Simpson v. Homestore. Com, Inc., 519 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2008). · Go Syfert
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“he defendant's act must, standing alone, be manipulative or deceptive and must further the fraudulent scheme.”
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discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
S.D. Cal. · 2016 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
he defendant's act must, standing alone, be manipulative or deceptive and must further the fraudulent scheme.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Securities and Exchange Commission v. Verges
N.D. Tex. · 2024 · confidence medium
“It is not enough that a transaction in which a defendant was involved had a deceptive purpose and effect; the defendant’s own conduct contributing to the transaction or overall scheme must have had a deceptive purpose and effect.” Simpson v. AOL Time Warner, Inc., 452 F.3d 1040, 1048 (9th Cir. 2006) (emphasis in original), vacated on other grounds by Simpson v. Homestore.com, Inc., 519 F.3d 1041, 1041-42 (9th Cir. 2008).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bardman
N.D. Cal. · 2016 · confidence medium
“To be liable for a scheme to defraud, a defendant must have engaged in conduct that had the principal purpose and effect of creating a false appearance of fact in furtherance of the scheme.” Simpson v. AOL Time Warner, Inc., 452 F.3d 1040, 1048 (9th Cir. 2006), vacated on other grounds by Simpson v. Homestore.com, Inc., 519 F.3d 1041, 1041-42 (9th Cir. 2008).
discussed Cited "see" In re Stem, Inc. Securities Litigation
N.D. Cal. · 2025 · signal: see · confidence high
See id. at 1050 (collecting cases) (noting creation of “[s]ham 25 business transactions with no legitimate business purpose” would suffice to plead 26 scheme liability). 27 In its prior order, the Court found the scheme liability allegations in the CC, 1 and made certain remarks during earnings calls, were unavailing, as there was “nothing 2 in the CC to demonstrate any [such] acts [were] outside the defendants’ ‘normal course 3 of business.’” (See August 30 Order at 23:5-20) (quoting Simpson, 452 F.3d at 1050 ). 4 To the extent plaintiffs’ scheme liability claim relies on thei…
cited Cited "see" Loran Group v. Peregrine Systems, Inc.
9th Cir. · 2009 · signal: see · confidence high
See Simpson v. Homestore.com, Inc., 519 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir.2008). .
cited Cited "see" Loran Group v. Peregrine Systems, Inc.
9th Cir. · 2009 · signal: see · confidence high
See Simpson v. Homestore.com, Inc., 519 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir.2008). .
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T. Jeffrey SIMPSON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, and California State Teachers Retirement System, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Homestore.Com, Inc.; Stuart H. Wolff; Peter B. Tafeen; PriceWaterHouseCoopers; AOL Time Warner Inc.; Cendant Corporation; Richard A. Smith; L90, aka Max Worldwide; Smarthome, Inc.; David M. Rosenblatt; Catherine Kwong Giffen; Allan P. Merrill; Sophia Losh; Jeff Kalina; David Colburn; Eric Keller, Defendants-Appellees.
04-55665.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mar 26, 2008.
519 F.3d 1041

Peter E. Borkon, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA.

Robert Hutchinson, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Beverly Hills, CA, Clifford H. Pearson, Wasserman, Comeden, Casselman & Pearson LLP, Tarzana, CA, for Plaintiff.

Joseph W. Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Nancy L. Fineman, Cotchett & Pitre San Francisco Airport Office Center, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert C. Vanderet, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Howard M. Privette, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP, Dean J. Kitchens, Gibson Dunn & Cruthcher, LLP, John B. Quinn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Jeffrey H. Dasteel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Michael C. Tu, Daniel J. Tyukody, Jr., Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; LLP, Melissa M. Dulac, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, David C. Scheper, Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Robert C. Friese, Shartsis Friese, LLP, Nanci L. Clarence, Clarence Snell & Dyer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Peter T. Barbur, Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP, Stephen P. Warren, Samuel Kadet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, F. Whitten Peters, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Speiser, Edward S. Nathan, Stern & Kilcullen, Roseland, NJ, Walter J. Robinson, III, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto, CA, William A. Isaacson, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Roger C. Spaeder, Carl S. Kravitz, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Everett Johnson, Belinda Lee, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Washington, DC, Roy R. Newman, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Cerritos, CA, Paul D. Murphy, Murphy Rosen & Cohen, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, J. Christian Word, Latham & Watkins, Reston, VA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Eric A. Isaacson, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP, San Diego, CA, David H. Braff, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae.

Before ROBERT R. BEEZER, THOMAS G. NELSON, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

Pursuant to the judgment of the United States Supreme Court issued on February 25, 2008 in Avis Budget Group v. California State Teachers Retirement System, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 1119, 169 L.Ed.2d 945 (2008), we vacate our opinion at 452 F.3d 1040 (9th Cir.2006), vacate the district court's decision, and remand for further[*1042] proceedings which are consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court.