Legal Opinion
Kenosha Unified School District v. Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 10, 2009No. Case 08-C-931, 08-C-932PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RUDOLPH T. RANDA, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, a group of local school districts and school officials, sued the defendants, a group of investment banking firms as well as the CFO of one of those firms— James Zemlyak. Plaintiffs seek to recover losses allegedly caused by their investment of “$200 million into three Synthetic CDOs created and marketed by the defendants as a safe and secure method of funding plaintiffs’ ever-increasing ‘Other Post-Employment Benefits’ liabilities, without increasing the burden on school taxpayers.” D. 1-3, Complaint ¶ 25. Plaintiffs allege that…
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