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· 10/29/2008

Instituto De Prevision Militar v. Merrill Lynch

Citations

  • 546 F.3d 1340
  • 46 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1041
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 23905
  • 2008 WL 4723777

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that arguments not made to appellate court are abandoned
  • holding that arguments not made to appellate court are abandoned
  • finding that, where the defendant accepted investors’ monies for investment in securities, no actual purchase or sale need occur to qualify as a “covered security” under SLUSA
  • finding that an individual action proceeded as a single action with related lawsuits
  • setting forth the four elements of the \group of lawsuits\ provision
  • The “coincide” requirement is met if “a fraudulent scheme . . . coincided and depended upon the purchase or sale of [covered] securities.”

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Judges: Birch, Marcus, Forrester

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