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· 11/13/1991

Morse v. Weingarten

Citations

  • 777 F. Supp. 312
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16341
  • 1991 WL 238750

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that reference to facts that have no merits of the case “serves no purpose except to inflame the readers”
  • explaining that a fraud claim under New York law is “substantially identical” to a § 10(b) claim
  • striking references to defendant’s prior criminal conviction and his income level because neither fact “bears remotely on the merits of th[e] case,” and including them “serves no purpose except to inflame the reader”
  • striking references to defendant’s prior criminal conviction and his income level because neither fact “bears remotely on the merits of th[e] case,” and including them “serves no purpose except to inflame the reader”
  • striking references to the defendant's criminal conviction and income level because those matters did not \bear[ ] remotely on the merits of this case ... [and] serve[d] no purpose except to inflame the reader\
  • striking references to defendant’s prior criminal conviction and his income level because neither fact “bears remotely on the merits of th[e] case,” and because including them “serves no purpose except to inflame the reader”

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Judges: Lasker

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