Basic Inc. v. Levinson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:485_U.S._224
gptkb:Amgen_Inc._v._Connecticut_Retirement_Plans_and_Trust_Funds
gptkb:Halliburton_Co._v._Erica_P._John_Fund,_Inc.
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_White
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1988-03-07
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:designer Sixth Circuit decision
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Scalia
gptkbp:docketNumber 86-279
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Basic_Incorporated,_et_al._v._Max_L._Levinson,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The fraud-on-the-market theory may be used to prove reliance in securities fraud class actions under Rule 10b-5.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Basic Inc. v. Levinson
gptkbp:impact Established the presumption of reliance in securities fraud class actions.
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Justice_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_O'Connor
gptkb:Justice_Brennan
gptkb:Justice_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_White
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Rule_10b-5
securities fraud
fraud-on-the-market theory
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Blackmun
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Sixth_Circuit
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Securities_Exchange_Act_of_1934
gptkb:Rule_10b-5
gptkbp:subject publicly traded securities
corporate merger negotiations
materiality of information in securities fraud
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rule_10b-5
gptkb:United_States_securities_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6