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Ackoff-Ortega v. Windswept Pacific

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Sep 26, 2002
46 F. App'x 663 (2d Cir. 2002)

Opinion

Nos. 01-7034 (L), 01-7052 (CON).

September 26, 2002. This case was not selected for publication in the Federal Reporter

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge).

Frederick F. Greenman, Jr., New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard Gotbetter, New York, NY, for defendant-appellant.

Scott L. Baker, Silverman Shulman Baker P.C., New York, NY, for appellee.

Present McLAUGHLIN, CABRANES, Circuit Judges and LYNCH, District Judge.

The Honorable Gerard E. Lynch, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.


SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.

Plaintiffs-appellants Susan Ackoff Ortega, Cele Ackoff, and Jon Ackoff and defendant-appellant Richard Rosenblatt, timely appeal from the District Court's Opinion and Order entered October 12, 2000, and the Judgment entered October 16, 2000, which granted defendants-appellees' motion for judgment on the pleadings with prejudice and summary judgment; and the Memorandum Order, entered December 13, 2000, granting reconsideration, and substantially adhering to the District Court's prior ruling.

We affirm the judgment of the District Court substantially for the reasons stated by the Court in its Orders, see Ackoff-Ortega, et al. v. Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co., et al., 130 F.Supp.2d 440 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) (granting reconsideration and adhering to prior ruling); Ackoff-Ortega, et al. v. Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co., et al., 120 F.Supp.2d 273 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) (original ruling).


Summaries of

Ackoff-Ortega v. Windswept Pacific

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Sep 26, 2002
46 F. App'x 663 (2d Cir. 2002)
Case details for

Ackoff-Ortega v. Windswept Pacific

Case Details

Full title:Susan ACKOFF-ORTEGA, Cele Ackoff and Jon Ackoff, Plaintiffs-Appellants…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Sep 26, 2002

Citations

46 F. App'x 663 (2d Cir. 2002)

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