LEWIS v. OPPENHEIMER & CO.

No. 79 Civ. 2109(MP).

481 F.Supp. 1199 (1979)

Harry LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. OPPENHEIMER & CO., Big Bear Stores Company, a Delaware Corporation (formerly called B. B. Stores Company), Big Bear Holding Company, Marilyn Brown Kellough and E. C. Redman as co-executors of the Estate of Wayne E. Brown, Michael J. Knilans, Lawrence E. Mack, Stephen Kellough, David W. Godfrey, E. C. Redman, Individually, and R. D. Wickerham, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiff by Robert M. Kornreich, Donald N. Ruby, and Klari Neuwelt, New York City.

Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, Simon & Armstrong, New York City, for defendants (Big Bear Stores Company, Big Bear Holding Company, and Oppenheimer & Co.) by Warren H. Colodner, and Robert C. Macek, New York City.

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for defendants Michael J. Knilans, Stephen Kellough and David W. Godfrey by Michael P. Tierney, Charles A. Gilman, and John C. Koutsos, New York City.


OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

Defendants move to dismiss this complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), 12(b)(6), and 9(b) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and failure to plead fraud with the requisite particularity.

PRELIMINARY

At the August 16, 1976 annual meeting of stockholders of Big Bear Stores Company (Old Big Bear), listed on the American Exchange, approximately...

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