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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NICKERSON, District Judge: There have now been nine actions filed in this court by the various plaintiffs alleging violations of law concerning Crazy Eddie, Inc., a now bankrupt electronics retailer. The court has before it motions to dismiss all or some part of the complaints brought under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act), 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NICKERSON, District Judge: This civil litigation arises from the allegedly fraudulent and negligent conduct of Eddie Antar and his relatives and the officers, directors, auditors, underwriters, employees, and vendors of the consumer electronics retailer Crazy Eddie, Inc. (“Crazy Eddie”) (now in bankruptcy). The various complaints in the case have alleged, in summar

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NICKERSON, District Judge: Numerous memoranda and orders have recounted the facts of this litigation. The court assumes familiarity with its previous published memoranda and orders dated December 30, 1988, Bernstein v. Crazy Eddie, Inc., 702 F.Supp. 962 (E.D.N.Y.1988) (the 1988 Order); June 16, 1989, In re Crazy Eddie Sec. Litig., 714 F.Supp. 1285 (E.D.N.Y.1989) (the

403 F.Supp.2d 214 (2005) Richard TUSCANO, suing individually and in the right and as a shareholder of Northeastern Import Export, Inc., Island Textiles, Inc., Tierra Development Corp., Textile Recovery Services, Inc. and Clothing Helps, Corp., Plaintiff, v. Ronald TUSCANO, Joseph Tuscano, Eugene Lotardo, Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP, Countrywide Transport Inc., and Donna Lotardo, Defendants. No.

MEMORANDUM OPINION McKELVIE, District Judge. This is a breach of contract case brought as an adversary proceeding within the Stone & Webster, Inc. et al. bankruptcy case. Plaintiff The Shaw Group, Inc. is a Louisiana corporation engaged in the business of providing professional engineering, construction, and consultation services. Defendant Taiwan Power Company (“TPC”) is a corporation of the Republic of

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge: The issue in this appeal is whether, having engaged in a commercial transaction with an American corporation, a foreign state’s failure to remit funds to the corporation’s designated bank account in the United States is sufficient to support jurisdiction over the for*890eign state under the commercial activity exception to the Foreign So

824 F.Supp. 320 (1993) In re CRAZY EDDIE SECURITIES LITIGATION. Nos. CV 87-0033, CV 90-3181 and CV 91-4450. United States District Court, E.D. New York. June 11, 1993. Sirota & Sirota (Howard B. Sirota, of counsel), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek, Block & Grossman, Stull, Stull & Brody, Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad, Brach

FARRIS, Circuit Judge: The Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and Paul Ogwuma appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss on the basis of sovereign immunity. We affirm. I. In June 1992, James Adler, a U.S. citizen and majority shareholder of the Mexican corporation El Surtidor del Hogar, received a le

853 F.Supp. 620 (1994) Albert S. COHEN, F & R Drugs, Inc., Family Pharmacy, Inc., Lasid Sales, Inc., Abraham Lock, M.D., Louis Timothee, M.D., Paul Citrin, M.D., and William Capote, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. Mary Jo BANE, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, the New York State Department of Social Services, Mark R. Classon, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, the Department of Health o

WESLEY E. BROWN, District Judge. The issue in this case is whether the defendants are immune from the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq. The district court held that the defendants were entitled to immunity and dismissed the complaint. 821 F.Supp. 1405. Under the FSIA, foreign states are generally immune from the jurisdic

33 F.3d 1232 UNITED WORLD TRADE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.MANGYSHLAKNEFT OIL PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION, KazakhstanCommerce Foreign Economic Association, andMinistry of Energy and Fuel Resources ofthe Republic of Kazakhstan,Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-1193. United States Court of Appeals,Tenth Circuit. Aug. 29, 1994.

SACK, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Virtual Countries, Inc., appeals from a June 28, 2001 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Allen G. Schwartz, Judge) that dismissed its petition for relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02, based on the court’s conclusion that defendants Republic of South Afr

449 F.Supp.2d 992 (2006) Barbara SCHWAB et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Ligget Group, Inc., American Tobacco Co., Altria Group, Inc., British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendants. No. 04-CV-1945(JBW). United States District Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SARIS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This action arises out of the alleged illegal insider trading practices of the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Centennial Technologies, Inc. (“Centennial”), Emanuel Pinez (“Pinez”). On February 14, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint against Pinez alleging that he traded in

107 F.3d 720 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1105, 97 Daily JournalD.A.R. 1706James E. ADLER, aka Jaime Adler; El Surtidor del Hogar,S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, a Sovereign State; CentralBank of Nigeria; Paul Ogwuma, aka Paul Oguma;Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,Defendants-Appellants. No. 96-56119.

165 F.Supp.2d 266 (2001) THE CAYUGA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al., Plaintiffs, and The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma and the United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. George E. PATAKI, as Governor of the State of New York, et. al., Defendants. No. 80-CV-930, 80-CV-960. United States District Court, N.D. New York. October 2, 2001.

817 F.Supp. 306 (1993) In re CRAZY EDDIE SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 87 C 33. United States District Court, E.D. New York. March 10, 1993. As Amended March 17, 1993. *307 *308 Sirota & Sirota (Howard B. Sirota, of counsel), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, Pomerantz

792 F.Supp. 197 (1992) In re CRAZY EDDIE SECURITIES LITIGATION. Vivian G. BERNSTEIN, as custodian for Jamie A. Bernstein, Karen Kaun, John Papastamatakis, Jerry Krim, Barnett Stepak, Lawrence Lyons, James R. Schwebel, Jeffrey Abrams, Stanley Heineman, and James T. Cain, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Eddie ANTAR, Sam Antar, Mitchell Antar, Eddy Antar, Solomon E. Antar, Sam E. Antar, Allen Antar, Ed

802 F.Supp. 804 (1992) In re CRAZY EDDIE SECURITIES LITIGATION. OPPENHEIMER-PALMIERI FUND, L.P., Entertainment Marketing, Incorporated, and Elias Zinn, Plaintiffs, v. PEAT MARWICK MAIN & CO., KMG Main Hurdman, Eddie Antar, Sam Antar, Mitchell Antar, Eddy Antar, Sam E. Antar, Solomon E. Antar, David V. Panoff, Isaac Kairey, Steve Pasquariello, William H. Saltzman, James H. Scott, Jr., Edmond Levy, and Carl G. Zimel, Defendants. CRAZY E

812 F.Supp. 338 (1993) In re CRAZY EDDIE SECURITIES LITIGATION. OPPENHEIMER-PALMIERI FUND, L.P., Entertainment Marketing, Incorporated, and Elias Zinn, Plaintiffs, v. PEAT MARWICK MAIN & CO., KMG Main Hurdman, Eddie Antar, Sam Antar, Mitchell Antar, Eddy Antar, Sam E. Antar, Solomon E. Antar, David V. Panoff, Isaac Kairey, Steve Pasquariello, William H. Saltzman, James H. Scott, Jr., Edmond Levy, and Carl G. Zimel, Defendants.