United States Ninth Circuit

Federal securities law preempts general state law disclosure claim and appellant's argument on appeal regarding a narrow claim under state law does not warrant consideration because of the broad nature of plaintiff's case below.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2001
• Decided 05/16/2001
• Published 05/16/2001

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.,Berman, Devalerio, Pease & Tabacco, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan C. Dickey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Palo Alto, California, for the defendants-appellees., William F. Alderman (briefed), Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee Travelers Group, Inc., Ben Suter, Keesal, Young & Logan, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee Bear Stearns & Co.