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CaseNo: LDFIVEY200922, CourtName: MA DC, Plaintiff: LINDNER DIVIDEND FUND INC, State: MA Massachusetts, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>LDFIVEY200922, Complaint, Amended Complaint, Securities, Act, Supp, Ernst, Purchase, Loan, Exchange, Fraud, Missouri, Reliance, Mass, Misleading, England, Banks, Allegations, Dismiss, Bne, Report, Cir, Reports, Causation, Failure, Limitations, State Law, Facts, Motion, Class Action, Jurisdiction, Violations, Prior, Loss Reserves, Loan Loss, Litiq, Whinney, Fund, Lindner Dividend, Fails, Plead Fraud, Negligence, Particularity, District, Missouri Uniform Securities, Loan Loss Reserves, Bank, Statute, Tolling , ContentID: 120253999

Case Documents
1 1995-03-23 JUDGMENT
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22 pages
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2 1994-01-25 DEF MEM FR MTD AMEN COMP
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19 pages
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3 1994-01-06 EM IN OPSN TO DEF MTD CMP
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4 1994-01-03 PLF MEM N OP DEF MTD COMP
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5 1994-01-03 AFF N OPP TO DEF MTD COMP
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6 1993-11-24 DF MEM FR MTD AMEND CPLNT
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7 1993-11-24 DEF MEM FR MTD AMEN COMP
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40 pages
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8 1993-10-27 AMENDED COMPLAINT
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24 pages
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9 1993-07-22 DEF MEM FOR MOTN TO DSMS
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24 pages
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10 1992-08-01 COMPLAINT
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11 1992-08-01 CIVIL COVER SHEET
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Total Documents: 11 documents , 267 pages
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1 . JUDGMENT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
AMENDED COMPLAINT
DEFENDANT
FRAUD
SECURITIES
ACT
MISLEADING
FAILURE
RELIANCE
DISMISS
ERNST
STATE LAW
CLASS ACTION
JURISDICTION
VIOLATIONS
MOTION
LOAN LOSS
PLEAD FRAUD
PARTICULARITY
MISSOURI UNIFORM SECURITIES
LOAN LOSS RESERVES
RECOVER DAMAGES
AGREEMENT
LIMITATIONS
ALLEGATIONS
SUBSIDIARY BANKS
GROSS NEGLIGENCE
CLASS ACTION TOLLING
AMENDED COMPLAINT ALLEGES
UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT
                                           UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT                    COURT
                                            DISTRICT          OF  MASSACHUSETTS



      LINDNER              DIVIDEND        FUND....
                                             Plaintiff
                                                                                              CIVIL
                            V.
                                                                                              NO. 
     ERNST  &  YOUNG....
                                             Defendant



                                                              JUDGMENT


                  SKINNER                   D.  J.


                  In  accordance         with  the  Court's  Memorandum                 and  Order 

                                                                                                  
   1995                              granting          defendants                   motion  for 

the  above-entitled                  action,  it  is  hereby  ORDERED:

                                     Judgment          for  the       defendant         ;



                                                                                      By  the 


          March            23,  1995
                            Date                                                     Deputy  Clerk





(Judgmntl.ftm         -  09i92)


                                        UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT
I                                         DISTRICT  OF  MASSACHUSETTS


