert, Soule & Bradtke, Chicago, Michael I. Behn, William W. Thomas, Futterman & Howard, Chtd., Chicago, Benjamin A. Schwartzman, Lovell, Stewart, Halebian & Barth, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Mary and Norman Abrams, Pat Clemente, Jack Courshon, Edlund Real Estate, Gabaldon Family Ltd., Georgian.Com LP, Peter Gollon, Gollon Family Ltd., James Hastings, Ron Holzer, James Knoll, Mary Jo Lamb, Ronald Lange, Carla Larochelle, Marcie Polier Family Foundation, Marcie Polier Living Trust, Helen Mehoudar, Nancy O'Conner, Peter Olmstead, Linda Penn, Bernard Peyton, Patricia Ralph, Robert Ralph, Evelyn Roberts, S & R Investments, Saba Ltd., Sariba International, Ltd., Stanton Smith, Steven Swenson, Allen Weiss, William Wheeler.

Peter V. Baugher, Jason M. Rosenthal, Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, for Oceanic Bank & Trust Company, Ltd., Martin Allamian, Kenneth Clowes, Gina and Michael Coglianese, Commodity Compliance Services, Inc., M.J. Select Global Ltd., James J. Manning, Martin James Capital Management, Inc., Robert Paszkiet, Terah Rahming, Vorisek & Co., LLC.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from the order of the trial court granting the motion to dismiss of defendant Oceanic Bank & Trust Company, Ltd. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiffs are a group of 32 investors, three of whom are citizens of Illinois, owning common shares of defendant M.J. Select Global, Ltd., an investment company organized under the laws of the Bahamas. In August 2002, plaintiffs brought a seven-count...

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