A putative class representative pursuing a securities class action against an energy supplier lacks standing to object to the company’s bankruptcy reorganization, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled.

U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha, a Vermont federal judge sitting by designation, wrote that the lead plaintiff should have moved for class status in bankruptcy court under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9014.

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