Hopgood v. Merrill Lynch

Case Date: 09/20/1994
Docket No: 94-1149


September 19, 1994 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
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No. 94-1149

PHILIP D. HOPGOOD, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, Appellants,

v.

MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH,

Defendant, Appellee.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
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Before

Coffin and Campbell, Senior Circuit Judges,
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Keeton, Senior District Judge.*
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Harold D. Vicente with whom Vicente & Cuebas was on brief for
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appellants.
Carlos G. Latimer with whom Latimer, Biaggi, Rachid, Rodriguez-
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Suris & Godreau was on brief for appellees.
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*Of the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.

Per Curiam. Substantially for the same reasons set
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forth in the opinion of the United States District Court for

the District of Puerto Rico in Hopgood v. Merrill Lynch,
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Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 839 F. Supp. 98 (D.Puerto Rico 1993),
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we affirm. Costs are awarded to the appellee.





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