Sixth Circuit· 5/31/2001

Helwig v. Vencor, Inc.

Citations

251 F.3d 540
2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11236
2001 WL 578541

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holding that “[b]ecause Congress did not endorse or prohibit a particular manner of pleading, we cannot disregard any set of facts as insufficient as a matter of law”
noting that inferences of scienter only survive a motion to dismiss if they are both reasonable and strong
noting that after the PSLRA, “plaintiffs are entitled only to the most plausible of competing inferences.”
stating one of the factors for scienter analysis is “divergence between internal reports and external statements on the same subject”
finding actual knowledge of the likely negative impact of the Balanced Budget Act on the defendant-company because the allegations suggested such an impact was “obvious”
rejecting an interpretation of the Reform Act under which \it [would] become a choke-point for meritorious claims\

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Judges: Batchelder, Boggs, Clay, Cole, Daughtrey, Gilman, Kennedy, Martin, Merritt, Moore, Norris, Siler, Suhrheinrich

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