By: Derek Hawkins//April 5, 2018//
By: Derek Hawkins//April 5, 2018//
United States Supreme Court
Case Name: Cyan, Inc., et al. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.
Case No.: 15-1439
Focus: Statutory Interpretation – Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
This case presents two questions about the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA), 112 Stat. 3227. First, did SLUSA strip state courts of jurisdiction over class actions alleging violations of only the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), 48 Stat. 74, as amended, 15 U. S. C. §77a et seq.? And second, even if not, did SLUSA empower defendants to remove such actions from state to federal court? We answer both questions no.
Affirmed
Dissenting:
Concurring: