68 Cited authorities

Tellabs v. Makor Issues Rights
551 U.S. 308 (2007) Cited 9,584 times 105 Legal Analyses
Holding that a strong inference is one that is "cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing inference"
Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo
544 U.S. 336 (2005) Cited 3,635 times 67 Legal Analyses
Holding that the securities statutes have a private of action “not to provide investors with broad insurance against market losses, but to protect them against those economic losses that misrepresentations actually cause”
In re Burlington Coat Factory
114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997) Cited 8,075 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss
Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc.
565 F.3d 228 (5th Cir. 2009) Cited 2,229 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that warnings "d[id] not qualify as meaningful cautionary language" because they "did not disclose that defendants knew from past experience that the [risks] posed an imminent threat of business and financial ruin and that some damage from these risks had already materialized"
Rombach v. Chang
355 F.3d 164 (2d Cir. 2004) Cited 1,450 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that complaint may establish scienter through facts showing that defendants "had both motive and opportunity to commit fraud"
Novak v. Kasaks
216 F.3d 300 (2d Cir. 2000) Cited 1,638 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding section 78u-4(b) does not literally require pleading of all facts, so long as facts pleaded provide adequate basis for believing statements were false
Sparling v. Daou
411 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2005) Cited 1,317 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that scienter is an element of § 10(b) claim
Plotkin v. IP Axess Inc.
407 F.3d 690 (5th Cir. 2005) Cited 1,045 times
Holding that a plaintiff must plead with “specificity as to the statements (or omissions) considered to be fraudulent, the speaker, when and why the statements were made, and an explanation of why they were fraudulent.”
Shaw v. Digital Equipment Corp.
82 F.3d 1194 (1st Cir. 1996) Cited 1,052 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that the bespeaks caution doctrine does not apply to representations of "present facts" that were false when made
Teams. Local 445 v. Dynex Cap
531 F.3d 190 (2d Cir. 2008) Cited 468 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs failed to allege corporate scienter where they did not specifically identify reports or statements to which the corporate officer had access that would have contradicted the allegedly fraudulent corporate statements at issue
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 362,607 times 962 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 164,455 times 197 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 40,207 times 337 Legal Analyses
Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
Section 78j - Manipulative and deceptive devices
15 U.S.C. § 78j Cited 12,808 times 167 Legal Analyses
Granting SEC power to establish rules to further statute forbidding manipulative or deceptive devices in connection with purchase or sale of securities
Section 78u-4 - Private securities litigation
15 U.S.C. § 78u-4 Cited 7,748 times 53 Legal Analyses
Granting courts authority to permit discovery if necessary "to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice to" a party
Section 240.10b-5 - Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices
17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5 Cited 9,421 times 136 Legal Analyses
Holding liable any person who "make any untrue statement of material fact"

City of Roseville Employees' Retirement System v. Textron, Inc et al

68 Cited authorities

Holding that a strong inference is one that is "cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing inference"

Holding that the securities statutes have a private of action “not to provide investors with broad insurance against market losses, but to protect them against those economic losses that misrepresentations actually cause”

Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss

Holding that warnings "d[id] not qualify as meaningful cautionary language" because they "did not disclose that defendants knew from past experience that the [risks] posed an imminent threat of business and financial ruin and that some damage from these risks had already materialized"

Holding that complaint may establish scienter through facts showing that defendants "had both motive and opportunity to commit fraud"

Holding section 78u-4(b) does not literally require pleading of all facts, so long as facts pleaded provide adequate basis for believing statements were false

Holding that scienter is an element of § 10(b) claim

Holding that a plaintiff must plead with “specificity as to the statements (or omissions) considered to be fraudulent, the speaker, when and why the statements were made, and an explanation of why they were fraudulent.”

Holding that the bespeaks caution doctrine does not apply to representations of "present facts" that were false when made

Holding that plaintiffs failed to allege corporate scienter where they did not specifically identify reports or statements to which the corporate officer had access that would have contradicted the allegedly fraudulent corporate statements at issue

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Granting SEC power to establish rules to further statute forbidding manipulative or deceptive devices in connection with purchase or sale of securities

Granting courts authority to permit discovery if necessary "to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice to" a party

Holding liable any person who "make any untrue statement of material fact"