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LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Docket No. 05-5106 CV.

459 F.3d 273 (2006)

Isaac LERNER, Eli Lerner, Ballyward Investment Company, Ltd., Jaime Sohacheski, Gaston Limited, Hotel Investors, Inc., Perky Limited, Abraham Rappaport, Esther Rappaport, Moshe Cohn, Establissement Somer, Josef Kohn, Chancery Enterprises, Ltd., Rosdev Developments, Inc., Michael Rosenberg, Bruce Bayroff, Joshua Goldstein, Land Tech Manalapan LLC, Theodore Brodie, Meyer Rosenbaum, Mr Associates LLC, Ilana Blumkin, as Trustee, Emdee Tours, Inc., Alexander Hasenfeld, Inc., Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, Hasenfeld Stein, Inc., Pension Trust, Aeg Agency, Inc., Aaron Garfinkel, Rivka Stein, Aaron Y. Rubinson, Steven B. Rothchild, P.C., Money Purchase Plan, Pinchos Rubinson, Akiva Leiman, Estate of Boruch Rubinson, Chaim and Rachel Lefkowitz, Naftali and Sarah Lipshutz, Mendel and Feigy Lipschutz, Reisel Bergstein, Michael Konig, Esther Wertenteil, Aaron Wertenteil, Teena Rubinfeld, Mark Wertenteil, Morris and Sarah Friedman, the Regal Trade, S.A., Vavel Corp., Chadwick Funding Co., L.P., Allen Sausen and Leonard Sausen, d/b/a Atassco, Keren Hachesed of Monsey, Inc., Geneva Properties, L.L.C., Mt. Pleasant Partners, Herschel Kulefsky, Albert David Pearls & Gems, Inc., Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Chai Properties Corp., Arthur Kurtz, Crestfield Associates, Inc., Weinreb Management, and Howard Mermelstein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLEET BANK, N.A., Sterling National Bank and Trust Company of New York, and Republic National Bank of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Rudofsky, Zane and Rudofsky (James B. Zane, Eric S. Horowitz, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas J. Moloney, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (David Rush, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Fleet Bank, N.A.

Allen C. Wasserman, Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP (James DeRose III, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Sterling National Bank.

Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP (Chaya F. Weinberg-Brodt, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Republic National Bank of New York.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, KEARSE and SACK, Circuit Judges.

SACK, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs are investors who were defrauded by lawyer David Schick in the early 1990s as part of his multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme. Many of Schick's victims have tried with varying degrees of success to recover some of their lost investments from Schick's estate in bankruptcy, see, e.g., In re Venture Mortgage Fund, L.P., 282 F.3d 185 (2d Cir.2002), and from various banks that allegedly either abetted...

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