Legal Opinion
In Re BANKAMERICA CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION Petition of Bank of America Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 25, 2001No. MDL 1264; 01-1961PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
On September 30, 1998, BankAmeriea and NationsBank merged to form Bank of America Corporation (the “Bank”). Fifteen days later, the Bank disclosed a $372 million charge-off and the likelihood of substantial additional losses arising out of BankAmerica’s $1.4 billion loan to hedge fund operator D.E. Shaw, Inc. (“Shaw”). Securities law class action suits were then filed and consolidated in the Eastern District of Missouri, and the district court denied (in large part) defendants’ motions to dismiss. See In re BankAmeriea Corp. Sec. Litig., 78 F.Supp.2d 976 (E.D.Mo. 1999).…
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