Are Local Governments Liable Under Rule 10b-5? Textualism and its Limits

Authors

• Margaret V. Sachs, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Abstract

Whether state and local governments can be sued for damages is a question that cuts across subject-area boundaries. This question, which has long confounded courts in the areas of both antitrust and civil rightslaw, now has arisen in a new area: section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rule 10b-5. The thesis of this Article is that a local government is an inappropriate rule 10b-5 defendant, regardless of whether it is the issuer of the securities in question or an alleged participant in a scheme involving corporate securities. The only appropriate rule 10b-5 defendants are private actors.

Repository Citation

Margaret V. Sachs, Are Local Governments Liable Under Rule 10b-5? Textualism and its Limits (1992),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/628