SNIPPETS:
  • ERNST & YOUNG, a partnership consisting of Certified Public Accountants, formerly known as
  • MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT
  • This is an action for violations of section 18of the Securities and Exchange Act
  • violations of the Missouri Uniform Securities Act brought by plaintiffs to recover damages
  • false and misleading statements.
  • P. 9, failure to plead fraud with particularity, and pursuant to
  • Rule 12for lack of jurisdiction overthe subject matter, for failure to state a claim upon
  • Plaintiffs Lindner Dividend Fund, inc. and Whitehill Capital, Inc. commenced this
  • of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, pendent state law claims for
  • common law fraud and gross negligence, and a claim for violations of the Missouri
  • Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the initial complaint on July 23,
  • Count I of the amended complaint alleges violations of section 18of the 1934
  • Count Ill alleges violations of section 409.101 of the Missouri Uniform Securities Act.
  • The amended complaint avers that the `false and misleading" nature of loan loss
  • Plaintiffs posit that BNEC's earlier statements that its loan loss reserves were adequate
  • non-performing loans" of BNEC's subsidiary banks and "adequacy of the loan loss
  • Section 18of the 1934 Act permits persons who, in reliance on materially
  • the Gibbs doctrine, or alternatively, on the grounds of a limitations bar and failure to state
  • class action tolling doctrine and a tolling agreement between defendant and the putative
  • individual claim involves the same allegations that were made in the class suit.
  • Plaintiffs' reliance on diversity jurisdiction for their state law claims is insupportable.

  • 2 . DEF MEM FR MTD AMEN COMP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PAPERS
    LOSS CAUSATION
    RELIANCE
    PARTNERSHIP
    ERNST
    TOREPLEAD
    PRIVITY
    
                                                                      UNITED       STATES  DISTRICT    
                                                                         DISTRICT           OF 
    
     - - - - - - I - - - - - - - - - - - - -                                                           
    
     LINDNER                                           DIVIDEND         FUND,  INC.,             a
    Missouri                                            corporation              and  WHITEHILL        
     CAPITAL,                                           INC.,        a  New  York        corporation,
                                                                                                       
                                                                                       Plaintiffs,
                                                                                                       
                                                                     against
                                                                                                       
    ERNST  &  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                                                   
           No.
    consisting                                             of  Certified              Public           
    Accountants,                                                  formerly        known      as
    ERNST  &  WHINNEY,                                                                                 
    
                                                                                       Defendant.      
    
    -------I--c---------                                                                               
    
    
    
                                                        REPLY  MEMORANDUM  OF  DEFENDANT  ERNST  & 
                                                  IN  SUPPORT  OF  MOTION  TO  DISMISS                 
    
    
                                                                                                    Ira
                                                                                                   
    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    One
                                                                                                   
    09
                                                                                                      
    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    380
                                                                                                    New
                                                                                                      
    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    450
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Privity
  • LEAVE TOREPLEAD
  • ERNST & YOUNG, a partnership
  • CLAIM -- RELIANCE AND LOSS CAUSATION
  • papers.
  • leave to replead.

  • 3 . EM IN OPSN TO DEF MTD CMP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SECURITIES
    COMPLAINT
    PLAINTIFFS
    ACT
    RELIANCE
    COURT
    MISLEADING
    EXCHANGE
    PROVISIONS
    SUIT
    TOLLING
    REPORTS
    MISSOURI
    FACTS
    PARTY
    STATUTE
    OPINION
    EYEBALL
    PURCHASE
    ERNST
    ALLEGATIONS
    MEMBER
    FRAUD
    LIMITATIONS
    NEGLIGENCE
    DISCRIMINATION
    CITY
    SUBSEQUENT
    MATTER
    
                                                     UNITED           STATES             DISTRICT      
                                                     DISTRICT                OF  MASSACHUSETTS
                                                     BOSTON           DIVISION
               -------------------------------------------:
               LINDNER            DIVIDEND                 FUND,        INC.,            a             
               Missouri              Corporation                     and      WHITEHILL                
    --il*:     CAPITAL,              INC.,           a  New  York
               Corporation,
    
                                                                        Plaintiffs,
    
                                               against
    
               ERNST         &  YOUNG,               a  partnership                      consisting    
               of  Certified                    Public          Accountants,                       
               known         as  ERNST              &  WHINNEY,
    
                                                                        Defendants.
               -------------------------------------------:
    
    
    
    
    
                                           MEMORANDUM  IN  OPPOSITION                                  
                                           MOTION  TO  DISMISS                            COMPLAINT
    
    
    
