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· 3/1/1993

Faltas v. McCants

Citations

  • 507 U.S. 957
  • 113 S. Ct. 1379

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that section 113(h) bars a challenge based upon RCRA
  • upholding Louisiana’s ban on electioneering within 600-foot radius of polling places
  • under one approach towards pleading scienter adequately, “plaintiff can allege facts constituting circumstantial evidence of either reckless or conscious behavior” from which an intent may be inferred
  • “We have recognized two distinct ways in which a plaintiff may plead scienter without direct knowledge of the defendant’s state of mind____ The second approach is to allege facts constituting circumstantial evidence of either recklessness or conscious behavior.”
  • “[A] corporation is not required to disclose a fact merely because a reasonable investor would very must like to know that fact. Rather, an omission is actionable under the securities laws only when the corporation is subject to a duty to disclose the omitted facts.”

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