Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• dismissing a fraudulent misrepresentation claim where the plaintiffs did not distinguish between defendants, used vague allegations, and did not specify a discrete time period for allegedly fraudulent statements
• there can be no conspiracy to be negligent — that is, to intend to act negligently
• “[B]ecause conspiracy requires an agreement to commit a wrong, there can hardly be a conspiracy to be negligent — that is, to intend to act negligently.”
• “falsity” of the representation is an essential element of fraudulent misrepresentation under Iowa law
• under Iowa law, “ ‘[a] conspiracy ... may be proven by substantial evidence’ ”
• reiterating the requirements for pleading fraud pursuant to Rule 9(b)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).