United States Third Circuit
In re Lord Abbett Mutual Funds Fee, 07-1112
In a class action brought by shareholders of mutual funds, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act does not mandate dismissal of an action in its entirety where the action includes some SLUSA preempted state law claims as well as non-SLUSA preempted claims.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/25/2008
- Decided 05/07/2009
- Published 05/07/2009
Judges
- Before: SLOVITER, BARRY and ROTH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jerome M. Congress, Esquire (Argued), Milberg Weiss, LLP, Mark Levine Esquire, Stull Stull & Brody, New York, NY, Patrick L. Rocco, Esquire, Shalov, Stone & Bonner, Morristown, NJ, for Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey B. Maletta, Esquire (Argued), Nicholas G. Terris, Esquire, Shanda N. Hastings, Esquire, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C., Christopher A. Barbarisi, Esquire, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Appellees.