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· 10/18/1991

Segroves ex rel. Segroves v. Hartson

Citations

  • 776 F. Supp. 544
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15623
  • 1991 WL 220575

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  • acknowledging that the viability of a holder claim under such circumstances remains an open question under New York law
  • noting that the limitations period for unjust enrichment is “six years where plaintiff seeks an equitable remedy, but three years where plaintiff seeks monetary damages”
  • noting that that the period for- unjust enrichment begins to run “upon the occurrence of the wrongful act giving rise to a duty of restitution” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • rejecting a holder claim on the ground that the investor had \failed to plead such a claim with the particularity required by Rule 9(b)\
  • “The Appellate Division, First Department, has recently held that New York law does not recognize a holder claim seeking to recover lost profits.”
  • “[A] claim for common law fraud under New York law must satisfy the requirements of the heightened pleading standard under [Rule] 9(b)”

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Judges: Cook

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