United States Fifth Circuit

In a securities fraud class action, dismissal of plaintiffs' suit is reversed where the district court improperly held that the plaintiffs failed to plead in conformity with the pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/12/2005
• Published 01/13/2005

Judges

• EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before BENAVIDES, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan K. Alexander (argued), Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Roger L. Mandel, Stanley, Mandel & Iola, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. Luke Ashley (argued), Timothy R. McCormick, Richard Barrett Phillips, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.