Malone v. United States Postal Service

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• suggesting that “the defendant’s state of mind” is relevant to a Section 18(a) claim, and that “the ultimate outcome of the litigation may hinge upon who bears the burden of establishing” it
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) required plaintiff's pleading to allege facts concerning when defendants knew about their product's major safety problems
• “It will not do merely to ... rely on such meaningless phrases as ‘scheme and conspiracy.’ ”
• “[i]t is reasonable to require that the plaintiffs specifically plead those events ... which give rise to a strong inference” that defendant knew of falsity
• “The purpose of § 18(a) is to further the particular objective of encouraging reliance 4 upon records filed with the SEC by expressly authorizing damage actions against those 5 making false filings.”

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