United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of a complaint in a putative class action for securities fraud pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) is affirmed over challenges regarding: 1) a finding on collateral estoppel; 2) the striking of certain opinions from an expert's affidavit; 3) the PSLRA-s pleading requirements; and 4) denial of leave to amend the complaint.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2006
• Published 02/16/2006

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, BEAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William B. Federman, Stuart William Emmons (argued), Federman & Sherwood, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Stacy R. Obenhaus, William G. Whitehill (argued), Randy D. Gordon, Gardere Wynne Sewell, Dallas, TX, for L. Keith Blackwell, Randolph E. Brown and Ron B. Kirkland., Craig Louis Weinstock, Christopher Benjamin Dove (argued), Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Houston, TX, for Jonathan S. Pettee., Karen Lee Hirschman, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, Marie Roach Yeates (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Deloitte & Touche, LLP.