Legal Opinion
Charles H. Behlen v. Merrill Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 8, 2002No. 01-16424PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
Charles H. Behlen, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to remand his case to state court and its order dismissing his lawsuit. The district court determined that it had removal and supplemental jurisdiction over the action and therefore denied the motion to remand. The court further determined that the action was barred by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 77p, 78bb. Thus, the court dismissed Behlen’s class-wide claims with prejudice and his…
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