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· 8/8/1989

Hurley v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.

Citations

  • 719 F. Supp. 27
  • 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10121
  • 1989 WL 91175

How courts have described this case

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  • speculating that “if the Supreme Judicial Court were faced with the question, it would recognize the fraud on the market theory as a substitute for pleading reliance where a company’s stock is traded in an efficient market”
  • principles underlying theory are equally valid with respect to over-the-counter transactions so long as they are efficient
  • “Where the stock is traded is not the crucial issue. The important question is whether the stock is traded in a market that is efficient ...”
  • complaint alleging that bank issued approximately 5 million shares of stock, that the stock was actively traded with a volume of more than 19.3 million shares traded during the class period sufficed to invoke fraud on the market theory
  • \Where the stock is traded is not the crucial issue. The important question is whether the stock is traded in a market that is efficient - one that obtains material information about a company and accurately reflects that information in the price of the stock.\

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