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· 2/28/1938

McNeff v. White Eagle Brewing Co.

Citations

  • 294 Ill. App. 37
  • 13 N.E.2d 493
  • 1938 Ill. App. LEXIS 556

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  • holding that a motion for class certification will fail when it rests on pure speculation or bare allegations
  • finding an issuer not liable under Sec. 15, 1933 Act, for the material omissions of its best-efforts underwriter
  • finding an issuer not liable under § 15, 1933 Act, for the material omissions of its best-efforts underwriter
  • looking to common-law principles to define reasonable care under Section 12
  • unsupported assertions respecting the number of shares traded and the average size of each trade were “pure speculation”
  • would-be representative “must make a positive showing” as to numerosity

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Judges: McSurely

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