WEISSMAN v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF SECURITIES DEALERS

No. 04-13575.

500 F.3d 1293 (2007)

Steven I. WEISSMAN, as Custodian under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, as Trustee and individually, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC., a Delaware not-for-profit corporation, NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., a Delaware corporation organized for profit, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Cox, Michael James Edney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, David Scott Mandel, Mandel & Mandel, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Steven I. Weissman, Hollywood, FL, David Allan Freedman, Burlington, Weil, Schwiep, Kaplan, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and its subsidiary, the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (collectively "NASDAQ"), appeal the denial of their Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Steven Weissman's complaint. Weissman sought to recover losses suffered following the purchase of WorldCom, Inc. ("WorldCom") stock, which Weissman allegedly purchased in reliance on NASDAQ's misrepresentations in advertisements touting the stock. NASDAQ moved...

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