Shuster v. Symmetricom, Inc.
Shuster v. Symmetricom, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Shuster appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment for Symmetricom. We affirm the district court.
To violate the Securities Exchange Act, Symmetricom’s statements must have been (a) false or misleading and (b) made with the intent to deceive or with deliberate recklessness.
The statements regarding the existence of the Bell South contract were not misleading because both parties fully expected to execute the contract. Statements concerning projections of orders from AT & T also were not misleading because the evidence shows that Symmetrieom believed AT & T was still interested in the Integrated Digital Services Terminal (IDST) product at the time Symmetricom made the statements. While the record indicates that there were some bugs in the IDST system, it also indicates that Symmetricom had fixed many of the problems and believed its negotiations with AT
A material question of fact does exist as to whether the revenue recognition figures were misleading because it is unclear what the agreement was between Pacific Bell and Symmetricom for payment of four IDST units. However, even assuming the accounting figures were misleading, Shuster presents no evidence of scienter, the second requirement of the Securities Exchange Act. Thus, summary judgment was still appropriate.
To act with scienter, Symmetricom must have intentionally or with deliberate recklessness made false or misleading statements to investors.
Because none of Symmetricom’s statements were both misleading and made with scienter, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Symmetricom.
AFFIRMED.
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. Provenz v. Miller, 102 F.3d 1478, 1483 (9th Cir. 1996) (statements must be false or misleading and made with scienter); Ronconi v. Larkin, 253 F.3d 423, 429 (9th Cir. 2001) (defining scienter as intentionally or with deliberate recklessness).
. Provenz, 102 F.3d at 1490.
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