    
    
                                                                       BADER            and        BADER
                                                                       Attorneys                   for 
                                                                       65  Court                Street
                                                                       White            Plains         
                                                                       Telephone                  
    
    
    I.WALTON               BADER
    BENEDICT               BADER                (Mass           Bar        No,         025800)
    BADER          and       BADER
    65  COURT               STREET
    WHITE          PLAINS              NY  10601
    Telephone:                    914-682-0072
    Attorneys                for             Plaintiffs
    
                                               UNITED               STATES            DISTRICT         
                                               DISTRICT                   OF  MASSACHUSETTS
                                               BOSTON             DIVISION
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • This opinion
  • the Court
  • vs. City
  • suit must
  • the defendant
  • the same allegations
  • to cause the tolling
  • and Exchange
  • 18of the Securities
  • Act, the Missouri
  • facts are the same.
  • ERNST & YOUNG
  • toll of the Statute
  • of Limitations,
  • class member.
  • Securities by the plaintiffs
  • date of the purchase
  • complaint are not time-barred.
  • (Fraud claims to be pleaded
  • or misleading)
  • who, in reliance
  • Act has provisions
  • TO SET FORTH "EYEBALL"
  • FALSE STATEMENTS MADE IN REPORTS FILED
  • This is a matter
  • in any subsequent
  • THE CLAIMS UNDER THE MISSOURI
  • THE NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO

  • 4 . PLF MEM N OP DEF MTD COMP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFFS
    COMPLAINT
    PURCHASE
    COURT
    ACT
    EXCHANGE
    MISSOURI
    PRIOR
    REPORTS
    DEFENDANT
    FACTS
    ENGLAND
    BANK
    NEGLIGENCE
    CIVIL
    CAUSATION
    RELIANCE
    STATUTE
    ERNST
    MISLEADING
    LIMITATIONS
    COMMENCEMENT
    COMMISSION
    TOLLING
    MEMBERS
    PROVISIONS
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    ATTORNEYS
    EYEBALL
    
                                                UNITED           STATES           DISTRICT             
                                                DISTRICT             OF  MASSACHUSETTS
                                                BOSTON           DIVISION
          -------------------------------------------:
          LINDNER            DIVIDEND                 FUND,        INC.,          a                    
          Missouri             Corporation                      and  WHITEHILL                         
          CAPITAL,              INC.,           a  New  York
    I     Corporation,
    
                                                                  Plaintiffs,
    
                                          against
    
          ERNST         &  YOUNG,               a  partnership                    consisting
          of  Certified                    Public          Accountants,                      formerly
          known         as  ERNST              &  WHINNEY,
    
                                                                  Defendants.
    
    
    
    
    
                                          MEMORANDUM  IN  OPPOSITION                                  
                                          MOTION  TO  DISMISS                       COMPLAINT
    
    
    
    
    
                                                                  BADER           and        BADER
                                                                  Attorneys                  for     
                                                                  65  Court               Street
                                                                  White           Plains             NY
                                                                  Telephone                 
    
    
           !-
    --
    
    
    
    
    
           t
                  I.WALTON               BADER
                  BENEDICT               BADER                (Mass           Bar       No.       
                  BADER          and       BADER
                  65,COURT               STREET
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • with the Securities
  • and Exchange
  • Commission
  • "causation".
  • under the Missouri
  • in this Court
  • Complaint.
  • Prior to the commencement
  • as a defendant.
  • Bank of New England
  • for not making ERNST
  • to the members
  • The "tolling
  • Statute
  • Act is two years
  • the facts involving the claim
  • for "negligence",
  • OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL
  • or misleading)

