United States Third Circuit

In plaintiffs' securities class action arising from their purchase of defendant's registered shares , district court's grant of the class certification is affirmed where the Rule 23 class certification standard applied by the district court was proper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2009
• Decided 10/29/2009
• Published 10/29/2009

Judges

• Before:  RENDELL, FUENTES, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven B. Feirson, Esq. [Argued], David W. Brown, Esq., Michael L. Kichline, Esq., Stuart T. Steinberg, Esq., Dechert, Jill M. Baisinger, Esq., Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants-Appellants, Constar International Inc;  Charles F. Casey;  William G. Little;  Michael J. Hoffman;  James C. Cook;  Alan W. Rutherford;  John W. Conway;  Angus F. Smith;  Frank J. Mechura;  Lazard Freres & Co., LLC.;   Citigroup;  J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.;   Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.;   Crown Holdings, Inc., Eric A. Isaacson, Esq. [Argued], Joseph D. Daley, Esq., Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, San Diego, CA, Laura S. Stein, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Ameesh Bhandari;  Randolph Redstone.