U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Kevin Dougherty v. Esperion Therapeutics
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Eugene Edward Siler Jr.
- Senior Judge Alice Moore Batchelder
- Judge Bernice Bouie Donald
Case history
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Sept. 27, 2018decided Decision issued in Kevin Dougherty v. Esperion Therapeutics
Opinions and writings
SILER, Circuit Judge. *975 Plaintiffs in securities-fraud suits are subject to a more onerous pleading burden than the average plaintiff. They must plead, among other things, a "strong inference of scienter" that is "cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing inference of nonfraudulen…