· 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
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- 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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