U.S. District Court / C.D. California

In Re Countrywide Financial Corporation Securities Litigation

Decided December 1, 2008. Mariana R. Pfaelzer wrote the opinion for the court.

588 F. Supp. 2d 1132 · Cited 64 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Berson v. Applied Signal Technology, Inc. · 527 F.3d 982
Metz v. United Counties Bancorp · 61 F. Supp. 2d 364
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo · 544 U.S. 336
Metzler Investment GMBH v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. · 540 F.3d 1049
Levine v. AtriCure, Inc. · 508 F. Supp. 2d 268
Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375
In Re Countrywide Financial Corp. Derivative Litigation · 554 F. Supp. 2d 1044
Stephenson v. Deutsche Bank AG · 282 F. Supp. 2d 1032
In Re MobileMedia Securities Litigation · 28 F. Supp. 2d 901
Guenther v. Cooper Life Sciences, Inc. · 759 F. Supp. 1437
Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561
In Re McKesson HBOC, Inc. Securities Litigation · 126 F. Supp. 2d 1248
Atlas v. Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. · 556 F. Supp. 2d 1142
Metzler Inv. GmbH v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. · 534 F.3d 1068
In Re Global Crossing, Ltd. Securities Litigation · 313 F. Supp. 2d 189
In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation · 388 F. Supp. 2d 319
In Re Levi Strauss & Co. Securities Litigation · 527 F. Supp. 2d 965
In Re Juniper Networks, Inc. Securities Litigation · 542 F. Supp. 2d 1037
In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation · 241 F. Supp. 2d 281
In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation · 294 F. Supp. 2d 392
Escott v. BarChris Construction Corporation · 283 F. Supp. 643
In Re Take-Two Interactive Securities Litigation · 551 F. Supp. 2d 247
Opinion · 381 F. Supp. 2d 192
In Re Worlds of Wonder Securities Litigation · 694 F. Supp. 1427
Reiger v. Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP · 117 F. Supp. 2d 1003

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