  • 5 . AFF N OPP TO DEF MTD COMP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    YORK
    ACCEPTANCE
    AVENUES
    HEREINBELOW
    PLAINS
    BADER
    ESQ
    JULES
    BRADY
    COMPLAINT
    PERJURY
    WALTON BADER
    LEXINGTON
    WARDWELL
    POLK
    DAVIS
    PAPERS
    PRECEDING
    MAMARONECK
    MARTINE
    POST-OFFICE
    THEREOF
    DEPOSITING
    DISMISS
    MOTION
    OPPOSITION
    FOREGOING MEMORANDUM
    COURT STREET
    
    I-WALTON             BADER
    BENEDICT             BADER                 (Mass         Bar      No.         025800)
    BADER          and  BADER
    65  COURT            STREET
    WHITE          PLAINS              NY  10601
    Telephone:                      914-682-0072
    Attorneys                for         Plaintiffs
    
                                           UNITED             STATES              DISTRICT             
                                           DISTRICT                  OF  MASSACHUSETTS
                                           BOSTON             DIVISION
    -------------------------------------------:
    LINDNER            DIVIDEND                   FUND,         INC.,             a                    
    Missouri             Corporation                         and  WHITEHILL                            
    CAPITAL,              INC.,                a  New  York
    Corporation,
    
                                                                Plaintiffs,
    
                                     against
    
    ERNST          &  YOUNG,                   a  partnership                     consis;ting
    of  Certified                      Public            Accountants,                         formerly 
    known          as  ERNST                   &  WHINNEY,
    
                                                                Defendants.
    -------------l---_--______I__________I__----                                                       
    
                                    AFFIRMATION                      IN  OPPOSITION                    
                                    MOTION  TO  DISMISS                           COMPLAINT
    
    STATE          OF  NEW  YORK
                                                                                  ss:
    COUNTY           OF  WESTCHESTER
    
                             I.        WALTON            BADER,               a  member              of
    
    New  York,               hereby               states             the        following              
    
    perjury.
    
                             This              document              has        the        force       
    
    laws         of  the             State          of  New  York                       where       
    
    executed.
    
    
                              I  am  one                  of  the                attorneys             
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Complaint.
  • Dear Mr. Brady:
  • Jules Brody,
  • Esq,
  • your acceptance
  • STATE OF NEW YORK
  • of perjury.
  • Court Street,
  • White Plains
  • foregoing MEMORANDUM
  • IN OPPOSITION
  • MOTION
  • DISMISS
  • the attorneys
  • a true copy thereof
  • in a post-office
  • and Mamaroneck
  • Avenues,
  • for the defendant
  • forth hereinbelow,
  • in the preceding
  • DAVIS,
  • POLK & WARDWELL 450 Lexington
  • Walton Bader

  • 6 . DF MEM FR MTD AMEND CPLNT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    SUPP
    LOAN
    MASS
    ACT
    PLAINTIFFS
    CIR
    ERNST
    LAW
    LOSS RESERVES
    COURT
    LITIQ
    FAILS
    CAUSATION
    FRAUD
    RELIANCE
    ALLEGATIONS
    STATUTES
    BANCORP
    REPLEAD
    PROCEDURAL HISTORY
    WHINNEY
    SECURITIES
    DISMISS
    MISREPRESENTATION
    PENDENT STATE LAW
    RELIEF
    AUTHORITIES
    NEGLIGENT
    
    --------*L--------L-                                                                      -x       
                                                                                                     :
    LINDNER  DIVIDEND                        FUND,  INC.,            a
    Missouri                 corporation              and  WHITEHILL                                 . .
    CAPITAL,                 INC.,        a  New  York  corporation,                                 . .
                                                           Plaintiffs,                               . .
                                          against                                                    . .
    ERNST  &  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                                                   
    consisting                  of  Certified             Public                                     .
    Accountants,                       formerly        known  as
    ERNST  &  WHINNEY,
                                                                                                     :
                                                           Defendant.
                                                                                                     :
    --------------------                                                                      -X
    
    
                                 MEMORANDUM  OF  DEFENDANT  ERNST  &  YOUNG
               IN  SUPPORT  OF  MOTION  TO  DISMISS                                    THE  AMENDED 
    
