• Capital Management Select Fund Ltd., et al. v. Bennett et al., 08-6166-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-01-12
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter and Pooler, C.JJ.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants; Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and the Putative Class: Scott A. Edelman (Sander Bak & Michael Shepherd, on the brief), Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellants; Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and the Putative Class: Richard L. Stone (Mark A. Strauss, on the brief), Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Richard N. Outridge: Claire P. Gutekunst, Jessica Mastrogiovanni, and Jed Friedman, Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Robert C. Trosten: Barbara Moses, Judith L. Mogul, and Rachel Korenblat, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee William M. Sexton: Stuart I. Friedman, Ivan Kline, and Jonathan Daugherty, Friedman & Wittenstein P.C., New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Grant Thornton LLP: Linda T. Coberly and Bruce R. Braun, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. For Defendant-Appellee Tone N. Grant: Laura E. Neish, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Philip Silverman: David V. Kirby, Krantz & Berman, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Securites and Exchange Commission: Susan S. McDonald, Jacob H. Stillman, Mark D. Cahn, and David M. Becker, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. For Defendants THL Partners: Richard A. Rosen (Walter Rieman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Greg A. Danilow, on the brief, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY. *1

    Case Number: 08-6166-cv(L)

    Cite as: Capital Management Select Fund Ltd., et al. v. Bennett et al., 08-6166-cv(L), NYLJ 1202538057950, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 10, 2012)Befor

  • In re Donavann W.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-20
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    By Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Nardelli, Williams, JJ. 8833. In re Donavann W., A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Fauzia W., res-ap, Commissioner of the A

  • Kaplan v. Rand

    Publication Date: 1999-09-14
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    Date Filed: 1999-09-14
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: KEARSE, MINER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Bershad, et al.
    for defendant: Milton J. Schubin, et al.

    Case Number: No. 98-9377

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. MINER, Circuit Judge: Appellant-Objector William C. Rand, Esq. appeals from a judgment entered in

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  • City of Omaha, Neb. Civilian Emps.' Ret. Sys. v. CBS Corp., 11-2575-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-05-15
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Raggi, C.JJ., and Rakoff, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: J. Allen Carney (Samuel A. Rudman, Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP, Mellville, New York, on the brief), Carney Williams Bates Bozeman & Pulliam PLLC, Little Rock, Arkansas.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: James W. Quinn (Greg A. Danilow, Gregory Silbert, Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief), Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-2575-cv

    Cite as: City of Omaha, Neb. Civilian Emps.' Ret. Sys. v. CBS Corp., 11-2575-cv, NYLJ 1202553431176, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 10, 2012)Before: Winter,