Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. Bremner
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 20, 2005No. 05 C 143PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION •AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
James Jacobs (“Jacobs”) has filed a class-action Complaint against a number of defendants acting as mutual fund directors, advisors and affiliates of the Nu-veen Family of Funds. Alleging that defendants failed to ensure that the funds participated in dozens of securities class action settlements for which they were eligible, Jacobs seeks to bring a direct action on behalf of all shareholders in a number of the Nuveen funds, including some other than those in which he has invested.
In particular Jacobs asserts five claims: (1) state…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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