Legal Opinion
LaSala v. Bordier Et Cie
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 11, 2008No. 06-4323PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POLLAK, District Judge.
In this appeal, we are called upon to decide whether state-law aiding-and-abetting-breach-of-fiduciary duty claims, which have passed from a corporation to its bankruptcy estate to a trust, may be brought in federal court by the trustees of the trust notwithstanding the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (“SLU-SA”), 15 U.S.C. § 78bb. We must further decide whether, under SLUSA, the trustees, as assignees of individual investors in the bankrupt enterprise, may assert, in federal court, against foreign entities, claims characterized as arising…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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