Legal Opinion
In Re New York City Municipal Securities Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 25, 1980No. MDL 314PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OWEN, District Judge.
In this multi-faceted litigation, before me for pretrial purposes pursuant to an order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, there are various motions to dismiss. These actions have a common origin in the near financial collapse of the City of New York in late 1974 and early 1975. 1 The several complaints allege that the City of New York, former Mayor Abraham Beame and Comptroller Harrison Goldin (the “City Defendants”), and certain banks and brokerage firms (the “Underwriter and Seller Defendants”) deliberately misled the public as to the City’s…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by29 opinions
- In Re Washington Public Power Supply System Securities Litigation. Henry Puchall v. Houghton, Cluck, Coughlin & RileyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, Two Cases. Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, White & Case, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, Peat, Marwick, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, Roger O. Walther, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, James F. Joy, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, Donald A. Fergusson and Robert A. Fergusson, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N. A. (As Trustee and Agent for Various Trust Accounts) v. National Student Marketing Corporation, Cortes W. RandellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- In Re Citisource, Inc. Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- Department of Economic Development v. Arthur Andersen & Co. (U.S.A.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1990
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