Legal Opinion
Bell v. Ascendant Solutions, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2005No. 04-11078PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Mario Sonzone and Plutarch, Ltd., an individual investor and a closely-held Liberian corporation, appeal the denial of class certification in a securities fraud suit against Ascendant Solutions, Inc. (“Ascendant”), some of its former executives and directors, and a related entity. Concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm and remand.
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Ascendant, a Dallas-based firm founded in 1995, provided electronic order management and customer service solutions to e-eommerce and direct marketing firms. It made an initial public offering (“IPO”)…
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