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IN RE WASHINGTON PUB. POWER SUPPLY SYS. SEC. LIT.

No. 86-3594.

823 F.2d 1349 (1987)

In re WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM SECURITIES LITIGATION. Henry PUCHALL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOUGHTON, CLUCK, COUGHLIN & RILEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Simon, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Daniel R. Murdock, Herbert M. Wachtell, New York City, and Camden M. Hall, Michael Sandler, Foster, Pepper & Riviera, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, KENNEDY, ANDERSON, TANG, NELSON, NORRIS, HALL, WIGGINS, BRUNETTI, KOZINSKI, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Argued En Banc and Submitted April 21, 1987.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

I.

Between 1977 and 1981, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) sold bonds with a face value of $2.25 billion to finance construction of two nuclear power plants. In 1982 WPPSS ceased construction of these plants and thereafter defaulted on the bond payments. In 1983 plaintiffs-appellants, purchasers of WPPSS bonds, filed a class action, on behalf of themselves...

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