HAMPTON v. PACIFIC INV. MANAGEMENT CO. LLC

No. 15-56841.

869 F.3d 844 (2017)

William T. HAMPTON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC; Pimco Funds; E. Philip Cannon; J. Michael Hagan; Brent R. Harris; Douglas M. Hodge; Ronald C. Parker; Vern O. Curtis; William J. Popejoy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas I. Porritt (argued) and Adam M. Apton , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jeff S. Westerman , Westerman Law Corp., Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew L. Larrabee (argued) and Joshua D.N. Hess , Dechert LLP, San Francisco, California; David A. Kotler , Dechert LLP, Princeton, New Jersey; Frank D. Rorie Jr. , Law Office of Frank D. Rorie Jr., West Hollywood, California; John D. Donovan , Robert A. Skinner , and Amy D. Roy , Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; John C. Ertman , New York, New York; Ronald Rus and Randall A. Smith , Brown Rudnick LLP, Irvine, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit Judge, and Edward R. Korman, District Judge.


OPINION

As a matter of substantive law, a private party injured in the securities trade can generally seek relief under whatever laws — federal or state — provide a cause of action. Congress, however, has significantly narrowed the availability of class relief based on state-law securities claims...

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