· 11/10/2011
Christopher Brown v. John Calamos
Citations
- 664 F.3d 123
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 22653
- 2011 WL 5505375
How courts have described this case
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- discussing amendments to a complaint after a defendant has moved to dismiss under SLU-SA
- discussing amendments to a complaint after a defendant has moved to dismiss under SLUSA
- criticizing “cases that allow dismissal of a case barred by SLUSA without prejudice”
- court addressed whether the plaintiff's complaint alleged a misrepresentation or omission of a material fact in connection with the purchase or sale of a covered security
- SLUSA “prohib- its securities class actions if the class has more than 50 mem- bers”
- “But when SLUSA is a bar, it operates as an affirmative defense, which is a defense on the merits, not a jurisdictional defense.”
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Judges: Flaum, Posner, Sykes
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