Tellabs v. Makor Issues Rights

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

Warth v. Seldin

Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"

Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.

Holding that a deprivation resulting from a mistake in established state procedures is not “random and unauthorized”

Central Bank of Denver v. First I.S. Bk. of Denver

Holding that Section 10(b)’s private right of action does not include suits against aiders and abettors

Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

Singleton v. Wulff

Holding that federal appellate courts may raise issues sua sponte where "injustice might otherwise result"

Merrill v. Dabit

Holding that state law class action securities fraud claims brought by “holders” of securities are, just like those of “purchasers” and “sellers,” preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act

Touche Ross Co. v. Redington

Holding that the "central inquiry remains whether Congress intended to create, whether expressly or by implication, a private cause of action."

Securities v. Zandford

Holding that the SEC may bring a public enforcement action against a broker who accepted payment for securities that he never delivered

DeBartolo Corp. v. Fla. Gulf Coast Trades Council

Holding that a union’s distribution of handbills at the entrances of a shopping mall was not threatening, coercing, or restraining within meaning of section 8(b) because there had been "no violence, picketing, or patrolling," and "no suggestion that the leaflets had any coercive effect on customers of the mall"

Section 362 - Automatic stay

Concluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place

Section 78u-4 - Private securities litigation

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

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 78bb - Effect on existing law

Adopting definition of "covered security" found in paragraphs and of section 18(b) of the Securities Act of 1933

Section 78i - Manipulation of security prices

Granting right of action to " the person . . . injured" by manipulation of security prices

Section 77r - Exemption from State regulation of securities offerings

Recognizing state authority to regulate offerings of securities that are completely intra-state

Section 78fff - General provisions of a liquidation proceeding

Setting forth SIPA's statutory goals

Section 78fff-2 - Special provisions of a liquidation proceeding

Allowing customers to participate in the distribution of the general estate if customer property does not satisfy their net equity claims

Section 78fff-3 - SIPC advances

Section 78lll - Definitions

Defining “customer property,” in relevant part, as “cash and securities ... received, acquired, or held” by the broker-dealer “for the securities accounts” of customers