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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law |
| Title: | Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust |
| Date: | 06/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–409 |
| Summary: | The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 does not exempt remand orders from 28 U.S.C. section 1447(d) and its general rule of non-appealability. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law |
| Title: | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit |
| Date: | 03/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1371 |
| Summary: | A judgment vacating dismissal of a private securities fraud class action is reversed where the background, text, and purpose of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act's (SLUSA) pre-emption provision demonstrated that SLUSA pre-empts state-law holder class-action claims of the kind plaintiff alleged. |