Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Sieger v. United States

Sieger v. United States, 479 U.S. 823 (1986)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1986-10-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting that the prevailing approach in the courts of appeals is that recklessness satisfies the § 10(b) scienter requirement
  • noting that the prevailing approach in the courts of appeals is that recklessness satisfies the Sec. 10(b) scienter requirement
  • upholding denial of production of DEA agent’s report summarizing interview where witness never adopted the report by signing it, reading it, or having it read to her
  • applying fraud on the market theory without determining whether case is one of omission or affirmative misrepresentation
  • elements of a 10b-5 claim include “causa tion, often analyzed in terms of materiality and reliance”
  • applying 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5 (1985)

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.