United States Eleventh Circuit

A state court action, seeking damages resulting from the purchase of shares in a mutual fund, was a "covered class action" asserting state law claims for misrepresentation and/or omission "in connection with" the purchase or sale of covered securities, and was preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/08/2002
• Published 11/08/2002

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON, RONEY and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Albert L. Jordan,Michael L. Jackson, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Joseph M. Druhan, Jr., Mobile, AL, M. Stephen Dampier, Montgomery, AL, Anthony M. Hoffman, Zieman, Speegle, Oldweiler & Jackson, L.L.C., Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Luther M. Dorr, Jr., A. Inge Selden, III, Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, Birmingham, AL, Kelly D. Reese, Mobile, AL, Julie Wilson, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, D. Brent Baker, Frazer, Greene, Upchurch & Baker, P. Russel Myles, McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.