Legal Opinion
Felton v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 2, 2006No. 04 Civ.7892 (CSH)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs Ray Felton and Uptal Thak-rar, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), brought this putative class action in a New York state court against defendant Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (“Defendant” or “Morgan Stanley”), alleging a common law claim for breach of contract. Defendant removed the case to this Court, asserting that Plaintiffs’ state law claim was preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLUSA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 77p & 78bb(f). Plaintiffs have…
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