Green v. Ancora-Citronelle Corporation

577 F.2d 1380 Harold GREEN and Ancora Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANCORA-CITRONELLE CORPORATION, a corporation, William P. Johnson, J. Edward Trainer and Touche Ross & Co., a partnership, Defendants-Appellees. No. 76-1433. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 8, 1978. Rehearing Denied July 11, 1978. 1 Samuel L. Holmes (argued), Angell, Adams & Holmes, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Robert K. Schiebelhut (argued), Patrick J. Mahoney (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 4 Before BROWNING and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, * District Judge. BONSAL, District Judge: 5 This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the district court for the Northern District of California (Orrick, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Ancora-Citronelle Corporation ("ACC"), Johnson and Trainer, vice-president and president respectively of ACC, and Touche Ross & Co. ("Touche"), ACC's accountant, and dismissing the complaint of plaintiffs-appellants Green and Ancora Corporation ("Ancora"). We affirm for the…