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Ninth Circuit· 11/21/1977

Lewelling v. First California Co.

Citations

  • 564 F.2d 1277
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5969

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  • scienter is absent whenever the party charged with liability was not aware of a fraudulent scheme
  • scienter is absent whenever the party charged with liability was not aware of a fraudulent scheme
  • “Rule 10b-5 requires that those in possession of material information which is not generally available to the other party disclose before selling, or refrain from dealing. . . . Complete silence in the face of this duty is actionable.”

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Judges: Choy, Duniway, Ely

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