    
                                                                           Ira       K.  Gross         
                                                                           Laura       Steinberg       
                                                                           SULLIVAN          & 
                                                                           One  Post  Office           
                                                                           Boston,        
                                                                           (617)        338-2800
    
                                                                           John  E.  Matson
                                                                           ERNST  &  YOUNG
                                                                           380  Madison                
                                                                           New  York,         New  York
                                                                           (212)       773-3800
    
                                                                           Daniel         F.  Kolb
                                                                           Timothy         J. 
                                                                           Jacqueline           0. 
                                                                           DAVIS  POLK  &  WARDWELL
                                                                           450  Lexington              
                                                                           New  York,  New  York       
                                                                           (212)        450-4000
    
    
                                             TABLE  OF  CONTENTS
    
                                                                                                       
    
    
    TABLE  OF  AUTHORITIES                    ............
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ERNST & WHINNEY,
  • TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
  • PROCEDURAL HISTORY
  • THE AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE
  • A CLAIM FOR RELIEF UNDER SECTION 18
  • OF THE 1934 ACT
  • Causation
  • PENDENT STATE LAW CUIMS
  • LEAVE TO REPLEAD
  • F. Supp.
  • & Loan Sec. Litiq.,
  • Mass.
  • Loan v. FDIC, 717 F. Supp.
  • Bancorp,
  • Statutes
  • Plaintiffs,
  • known as ERNST & WHINNEY,
  • IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
  • 18of the Securities
  • for "common law fraud"
  • to the Court
  • allegations.
  • that its loan loss reserves
  • even negligent.
  • persons who, in reliance
  • 470 n.4 (2d Cir.

  • 7 . DEF MEM FR MTD AMEN COMP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MASS
    TOUCHE ROSS
    RICH
    LOAN
    SAV
    ACT
    RELIEF
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    ERNST
    HEREWITH
    SUPPA
    OBSERVING
    MISLEADING
    PARTICULARITY
    MANAGEMENT
    DISMISS
    MOTION
    SUPPORT
    PARTNERSHIP
    LITIQ
    BANK
    CONSUMER SAV
    REPLEAD
    PENDENT STATE LAW
    THESEC
    AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS
    PROCEDURAL HISTORY
    AUTHORITIES
    DEFENDANT ERNST
    
                                    UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT                  COURT                    
                                       DISTRICT  OF  MASSACHUSETTS
    -----------we-------                                                        -X
    
    LINDNER  DIVIDEND                 FUND,  INC.,           a
    Missouri         corporation               and  WHITEHILL                     . .
    CAPITAL,         INC.,         a  New  York  corporation,
                                                                                  :
                                                   Plaintiffs,                    .
                                   against
                                                                                  :
    ERNST  &  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                                      Civil      
    consisting               of  Certified        Public                          . .  92-12372-s
    Accountants,                formerly        known  as
    ERNST  &  WHINNEY,                                                            . .
                                                   Defendant.
    -_------------------                                                       -;
    
    
                             MEMORANDUM  OF  DEFENDANT  ERNST  &  YOUNG
          IN  SUPPORT  OF  MOTION                  TO  DISMISS  THE  AMENDED  COMPLAINT
    
    
                                                              Ira  K.  Gross  (BBO  #212720)
                                                              Laura  Steinberg                (BBO 
                                                              SULLIVAN        &  WORCESTER
                                                              One  Post  Office              Square
                                                              Boston,        Massachusetts             
                                                              (617)  338-2800
    
                                                              John  E.  Matson
                                                              ERNST  &  YOUNG
                                                              380  Madison             Avenue
                                                              New  York,       New  York             
                                                              (212)  773-3800
    
                                                              Daniel      $.  Kolb
                                                              Timothy        J.  Mayopoulos
                                                              Jacqueline         0.  LiCalzi
                                                              DAVIS  POLK  &  WARDWELL
                                                              450  Lexington              Avenue
                                                              New  York,       New  York             
                                                              (212)  450-4000
    
