California Court of Appeal

SCHUSTER v. GARDNER, D044268

Dismissal of plaintiff's shareholder action, arising from alleged management improprieties of officers and directors of a corporation, is affirmed where the complaint is a derivative action in which plaintiff lacks standing to pursue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/03/2005
• Published 03/03/2005

Judges

• McCONNELL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Green & Jigarjian, Robert S. Green, John W. Pillette, San Francisco;  Murray, Frank & Sailer, New York, NY, and Brian P. Murray, Modesto, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, John B. Quinn, Harry A. Olivar, Los Angeles;  Richards Layton & Finger and Allen M. Terrell, Jr., Wilmington, DE, for Defendant and Respondent John J. Moores., Duckor Spradling & Metzger and Michael Duckor, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent Rod Dammeyer., Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, Whittier, and Leighton Anderson for Defendant and Respondent Christopher A. Cole., Bergeson LLP and Caroline McIntyre, San Jose, for Defendant and Respondent Stephen P. Gardner., Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, Wayne Lamprey and Anne H. Hartman, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Thomas G. Watrous., Hahn & Adema, Jane Hahn, San Diego, Alison P. Adema;  Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Brian E. Pastuszenski and Meghan M. Hart, Boston, MA, for Defendant and Respondent Charles E. Noell, III., Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory, George J. Berger, Kathryn D. Horning, San Diego;  McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren and Robert D. Stewart, Seattle, WA, for Defendant and Respondent William D. Savoy.