UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
HONORABLE DICKINSON R. DEBEVOISE
CIVIL ACTION NO.83-2268D PHIILIP RALPH BELPASSO,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SMITH BARNEY HARRIS UPHAM b;: CO., INCORPORATED,
Defendant. Nd ·iill
PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF
MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT
PHILIP RALPH BELPASSO 40-09 Kuiken Terrace i""r'i
Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410 (201)797-8382 Plaintiff
ti'L II
STATEMENT OF MOTION
By this motion, plaintiff now sets forth the
necessary facts and calls attention to the Affidavits
of Sandra Reeves and David Warmin and to the incorporated
letters and exhibits. This brief is in addition to plaintiff's recently
filed motion and the enclosed new motion to amend complaint. This brief
supplies information that shows defendant's
failure to use ordinary or reasonable care, and customary
methods and acts. If defendant's acts and, or omissions were 'inadvertent'
and resulted in unintended consequences, and plaintiff does not believe
defendant's acts or omissions were inadvertent or unintended, this still
constitutes
negligence by legal definition. This brief also is brought to establish
plaintiff's right to a chance to be heard in the name of a trial
PLAINTIFF ST _____ _` I~~'"'~' u"uJr. vr X~;IIVN
(1) The cancelation of a transaction which has occurred in its entirety
and the crediting of accounts which never were registered as the owner
of securities, are a serious threat to the securities market. The compounding
of these actions by fraudulent statements to the Bureau of Securities demands
a court hearing. The Schlumherger option transactions can only be deemed
belonging to plaintiff's, my, account because: a. my account was debited,
liable, and exposed for the entire transaction. b. Smith Barney bad every
opportunity to notify me that my account was transacting for another account
during the transactions; however it was not until 1 called them seven days
later that I was able to find out about this. c. Smith Barney put themselves
in a position that had the stock dropped, there would have been nothing
to prevent them from holding my account liable for the loss. Smith Barney
has not presented any conclusive evidence to the contrary. Smith Barney
straddled, gave themselves, the alternative two courses of action. In the
past, I have suffered the loss of twenty thousand dollars from
my account on blind faith; presumably I may have had my
transactions straddled in the past. This would explain why my account
is a loser. Smith Barney with the intent to aid the act of procuring moneys
out of my account used
was suspicious and it reconfirmed my suspicions of manipulations because:
a. it was followed by a correction which corrected only the stock quantity,
NOT the balance. (see David Warmin's affidavit of October 10, 1983, paragraph
two, where be claims that my account is balanced). b. Smith Barney deposited
into my account a sum of money within $50.00 of the amount of money they
reduced from my account previously. c. the nine G.E.O. Internationals cannot,
at this time, be proven to be a compensatory action, but they had the effect
of further aggravating me and increasing my growing suspicion and mistrust
of Smith Barney's dealings. Smith Barney held onto my account against my
will. I informed the Securities and Exchange Commission about this and
the nine G.E.O. Internationals, acts I felt to be very improper (see David
Warmin's affidavit). Smith Barney held onto my entire account for two months.
Immediately after reducing the monies from the nine G.E.O. Internationals,
they released my account back into my possession. The holding and illegal
reduction of my account were both done against ~ will, because the reduction
took moneys which in turn further unbalanced my account and made it evident
that Smith Barney had a serious lack of respect
not only for me but for the whole fudiciary establishment.
Smith Barney's conduct is considerably a breach of contract.
I have relinquished to them $6000.00 in commissions in
the past. Much of my time, money, and emotional and physical
energies were spent trying to find out if in fact I was a victim of
stock manipulation and trying to get my account back and balanced. Smith
Rarney failed to use ordinary or reasonable care and to follow customary
methods and acts; their behavior undoubtedly constitutes negligence.
CONCLUSION For the reasons advanced herein and in the plaintiff's previous
motion papers, the Complaint - as amended, supplemented and/or particularized
should be supported by the court in order to have Smith Rarney, Harris
Upham & Co., Incorporated stand accountable for their actions in a
court of law.
Philipl/Ralph Re:passo