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· 2/16/1977

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,865 James Arneil and Vernon A. Stockwell v. James B. Ramsey, Jr.

Citations

  • 550 F.2d 774

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  • nothing in American Pipe supports tolling of the period as to a person not named as a defendant in the class action
  • declining to extend the rule and noting that \nothing in American Pipe suggests that the statute be suspended from running in favor of a person not named as a defendant in the class suit . . . . A different conclusion would not comport with reason.\
  • plaintiff could have discovered fraud from defendant’s admissions in S.E.C. release and the listing of defendant as ‘in peril’ by stock exchange
  • issuance of SEC release containing admission of willful violations of securities laws sufficient to start statute of limitations
  • Plaintiffs failed to show any reason they could not sue in home state other than fact that statute of limitations had run.
  • plaintiff should have discovered his claim after New York Stock Exchange issued public notice of defendant’s financial difficulties and one defendant had admitted willful securities law violations in an S.E.C. release

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Judges: Medina, Oakes, Gur-Fein

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