United States Second Circuit

Where, as a matter of law, plaintiff stockholders were not placed on inquiry notice of any alleged fraud by a Form 10-K filed by defendant corporation, the district court's dismissal as time-barred of the action for fraudulent securities violations is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2003
• Published 07/07/2003

Judges

• CARMAN, Chief Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge WINTER, Circuit Judge, CARMAN, Chief Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.,Christopher T. Heffelfinger, San Francisco, CA (Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Puchillo;  Marc I. Gross, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross, LLP, New York, NY;  Glen DeValerio, Kathleen M. Donovan-Maher, Michael T. Matraia, Alicia T. Duff, Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Boston, MA;  Frederick S. Fox, Robert N. Kaplan, Joel B. Strauss, Kaplan Fox Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY;  David Kessler, Marc Wilner, Shiffrin & Barroway, LLP, Bala Cynwyd, PA), for Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven M. Farina, Washington, DC (Kevin T. Baine, William T. Burke, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC), for Defendants-Appellees and Consolidated-Defendant-Appellee.