U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997

Becherer v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.

Becherer v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided December 3, 1997
131 F.3d 580; 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 34017; 1997 WL 741361 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Becherer v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.

Opinion

131 F.3d 580w

Richard C. BECHERER, et al., individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
J. Don Adams; Kay A. Arceneaux, as Executrix for the Donald
J. Arceneaux, Sr. Estate; Edward R. Bassine; Anne T.
Bassine; Thomas H. Blundell; Jan L. Blundell; James A.
Campbell; Darrell R. Caudill; William A. Cherry;
Catherine Crebbs, as General Partner of CCT & Co. as
administratrix of Estate of Robert W. Crebbs; Michael S.
Dwyer; Dick Dykes; L. Joe Edmonson; Francis C. Elkin;
Richard G. Fadal; Lee Feinberg; Madeline Feinberg; Alan
S. Fogg; Jean M. Fogg; Mary Lou Frazier; Rudolph M.
Gaedke, Independent Administrator for the Estate of Mary
Gaedke; Francisco M. Gonzalez; Terry W. Grenat; Edith A.
Grenat; Mr. & Mrs. Hem C. Gupta; Paul D. Hansen; Judith
A. Hansen; Keith Harvie; Betty Lee Harvie; Robert Hawley;
Robin Dale Hawley; Charles L. Henritzy; Georgiann
Henritzy; Curtis B. Herbert, Jr.; Weldon Hiddleston;
Dorothy M. Hiddleston; Hurrelbring Advertising, Inc.;
Bobby G. Lamb; Hazeltine Lamb; D. Rod; Ann H. Lee; Law
Offices of Pat Maloney, P.C.; Dan E. Martens; Susan J.
Martens; Phillip W. McCollum; Marjorie K. McCollum; Earl
McGavran; Edith E. McGavran; Alice S. McTurk; Kyriakos
Michaelides; Margaret Michaelides; Donald R. Mitchell;
Fred Morgan; Christine Motler, as Executrix for the Estate
of Jay Motler; Harold Mueller; Claude Nabers; Leon
Neiman; Judith A. Neiman; Daniel N. Payton, III; Jane H.
Payton; Jean A. Pitts; Gary L. Platner; Alvin L.
Prichard, Jr.; Marilyn M. David, formerly known as Marilyn
M. Prichard; Suraj P.Sancheti; Lee Maria; Lula Santa
Maria; Mabel Schenk, as Executrix for the Estate of Samuel
Schenk; Arch H. Schrom; Shirley A. Schrom; Thomas Q.
Schultz; Ruth R. Schultz; Robert Stern; Roxanne Stern;
Gordon G. Stillwell; Therral Story; Kathy Story;
Wellington K. Stretton; Mary Ann Kozlowski; Joshua M.
Tharp, Jr.; Mary Sue Tharp; Ronalt T. Ullenberg; Sheila
Ann Ullenberg; Robert J. Wilder; Butz S. Wilder; Paul A.
Williams; Stephen F. Wood, Intervenors-Appellants,
v.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INC.; Can-American
Corporation; Can-American Realty Corporation; Shelter
Seagate Corp.; Garrett G. Carlson; Graham C. Count; Arni
Thorsteinson; Martin Cicco; Laventhol & Horwath; M.A.
Mortenson Co.; Winsor/Faricy Architects, Inc.; Trustbank
Mortgage Center, Incorporated; Midwest Title Guarantee
Company of Florida; Frank Lavin, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 96-1673.

United States Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit.

Argued June 4, 1997.
Decided Dec. 3, 1997.

NOTE: THE COURT HAS WITHDRAWN THIS OPINION

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