Corporations
In re: STRATTON OAKMONT, Debtor. Chris Arford, Frank & Kathleen Bernatowicz, Scott Bijlani, David Cheung, Bryan Clark, Jim Core, Byron Davis, William S. Debree, Defrank Family Trust, Cameron Deloach, Christopher & Elizabeth Eber, Donald Erskine, Leo & Kathleen Genovese, Gary & Janice George, Timothy & Robyn Gulstrom, Andrew & Janet Gunn, Robert Harding, Jay & Edna Hartman, Kurt Hecht, Bruce & Beverly Heigh, Helali Family Trust, John Andrew Hill, Kenneth Huggett, Joseph A. Jacobs, Lars Erik Jonsson, Peter Knight, Donald & Betsy Latore, Joseph S. Lombardo, Lubbock Radiology Association Profit Sharing Plan, Jerome Lueboke, David L. Meulebroeck, Charles Milano, Wayne Mostiller, Scott Porter, Douglas Railton, Douglas & Janice Railton, James Reider, Robert & Margaret Riehn, Dean Robinson, Isaac Roe, Richard Shedrick, Henry Simons IRA, Henry Simons, Claude Stemp, Erik Szeto IRA, Erik Szeto Profit Sharing, Erik Szeto, Erik & Yuen Fai Chen Szeto, Rick Tivers, Clifford Toback, Richard A. Yogel Partnership, Robert Wales IRA, Robert Wales, George "Pat" Walsh, Otto Wick, Douglas Wittmeyer and Nora Wood Family Trust, Claimants-Appellants, v. Harvey R. Miller, Esq., As Trustee for the liquidation of Stratton Oakmont, Inc., Trustee-Appellee, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Appellee
210 F.3d 420·United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit·2000
Before: NEWMAN, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
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In re: STRATTON OAKMONT, Debtor. Chris Arford, Frank & Kathleen Bernatowicz, Scott Bijlani, David Cheung, Bryan Clark, Jim Core, Byron Davis, William S. Debree, Defrank Family Trust, Cameron Deloach, Christopher & Elizabeth Eber, Donald Erskine, Leo & Kathleen Genovese, Gary & Janice George, Timothy & Robyn Gulstrom, Andrew & Janet Gunn, Robert Harding, Jay & Edna Hartman, Kurt Hecht, Bruce & Beverly Heigh, Helali Family Trust, John Andrew Hill, Kenneth Huggett, Joseph A. Jacobs, Lars Erik Jonsson, Peter Knight, Donald & Betsy Latore, Joseph S. Lombardo, Lubbock Radiology Association Profit Sharing Plan, Jerome Lueboke, David L. Meulebroeck, Charles Milano, Wayne Mostiller, Scott Porter, Douglas Railton, Douglas & Janice Railton, James Reider, Robert & Margaret Riehn, Dean Robinson, Isaac Roe, Richard Shedrick, Henry Simons IRA, Henry Simons, Claude Stemp, Erik Szeto IRA, Erik Szeto Profit Sharing, Erik Szeto, Erik & Yuen Fai Chen Szeto, Rick Tivers, Clifford Toback, Richard A. Yogel Partnership, Robert Wales IRA, Robert Wales, George “Pat” Walsh, Otto Wick, Douglas Wittmeyer and Nora Wood Family Trust, Claimants-Appellants, v. Harvey R. Miller, Esq., As Trustee for the liquidation of Stratton Oakmont, Inc., Trustee-Appellee, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Appellee.
Docket No. 99-5076.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued April 12, 2000.
Decided April 18, 2000.
Thomas A. Hargett, Indianapolis, Indiana (Maddox Koeller Hargett & Caruso, Steven B. Caruso, New York, New York, on the brief), for Claimants-Appellants.
Steven Alan Reiss, New York, New York (Adam C. Rogoff, Theodore E. Tsek-erides, Jeremy E. Novak, Gary D. Ticoll, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, on the brief), for Trustee-Appellee.
Josephine Wang, Senior Associate General Counsel, Washington, D.C. (Stephen P. Harbeck, General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Appellee.
Before: NEWMAN, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
[MAJORITY — PER CURIAM:]
PER CURIAM:
The judgment is affirmed on the opinion of District Judge Richard M. Berman published at 289 B.R. 698 (S.D.N.Y.1999), aff'g 229 B.R. 273 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1999).