Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,436 Susan C. Semegen v. Stephen M. Weidner, and Robert Alexander, Alexander & Rosenberg, David B. Winder, and Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Susan C. Semegen v. Stephen M. Weidner, and Jan Mirsky and Daniel Topper

780 F.2d 727 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,436 Susan C. SEMEGEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephen M. WEIDNER, et al., Defendants, and Robert Alexander, Alexander & Rosenberg, David B. Winder, and Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Defendants-Appellees. Susan C. SEMEGEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephen M. WEIDNER, et al., Defendants, and Jan Mirsky and Daniel Topper, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 84-2174, 84-2730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 14, 1985. Decided Sept. 24, 1985. Designated for Publication Jan. 16, 1986. Caroline Barron, Joseph A. Schenk, Beus, Gilbert, Wake & Morrill, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Gary F. Bendinger, Giauque & Williams, Salt Lake City, Utah, Frank M. Placenti, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before TANG and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Investors in a group of purported coal-mining ventures appeal the dismissal of their securities fraud action as to certain defendants by the district court. We affirm the dismissal with respect to…