    
                                                                                                       
    
    
                                           TABLE  OF  CONTENTS
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • MEMORANDUM OF DEFENDANT ERNST & YOUNG
  • TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
  • PROCEDURAL HISTORY
  • THE AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE
  • TheSEC
  • PENDENT STATE LAW CLAIMS
  • LEAVE TO REPLEAD
  • Consumer Sav.
  • Bank v. Touche Ross & Co.,
  • F. Supp.
  • Mass.
  • & Loan Sec. Litiq.,
  • Loan v. FDIC, 717 F. Supp.
  • ERNST & YOUNG, a partnership
  • IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT
  • management.
  • BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PLEADED WITH PARTICULARITY
  • non misleading."
  • FOR RELIEF UNDER SECTION 18OF THE 1934 ACT
  • SuPPa at 525; Rich v. Touche Ross & Co.,

  • 8 . AMENDED COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ACT
    BADER
    WESTCHESTER
    COUNTY
    JURISDICTION
    HERETO
    COMMON LAW
    MISLEADING
    ERNST
    ENT
    INGS
    COMPLAINT
    PLAINTIFFS
    PARTIES
    EXCHANGE ACT
    
    I.WALTON             BADER
    BENEDICT             BADER  (Mass  Bar  No.  025800)
    BADER  and  BADER
    65  COURT  STREET
    WHITE  PLAINS                   NY  10601
    Telephone:               914-682-0072
    
                                       UNITED         STATES  DISTRICT                           COURT 
    
                                       DISTRICT             OF  MASSACHUSETTS                          
                                                                                                       
     .'
                                                                                                       
                                       BOSTON  DIVISION                                                
                                                                                                       
    --_--~--~l~__------~___________________I---*                                                       
                                                                                                       
       ,,
                                                                                                       
              , ,.,*,
    LINDNER          DIVIDEND                 FUND,  INC.,               a                             
    ,.,
    Missouri             Corporation               and  WHITEHILL                                      
       ,,,
    CAPITAL,             INC.,         a  New  York                                                    
                                                                                                       
               "I
    Corporation,                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                       Plaintiffs,                                     
                                                                                                       
    
                                  against                                                              
    
    ERNST  &  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                     consisting                    
    of  Certified                  Public        Accountants,                         formerly         
    known        as  ERNST  &  WHINNEY,                                                                
                                                       Defendants.                                     
    
                                     AMENDED                                         COMPLAINT
    
                          Plaintiffs,               for        their                 Amended      
    
    spectfully              show  to  this                  Court         and  allege                
    
    belief,         based            upon  public              documents                  and 
    
    ed  by  their                 attorneys,          except              as  to  the  allegations     
     to
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BADER and BADER
  • AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  • parties.
  • by the plaintiffs.
  • Complaint.
  • ings.
  • ent value.
  • ERNST & YOUNG,
  • non misleading.
  • CONDUCT UNDER COMMON LAW
  • hereto.
  • jurisdiction.
  • STATE OF NEW YORK
  • COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

  • 9 . DEF MEM FOR MOTN TO DSMS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CIV
    NOS
    WHITESIDE
    JOSEPH
    MATSON
    JOHN
    ENTIRETY
    ORE
    PREDICATE
    MANOR DRUM STORES
    BLUE CHIP STAMPS
    PRIVATE
    RELIEF
    FAIL
    COMPLAINT
    DEFENDANT ERNST
    MEMORANDUM
    
                                    UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT                   COURT
                                       DISTRICT       OF  MASSACHUSETTS
    --------------*-----                                                        -X
                                                                                        :
    LINDNER  DIVIDEND                 FUND,  INC.,           a
    Missouri         corporation               and  WHITEHILL                         :
    CAPITAL,         INC.,         a  New  York  corporation,
    
