Legal Opinion
Green v. Wolf Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 9, 1968No. 82, Docket 32335PublishedCited by 443 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to decide two significant questions relating to § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5: Under what circumstances does Fed.R. Civ.P. 23 permit a class action alleging a violation of 10b-5 ? And, may punitive damages be assessed against those who do not meet the standards of conduct required by that rule ?
Leon Green appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York striking those parts of his complaint which purported to make the suit a class action and those other…
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