State Securities Class Action Suits : Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Class actions (Civil procedure).

Federal government.

Limitation of actions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses Supreme Court 2006 ruling in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit, in which Court ruled that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 preempts securities State class action lawsuits.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. State Securities Class Action Suits

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