Legal Opinion
FIRST AMERICAN BANK AND TRUST BY LEVITT v. Frogel
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided October 19, 1989No. 88-0638-CIVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS
HOEVELER, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE comes before the court upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss, a motion to certify a class, and several discovery matters. J.H. Levitt brings a class action and derivative action against certain past and present officers and directors of nominal defendant First American Bank and Trust (Bank). The Bank, through Levitt, alleges that the various directors of the Bank violated section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)) and Rule 10(b)(5) (17 C.F.R. § 240.10(b)(5)) and that they breached their…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Burks v. LaskerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
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