Legal Opinion
In Re 2007 Novastar Financial Inc., Securits. Lit.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 1, 2009No. 08-2452PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Kevin Lester appeals from the district court’s 1 order dismissing his class-action securities complaint under the heightened pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(b), and concluding that any attempt to amend the complaint would be futile. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We draw the relevant facts from the class’s complaint because this appeal arises from the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss. See Fla. State Bd. of Admin. v. Green Tree Fin. Corp., 270 F.3d 645, 648…
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