Opinion ID: 739980
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Discussion with Lynn Lantrip

Text: 16 Williams and Dreiling claim that they sold their company in large part on the perception of a landfill crisis and misrepresentations made by Lynn Lantrip that encouraged this perception. The amended complaint does not state a place or time that these representations were made. WMX suggests a motive for Williams and Dreiling's apparent reluctance to be particular: because they received WMX stock on February 26, 1992, and this suit was filed on February 24, 1995, the allegedly fraudulent misstatements occurred outside the limitations period established in Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson, 501 U.S. 350, 111 S.Ct. 2773, 115 L.Ed.2d 321 (1991). Because we do not reach the question of limitations, we do not address WMX's assertion. At a minimum, Rule 9(b) requires that the plaintiff specify the particulars of time, place, and contents of the false representations. Tuchman, 14 F.3d at 1068. The allegations of face-to-face fraudulent acts by Lantrip fail for lack of particularity.