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053734P.pdf   10/20/2006  Donald S. Sofonia  v.  Principal Life Ins.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3734
   Southern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Bye,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998. 
   Claims that defendants made false statements to induce plaintiffs to
   approve the demutualization of an insurance company and to surrender
   their membership interests in exchange for shares of common stock were
   covered by the Act, and the district court did not err in refusing to
   remand the matter to state court or in granting defendants' motion to
   dismiss for failure to state a claim.