Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,171 Spectrum Financial Companies, Kenneth B. Bonilla, Intervenors-Appellants v. Marconsult, Inc., Allen L. Barbieri, James E. Nevitt, Intervenor-Appellant v. Marconsult, Inc., Spectrum Financial Companies, Kenneth B. Bonilla, Intervenors-Appellants v. Marconsult, Inc.

608 F.2d 377 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,171 SPECTRUM FINANCIAL COMPANIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, Kenneth B. Bonilla et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. MARCONSULT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Allen L. BARBIERI et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, James E. Nevitt, Intervenor-Appellant, v. MARCONSULT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. SPECTRUM FINANCIAL COMPANIES, Plaintiff, Kenneth B. Bonilla et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. MARCONSULT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 76-2546, 76-2651. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 14, 1979. As Amended Jan. 3, 1980. Michael R. Mitchell, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant Spectrum Financial Companies. John P. McNicholas and Ralph Jonas, Los Angeles, Cal. for appellant intervenors. Richard P. Booth, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee Harris Kerr Forster & Co. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WRIGHT, Circuit Judge; HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge; * and FERGUSON, District Judge. ** EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 Spectrum Financial Companies, the general partner of two limited partnerships, sued under § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15…