Mutual Fund Investors, Inc. v. The Putnam Management Company, Inc.

553 F.2d 620 1977-1 Trade Cases 61,445 MUTUAL FUND INVESTORS, INC., a corporation, Mark Kruse, E. O. Garrett, Vernon Haddox, Jr., Lindsay Garnett, J. Bruce Taylor, Sr., Gilbert Shwanee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PUTNAM MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a corporation, the George Putnam Fund of Boston, a voluntary association, the Putnam Growth Fund, a voluntary association, Putnam Investors Fund, Inc., a corporation, the Putnam Income Fund, Inc., a corporation, Putnam Fund Distributors, Inc., a corporation, Mutual Fund Associates, Inc., a corporation, Western Travelers Life Insurance Company, a corporation, Neil T. Ferguson, Edward J. Delehanty, Max Brumfield, Robert Johnson, Lowell B. Martin, Robert H. Gilbert, Defendants-Appellees. No. 74-3359. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 9, 1977. Hunt, Liljestrom & Wentworth, J. Gary Germann, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiff-appellants. Charles W. Bender, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Godfrey L. Munter, Jr., Cotton, Seligman & Ray, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WRIGHT, KILKENNY and ANDERSON, Circuit…