GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. v. VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A.

No. 13-1194(L), 13-1377(XAP) August Term 2015.

838 F.3d 214 (2016)

GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., GAMCO Global Series Funds, Inc., Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, the Gabelli Value Fund, Inc., the Gabelli Asset Fund, the Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., the Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, The GAMCO Mathers Fund, the Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund, Inc., GAMCO International Growth Fund, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A., Vivendi S.A., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ANDREW J. ENTWISTLE , Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Vincent R. Cappucci , Arthur V. Nealon , Jordan A. Cortez , Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

MARK A. PERRY , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Miguel A. Estrada , Lucas C. Townsend , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Caitlin J. Halligan , Gabriel K. Gillett , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, N.Y.; James W. Quinn , Gregory Silbert , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, N.Y.; Daniel Slifkin , Timothy G. Cameron , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: Cabranes, Livingston, and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


This appeal stems from the same set of underlying facts as those in In re Vivendi S.A. Securities Litigation, Nos. 15-180-cv(L), 15-208-cv(XAP), in which we have today issued a separate opinion. Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees (collectively, "GAMCO") are so-called "value investors" who make their own estimation of the value of...

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