FLORIDA STATE BD. OF ADMIN. v. GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Nos. 99-3536, 99-3586 and 99-3587.

270 F.3d 645 (2001)

FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION; Lawrence M. Coss; Robert D. Potts; Edward L. Finn, Defendants-Appellees. Securities and Exchange Commission, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant. In re: Green Tree Financial Corporation, Stock Litigation, Vivian Chill, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Green Tree Financial Corporation: Lawrence M. Coss; Robert D. Potts; Richard G. Evans; Edward L. Finn; Joel H. Gottesman, Defendants-Appellees. In re: Green Tree Financial Corporation: Options Litigation, June Shapiro, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Green Tree Financial Corporation; Lawrence M. Coss; Robert D. Potts; Robley D. Evans; Edward L. Finn; Joel H. Gottesman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 25, 2001.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied: November 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pucillo, West Palm Beach, FL, argued, for Appellant Florida State.

Samuel D. Heins, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Appellant Vivian Chill.

Luis de la Torre, Washington, D.C., argued, Patrick V. Dahlstrom, Chicago, IL, for Amicus USA.

Gregory P. Joseph, New York, NY, argued, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and LAUGHREY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied: November 29, 2001.*

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

In this case we must assess the sufficiency of three complaints under the new pleading standards made applicable to securities fraud cases by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, P.L. No. 104-67, 109 Stat. 737. The Florida State Board of Administration, which invests state employees' pension funds, and two putative classes...

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