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082452P.pdf   09/01/2009  Dr. Kevin Lester  v.  Novastar Financial
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2452
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Securities. District court did not err in dismissing class-
   action securities complaint under the heightened pleading requirements of
   the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or in finding that
   any attempt to amend the complaint would be futile.