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· 9/16/2010

Detroit General Retirement System v. Medtronic, Inc.

Citations

  • 621 F.3d 800
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 19370
  • 2010 WL 3583388

How courts have described this case

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

  • dismissing securities-fraud lawsuit when accused statement “couches the information . . . as preliminary, and... ‘suggests.’ ...”
  • “[P]uffing statements generally lack materiality because the market price of a share is not inflated by vague statements predicting growth. No reasonable investor would rely on these statements . . . .”
  • affirming a dismissal where plaintiff had not alleged facts to support the inference that any particular individual defendant was aware of the information that allegedly should have been disclosed
  • “A significant change in stock price upon disclosure of withheld information is strong evidence that the information was material.”
  • statements were “so vague that an investor could not reasonably rely on them for any information related to the soundness of the investment”
  • “[T]o aid and abet a felon in possession of a firearm, the defendant must-know or have reason to know that the individual is a felon at the time of the aiding and abetting ..., ”

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Judges: Bye, Melloy, Shepherd

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