District Court, S.D. West Virginia March 28, 2012, Civil Action No. 5:10-cv-00689 (In re Massey Energy Co. Securities Litigation)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

IRENE C. BERGER, District Judge.

Lead Plaintiff, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust (“Massachusetts PRIT”) and Plaintiff David Wagner, on behalf of the putative class, allege that the price of Massey Energy Company (“Massey”) stock was artificially inflated, between February 1, 2008, and July 27, 2010, because Massey and several of its