Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Problem:activities are sufficient, mere conclusory allegations of fraud are insufficient"). See also Walling v. Beverly Enters., 476 F.2d 393, 397 (9th Cir.1973) (concluding that allegations stating the time, place, and nature of allegedly fraudulent activities meet Rule 9(b)'s particularity requirement). Rule 9(b) "does not require nor make legitimate the pleading of detailed evidentiary matter," however. All that is necessary is "identification of the circumstances constituting fraud so that the defendant can prepare an adequate answer from the allegations." Walling, 476 F.2d at 397 (alleging in conclusory fashion that defendant's conduct was fraudulent was not sufficient under Rule 9(b)). See also Miscellaneous Serv. Workers Local #427 v. Philco-Ford Corp., 661 F.2d 776, 782 (9th Cir.1981) (<HOLDING>). 3. Whether Plaintiffs Lack Standing Under
Holding statements: (A) holding that rule does not apply where defendant made false representations (B) holding that specific details about time place and substance of the fraud satisfy rule 9b (C) holding that pleading fraud with particularity in this circuit requires time place and contents of the false representations as well as the identity of the person making the misrepresentation and what that person obtained thereby (D) holding that rule 9b requires a pleader to set forth the time place and specific content of the false representations as well as the identities of the parties to the misrepresentation (E) holding that the offense requires that the return be false as to a material matter
Solution:
(D)