Legal Opinion
Public Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Deloitte & Touche LLP
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 5, 2009No. 07-1704PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge COPENHAVER joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This class action securities fraud lawsuit arises out of improper accounting by Royal Ahold, N.V., a Dutch corporation, and U.S. Foodservice, Inc. (“USF”), a Maryland-based Ahold subsidiary. The misconduct of Ahold and USF is not disputed in this appeal; at issue is the liability of Ahold’s accountants, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte U.S.”) and Deloitte & Touche Accountants (“Deloitte Netherlands”), for their alleged role in the fraud perpetrated…
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3Cited by49 opinions
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