Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

Ernst Ernst v. Hochfelder

Holding that Section 9(f) “contains a state-of-mind condition requiring something more than negligence”

Herman MacLean v. Huddleston

Holding that an express remedy under § 11 of the 1933 Act for misleading registration statements did not preclude an overlapping implied private cause of action for fraudulent misrepresentation under § 10(b) of the 1934 Act

Glassman v. Computervision Corp.

Holding that a motion to amend should be denied as futile if “the complaint, as amended, would fail to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.”

In re Morgan Stanley Infor

Affirming the district court's dismissal of a Section 15 claim where the plaintiffs' Section 11 and 12 claims were properly dismissed

Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Arguing that inadmissible expert testimony cannot be used to meet Rule 23

F.D.I.C. v. Giammettei

Holding that an affirmative defense may be stricken “when review of the record in a light most favorable to the defendant reveals the absence of evidence supporting an essential element of the defense.”

Golden Pacific Bancorp. v. F.D.I.C

Holding that the FDIC, like other creditors and depositors of the failed bank, was entitled to post-insolvency interest

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 77k - Civil liabilities on account of false registration statement

Holding liable for a false registration statement "every person who was a director of . . . or partner in the issuer" at time of filing

Section 77b - Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation

Instructing the SEC to consider, "in addition to the protection of investors, whether the action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation"

Section 77l - Civil liabilities arising in connection with prospectuses and communications

Authorizing relief if the offering documents contain just one untrue statement of material fact

Section 13.1-522 - Civil liabilities

Stating a securities violation when a person sells a security "by means of" a misrepresentation

Section 31-5606.05 - Civil liability

Imposing liability for an “untrue statement of a material fact”

Section 230.430B - Prospectus in a registration statement after effective date

Expanding the meaning of the "initial bona fide offering date" from the date of a post-effective registration statement amendment, to the date of a post-effective registration statement supplement, with regard to issuer and underwriter liability

Section 230.176 - Circumstances affecting the determination of what constitutes reasonable investigation and reasonable grounds for belief under section 11 of the Securities Act

Listing relevant considerations in deciding whether an investigation was reasonable under Section 11

Section 230.191 - Definition of "issuer" in section 2(a)(4) of the Act in relation to asset-backed securities