IN RE CENTURY ALUMINUM CO. SECURITIES LITIGATION

No. 11-15599.

704 F.3d 1119 (2013)

In re CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY SECURITIES LITIGATION. Eric Petzschke, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Stuart Wexler, lead plaintiff for the Securities Act claims; Cory McClellan; Peter Abrams; Chris McNulty, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Century Aluminum Company; Logan W. Kruger; Michael A. Bless; Steve Schneider; John C. Fontaine; Jack E. Thompson; Peter C. Jone; John P. O'Brien; Willy R. Strothotte; Jarl Berntzen; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; Morgan Stanley & Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Gregorek , Betsy C. Manifold , Rachele R. Rickert , and Patrick M. Moran (argued), Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Bruce A. Ericson , Kevin M. Fong , and Jeffrey S. Jacobi , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Century Aluminum Company, Logan W. Kruger, John C. Fontaine, Jack E. Thompson, Peter C. Jones, John P. O'Brien, Willy R. Strothotte, Jarl Berntzen, Robert E. Fishman, Catherine Z. Manning, Steve Schneider and Michael A. Bless.

Robert P. Varian (argued) and Stephen M. Knaster , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.

Before: CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and JAMES K. SINGLETON, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

WATFORD, Circuit Judge:

Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77k, provides a cause of action to any person who buys a security issued under a materially false or misleading registration statement. Plaintiffs need not have purchased shares in the offering made under the misleading registration statement; those who purchased shares in the aftermarket have standing to sue provided they can trace their shares back to the relevant...

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