Hynning v. Baker

How courts have described this case

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• affirming the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ common law fraud claim, holding that plaintiffs failed to plead justifiable rebanee as a matter of law
• reliance was unreasonable because offer documents provided the investors “full and objective disclosure of non-misleading factual material” which investors nonetheless ignored
• “An investor may not justifiably rely on a misrepresentation if, through minimal diligence, the investor should have discovered the truth.”
• Investors were unreasonable as a matter of law for relying on oral statements by broker that investment was low risk rather than the written prospectus which included the risk factors and details of the venture.
• “Scienter may be inferred by finding that the defendant knew or reasonably believed that the securities were unsuited to the investor’s needs, misrepresented or failed to disclose the unsuitability of the securities, and proceeded to recommend or purchase the securities anyway.”

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