                                                    Plaintiffs,
                                                                                      I .
                                   against
                                                                                      . .
    ERNST  &  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                                            Civil  
    consisting               of  Certified        Public                              . .  92-12372-S
    Accountants,                formerly        known  as
    ERNST  &  WHINNEY,  WALTER  J.  CONNOLLY,                                         :
    JR.,  RICHARD  R.  DRISCOLL,                     DAVID
    B.  PAYNE,  GORDON  I.  ULMER  and                                                . .
    JOSEPH  J.  WHITESIDE,
                                                                                      . .
                                                    Defendants.
    -------------------                                                     -  -;
    
    
    
                             MEMORANDUM OF  DEFENDANT  ERNST  &  YOUNG
                                  IN  SUPPORT  OF  MOTION  TO  DISMISS
    
    
                                                             Nancy  D.  Israel                     
                                                              ERNST  &  YOUNG
                                                              200  Clarendon                    Street
                                                             Boston,        Massachusetts              
                                                              (617)      266-2000
    
                                                             John  E.  Matson
                                                             ERNST  &  YOUNG
                                                             380  Madison                     Avenue
                                                             New  York,        New  York               
                                                              (212)      773-3800
    
                                                             DAVIS  POLK  &  WARDWELL
                                                             450  Lexington                     Avenue
                                                             New  York,        New  York               
                                                              (212)  450-4000
    
    
    l
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • JOSEPH J. WHITESIDE,
  • MEMORANDUM OF DEFENDANT ERNST & YOUNG
  • COUNTS ONE AND TWO OF THE COMPLAINT
  • FAIL TO STATE A CLAIM FOR RELIEF
  • THERE IS NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION
  • Civ.
  • Nos.
  • Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drum Stores,
  • predicate.
  • 88-1677 PHX WPC, 88-2060 PHX WPC Consolidated.
  • Ore.
  • its entirety.
  • John E. Matson

  • 10 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SECURITIES
    PLAINTIFFS
    EXCHANGE
    BANKS
    PURCHASE
    MISSOURI
    BNE
    REPORT
    ACT
    COMPLAINT
    COURT
    ENGLAND
    ERNST
    FUND
    LINDNER DIVIDEND
    DISTRICT
    VIOLATION
    DRISCOLL
    WHINNEY
    PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
    RESERVES
    ALLEGATIONS
    ULMER
    GORDON
    WALTER
    CONSISTING
    PARTNERSHIP
    WHITEHILL
    AMOUNTS
    
                                                                                                       
    
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                                I.WALTON            BADER
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                                BENEDICT            BADER  (Mass  Bar  No.  025800)
                                BADER  and  BADER
          OCT  1  :  i3  ":  `92
                                65  COURT  STREET
                                WHITE  PLAINS  NY  10601
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                                                                    UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT           
    OURT
                                                                    DISTRICT                           
                                                                    BOSTON  DIVISION
                                ------------------+----~-------------------.
                                LINDNER  DIVIDEND                      FUND,  INC.,                    
         :  Civil                    Action
                                Missouri            Corporation                   and.  WHITEHILL
                                CAPITAL,            INC.,         a  New  York
                                Corporation,
         :  JURY  TRIAL
                                                                                                 .
         :  DEMANDED
                                                                                           Piaintiffs;
    
                                                           against
    
                                ERNST'&  YOUNG,  a  partnership                                        
                                o,f  Certified                Public             Accountants,          
         :
                                known  as  ERNST  &  WHINNEY,  WALTER  J.
                                CONNOLLY,JR.,RICHARD                              R.  DRISCOLL,        
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT
  • COURT
  • LINDNER DIVIDEND
  • FUND, INC.,
  • Missouri Corporation
  • WHITEHILL
  • ERNST'& YOUNG, a partnership
  • Public Accountants,
  • known as ERNST & WHINNEY, WALTER J.
  • PAYNE GORDON I. ULMER and JOSEPH J.
  • Complaint herein,
  • except as to the allegations
  • VIOLATION
  • OF SECTION 18OF THE SECURITIES
  • AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS
  • AND RICHARD D. DRISCOLL
  • the audit of BANK OF NEW ENGLAND CORPORATION
  • BNE CORP.) complained
  • Report fbr BNE CORP. which
  • when the plaintiffs
  • loan loss reserves were critical
  • amounts of the preferred
  • DATE OF PURCHASE

