Donald S. Sofonia v. Principal Life Ins.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he pivotal question is whether their acquisition of stock in PFG can qualify as a ‘purchase.’ The Court finds it does.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund
  Supreme Court· 2018-03-20· cited 129×
• Russell Knowles v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-06-24· cited 64×
• Siepel v. Bank of America, N.A.
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-19· cited 24×
• Kutten v. Bank of America, N.A.
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-06-16· cited 14×
• Siepel v. Bank of America, N.A.
  E.D. Missouri· 2006-12-27· cited 13×
• Zola v. TD Ameritrade, Inc.
  D. Nebraska· 2016-03-23· cited 7×
• Horattas v. Citigroup Financial Markets Inc.
  W.D. Michigan· 2007-09-12· cited 5×
• Backus v. CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY BANK, NA
  D. Connecticut· 2011-03-30· cited 3×
• Jorling v. Anthem, Inc.
  S.D. Indiana· 2011-12-23· cited 1×
• Ongstad v. Piper Jaffray & Co.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2008-09-08
• George Siepel v. Bank of America
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-19
• Mary Ann Arnold v. Bank of America
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-06-16
• Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-12-19
• Elias Guerra, in his capacity as Securityholder Representative of former stockholders of Popwallet, Inc. v. Snap Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-05-01

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 1,751×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1963-12-09· cited 780×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 764×
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit
  Supreme Court· 2006-03-21· cited 550×
• Humana Inc. v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1999-01-20· cited 262×
• Green v. Ameritrade, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-02-01· cited 141×
• Kazimierz J. Dudek Margaret Varley Dudek, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Prudential Securities, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-07-15· cited 66×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,786 Prescott H. Rathborne v. J. Cornelius Rathborne
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-08-25· cited 62×
• John Nichols v. Harbor Venture, Inc. Horseshoe Casinos, (Missouri), L.L.C. Missouri River Equities, Inc. Donald Schupak
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-04-10· cited 42×
• Carl Kircher and Robert Brockway, Individually and on Behalf of a Class v. Putnam Funds Trust and Putnam Investment Management, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-04-05· cited 33×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-08-29· cited 33×
• Watts v. Des Moines Register and Tribune
  S.D. Iowa· 1981-11-17· cited 24×
• Rose A. Davidson v. Belcor, Inc., Aargus Polybag Co., Inc., M. Douglas Caffey and Robert Davidson
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-06-05· cited 15×
• Grove v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance
  S.D. Iowa· 2001-04-30· cited 15×
• Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-06· cited 7×