ACA Financial, et al v. Advest, et al, No. 07-1367 (1st Cir. 2008)

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This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on January 10, 2008.

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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 07-1367 ACA FINANCIAL GUARANTY CORPORATION; DRYDEN NATIONAL MUNICIPALS FUNDS, INC.; JOHN MOORE; LOIS MOORE; SMITH BARNEY INCOME FUNDS/SMITH BARNEY MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND; T. ROWE PRICE TAXFREE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC., Plaintiffs, Appellants, DENISE MCKEOWN; ROBERT LUTTS, Plaintiffs, v. ADVEST, INC.; KAREN SUGHRUE; GARRY CRAGO; JEAN CHILDS; PAULA EDWARDS COCHRAN; G. DAVIS STEVENS, JR.; JULIA DEMOSS; WILLIAM R. DILL; LESLIE A. FERLAZZO; JOYCE SHAFFER FLEMING; ERIC W. HAYDEN; CATHERINE CHAPIN KOBACHER; ANNE MARCUS; CELESTE REID; RICHARD J. SHEEHAN, JR.; JOSEPH SHORT; GREGORY E. THOMAS; SUSAN K. TURBEN; DONALD W. KISZKA, Defendants, Appellees. ERRATA SHEET The opinion of this Court issued on January 10, 2008 is amended as follows: On page 40, replace footnote 13 with the following new footnote: "These comments are case specific. We do not suggest that there is any special rule for scienter for not-for-profit institutions. Indeed, such institutions have been sued in the past on price fixing allegations. See United States v. Brown Univ., 5 F.3d 658 (3d Cir. 1993)." On page 16, footnote 6, line 3, replace "Trustee's" with "Trustees'" On page 44, line 16, replace "Secs." with "Sec."

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