Hopgood v. Merrill Lynch ( 1994 )

USCA1 Opinion

          September 19, 1994    [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]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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