In Re: Merrill Lynch Auction ., No. 10-1528 (2d Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a purchaser of auction rate securities (ARS), brought a purported class action lawsuit against defendants, alleging that defendants engaged in a scheme to manipulate the ARS market in violation of securities laws. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint and the district court granted the motion on several grounds, including that defendants' disclosures of its auction practice precluded plaintiff's claim that these practices were manipulative. On appeal, plaintiff contended that this dismissal was in error. The court held that defendants' disclosures of its bidding practices precluded plaintiff's market manipulation claim. Because plaintiff had failed to satisfy the "manipulative acts" elements of his claim, the court need not address his arguments directed toward the other element of his claim or defendants' arguments that the court should affirm on alternative grounds. Accordingly, the district court's judgment was affirmed.
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