In Re Blech Securities Litigation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that any questions regard ing the sufficiency of class allegations are “more appropriately considered in the context of a motion for class certification ----”
• dismissing for failure to plead fraud with particularity where “[t]hroughout, the [c]omplaint never delineates the wrongdoing of any of the particular . . . [d]efendants.”
• “The degree of particularity required for pleading a market manipulation scheme is not as demanding as it is when Rule 9(b
• “As a matter of law, a clearing broker owes no duty of disclosure to the clients of an introducing broker.”
• “[a]n inference of conscious or reckless behavior is created by the circumstances presented, including the close ties of Blech, Baird Patrick, and Prodani [Baird Patrick’s representative].”
• defendant arranged “sham transactions” to inflate prices by improperly directing trades into and out of brokerage accounts at the firm without the authorization of the owners of the accounts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2007-07-11· cited 2,369×
• In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-02-19· cited 193×
• Odyssey Re (London) Ltd. v. Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 2000-02-25· cited 88×
• Gfl Advantage Fund, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands Corporation v. Douglas R. Colkitt Douglas Colkitt
  Third Circuit· 2001-11-16· cited 86×
• In Re Blech Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1997-04-04· cited 66×
• Dietrich v. Bauer
  S.D. New York· 1999-03-04· cited 62×
• Ellison v. American Image Motor Co.
  S.D. New York· 1999-02-19· cited 50×
• Ho Myung Moolsan Co. v. Manitou Mineral Water, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2009-09-29· cited 49×
• In re Blech Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1999-05-11· cited 43×
• In Re Sterling Foster & Co., Inc., Securities Lit.
  E.D. New York· 2002-06-27· cited 39×
• Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2004-04-06· cited 36×
• McDaniel v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-01-25· cited 35×
• Saltz v. FIRST FRONTIER, LP
  S.D. New York· 2010-12-23· cited 34×
• Fezzani v. BEAR, STEARNS & COMPANY INC.
  S.D. New York· 2008-09-23· cited 27×
• Fromer v. Yogel
  S.D. New York· 1999-03-23· cited 26×
• Lesavoy v. Lane
  S.D. New York· 2004-01-22· cited 23×
• Internet Law Library, Inc. v. Southridge Capital Management, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2002-07-17· cited 22×
• Jones v. Intelli-Check, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2003-07-30· cited 22×
• Rozsa v. May Davis Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-02-13· cited 21×
• In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-12-31· cited 18×

Cites

67 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 3,595×
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 3,533×
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 3,007×
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,771×
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 2,261×
• Sarah B. Shields, Individually and as Representative of All Others Similarly Situated v. Citytrust Bancorp, Inc., George F. Taylor and Irwin Engelman
  Second Circuit· 1994-06-02· cited 1,243×
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,218×
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,199×
• Goldman v. Belden
  Second Circuit· 1985-02-12· cited 788×
• Birnbaum v. Newport Steel Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1952-01-10· cited 575×
• In Re Time Warner Inc. Securities Litigation
  Second Circuit· 1993-11-30· cited 541×
• Michael E. Moss v. Morgan Stanley Inc., E. Jacques Courtois, Jr., Adrian Antoniu, and James M. Newman, Morgan Stanley Inc. And James M. Newman
  Second Circuit· 1983-09-09· cited 535×
• IUE AFL-CIO Pension Fund v. Herrmann
  Second Circuit· 1993-11-19· cited 531×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,697 John P. Decker v. Massey-Ferguson, Limited
  Second Circuit· 1982-06-03· cited 438×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,853 John Schlick v. Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1974-10-31· cited 437×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,590 David Segal v. Lawrence Gordon, and Coburn Corporation of America
  Second Circuit· 1972-08-03· cited 409×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,959 Frank Lanza, Jr. v. Drexel & Co., Theodore J. Kircher and Christie F. Vitolo
  Second Circuit· 1973-04-26· cited 381×
• Cosmas v. Hassett
  Second Circuit· 1989-09-12· cited 371×
• Ross v. A. H. Robins Co.
  Second Circuit· 1979-09-24· cited 357×