Legal Opinion
Pellman v. Cinerama, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 7, 1980No. 78 Civ. 4508PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SOFAER, District Judge:
Plaintiffs in this class action allege federal securities law violations in conjunction with the merger by which Cinerama Corporation went private. Defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), and for failure to plead fraud with sufficient particularity, Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b). In their many pages of supporting papers, defendants attempt to characterize plaintiffs’ federal claims as based upon state-law fiduciary breaches and therefore barred by Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc., 430 U.S.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,853 John Schlick v. Penn-Dixie Cement CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Seagoing Uniform Corp. v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1989
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