US-CA9 · jury_instructions
9th Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Civil) 18.8
Securities—Causation
The plaintiff [name] must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the alleged material misrepresentations or omissions were the cause of [his] [her] [other pronoun] economic injury. To establish economic injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the alleged misrepresentation[s] or omission[s] artificially inflated the price of the security. To establish causation, the plaintiff [name] must prove that the alleged misrepresentation[s] or omission[s] played a substantial part in causing the injury or loss the plaintiff [name] suffered. The plaintiff [name] need not prove that the alleged misrepresentation[s] or omission[s] [was] [were] the sole cause of the economic injuries.
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