United States Eighth Circuit

Jury verdict against defendant on claims of conspiracy to defraud and violations of the Securities Act is affirmed over claims of error regarding sufficiency of the evidence, jury instruction, and denial of a motion for a directed verdict. Defendant waived his argument concerning the sufficiency of the evidence by failing to brief it; jury instruction concerning securities fraud was not plainly erroneous; where choice-of-law issue was close, district court did not err in instructing the jury on California law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/17/2006

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Allan, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Francis E. Pennington, III, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.