  • 11 . CIVIL COVER SHEET

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEMAND
    DISTRICT
    GOVERNMENT
    COURT
    DEFENDANTS
    RHE
    CIVIL
    JUDGE
    CITE
    FOREIGN
    BUSINESS
    DIVERSITY
    ILL
    BADER
    LAND
    RESIDENCE
    COUNTY
    ERNST
    INSTRUCTIONS
    FILING
    SHEER
    ACNON
    CUSS
    JUDGMENT VII
    LITIGATION
    SPECIFY
    APPELLATE COURT
    STATE COUN
    PROCEEDING
    
      JS  44
                                                                                    .1)
      (Rev.  07/89)                                                                                    
    COVER  SHEET
    
      The  Js44 civil  COVM  sheer  and  rhe  Information                                   conraIned  
    supplement               the  filing
      fuler  Of  touTI.  This  form.                   approved         by  rhe  Judoal           
    r  in  September            1974,  is
      sheer.  (SEE  INSTRUCTIONS                               ON  THE  REVERSE                 OF  THE
    
      I (a)  PLAINTIFFS
                                 DEFENDANTS
    LINDNER  DIVIDEND  FUND,  INC.  and
                                 ERNST  SC YOU&J  ~ALTE!~?'!  *E!~NNoLLY,  JR..
    WHITEHILL                                      CAPITAL  ,INC.
                                 RICHARD  S.  DRISCOLL,  DAVID  B.  PAYNE,
                                                        -
    
                                 GORDON  I.  U~&&nd',JOSE~J.
                           WHITESIDE
    
                                                                                                      
    
                                                                                            
     (b)  COUNTY  OF  RESIDENCE                                         OF  FIRST  LISTED              
                                 COUNTY               OF  RESIDENCE                    OF  FIRST  LXTEO
    
                                                                                    (IN  U.S  PLAINTIFF
    
                                 NOTE:              IN  LAND       CONDEMNATION                        
                      OF  THE
    
                                                 TRACT            OF  LAND            INVOLVED
    
    
     (c)         AnORNEYS                    (FIRM           NAME,  ADDRESS,                    AND    
                                                                                                       
    rd        c/a/tcxdo*
               BADER  AND  BADER
                                 ;%?"%?$%T                                                           
                 65  COURT  STREET
                                 FOR  INDIVIDUAL                                                       
               NEW  YORK  NY  10601
                                 ONE  INTERNATIONAL                                                    
    
     II,  BASIS  OF  JURISDICTION                                                                      
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • The Js44 civil COVM sheer and rhe Information
  • the filing fuler Of touTI.
  • COUNTY
  • OF RESIDENCE
  • (IN U.S PLAINTIFF
  • TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED
  • ;cird c/a/tcxdo* BADER AND BADER
  • ERNST & YOUNG i&&&?Ac
  • 65 COURT STREET
  • DEFENDANTS ROPES & GRAY NEW YORK NY 10601
  • FOR PLUKIIFF m m CM Box FOR DEFENDWT) q 1 U.S. Government
  • C 4 Diversity
  • Parries in Item Ill)
  • Foreign Country
  • (CITE
  • Appeal 10 District
  • U 7 Judge from $$ 1 Original
  • Proceeding
  • State Coun
  • Appellate Court
  • Litigation
  • Judgment VII. WNE$;S
  • IN CHECK IF THIS IS A cuss
  • ACnON
  • JURY DEMAND:
  • ON0 VIII* $EA%iED CASE(sew instructions):
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