LEVITT v. BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC.

Docket No. 02-7860.

340 F.3d 94 (2003)

Robert LEVITT, for himself and as custodian for Richard Levitt and Monica Levitt, Robert Rice, Stephen G. Siben, Stephen Strobehan, Stanley Veltkamp, Philip C. Vitanza, for himself and Elizabeth Vitanza and Luke Vitanza, John T. White, as Trustee, Guy V. Wood, as Trustee, Carl Zander, Jr., as Trustee, Ted. M. Jones, as Trustee, and Kathryn N. Jones, as Trustee, Plaintiffs-Appellants. v. BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC. and Bear Stearns Securities Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LESLIE TRAGER, Morley and Trager, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

PETER L. ZIMROTH, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, (Michael D. Schissel and David A. Weintraub, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, Stephen M. Sacks and Scott B. Schreiber, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, and MINER and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


MINER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Spatt, J.), dismissing for failure to state a claim the complaint in a federal securities fraud class action filed against defendant-appellee Bear Stearns Securities Corp. and its corporate parent, defendant-appellee Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. (collectively, "Bear Stearns"). See In re Sterling Foster & Co....

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