Court Opinion

ID: 9778043
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:30:54.994283+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:03.373424
License: Public Domain

*409CROW, Chief Judge,
concurring.
I concur, but emphasize that the law on what a claim must allege to survive a motion to dismiss is stretched to its absolute limits by the counterclaims in this case. A reader of the counterclaims must assume, among other things, that the representations allegedly made to International’s directors and shareholders were the representations relied on by Walnut Products and C & D, that the Bank intended that Walnut Products and C & D rely on such representations, that Walnut Products and C & D conducted their business with International on the basis of their reliance on such representations, and that Walnut Products and C & D did so to their detriment.
It may be that if Walnut Products and C & D are compelled to plead the above matters with definiteness and particularity, their claims will evaporate. That, however, remains to be seen. The unfortunate aspect of this case is that the appellate process had to be invoked when it could have been avoided by a more forthright set of allegations.