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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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