St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation, Plaintiff v. Julian S. H. Weiner, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. Marvin A. Lichtig, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. Solomon Block

606 F.2d 864 ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, Plaintiff- Appellee, v. Julian S. H. WEINER, Defendant-Appellant. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin A. LICHTIG, Defendant-Appellant. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Solomon BLOCK, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-1399, 77-1493 and 77-1554. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 15, 1979. Gerry L. Ensley, Abeles & Markowitz, Beverly Hills, Cal. Barry L. Adamson, Levinson, Buccino & Uffelman, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants. Samuel A. Keesal, Jr., Long Beach, Cal., Douglas L. Hemer and Thomas P. Kane-Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TRASK and TANG, Circuit Judges and McNICHOLS, * District Judge. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 The defendants Julian Weiner, Marvin Lichtig, and Solomon Block were accountants who were convicted for their participation in the securities fraud involving Equity Funding Corporation of…