Legal Opinion

Riley v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 7, 2002No. 01-16150PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Robert E. Riley and Sheila Cantrell are the trustees of the Performance Toyota, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (“Performance Plan”), and Gregory Dingle is the trustee of the Master Packaging, Inc. 401(K) plan (“Master Packaging”). Both plaintiffs initially filed a class action 1 in federal district court against Merrill Lynch 2 alleging a violation of two Florida statutes: the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act (Fla. Stat. Ann. § 517.011 et seq.) and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (Fla. Stat. Ann. § 501.201 et seq.) 3 The complaint alleged…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug StoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
  5. University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by101 opinions

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  4. Falkowski v. Imation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  5. Donald Hoagland, as Receiver of Midwest Transit, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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