United States Ninth Circuit
PATENAUDE v. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'Y OF THE U.S., 00-56913
Tax-deferred variable annuities are covered securities under the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1998, and appellant is pre-empted from asserting state law claims based upon a financial consultant's representations made while marketing and selling annuities.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/05/2002
- Decided 05/14/2002
- Published 05/14/2002
Judges
- THOMAS, Circuit Judge., Before: THOMAS, RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges and ARMSTRONG, District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael C. Spencer,Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Charles C. Platt, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, New York, NY, for the defendants-appellees.