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GEARREN v. THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.

Docket Nos. 10-792-cv (L), 10-934-cv (Con).

660 F.3d 605 (2011)

Patrick L. GEARREN, Jan Deperry, Mary Sullivan, Harvey Sullivan, and Cynthia Davis, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INCORPORATED, The Pension Investment Committee of McGraw-Hill, Marty Martin, The Board of Directors of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Incorporated, Winfried Bischoff, Douglas N. Daft, Linda Koch Lorimer, Harold McGraw, Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, Michael Rake, James H. Ross, Edward B. Rust, Kurt L. Schmoke, Sidney Taurel, John Does 1-20, Robert J. Bahash, Henry Hirschberg, Alex Maturri, James H. McGraw, IV, David L. Murphy, John C. Weisenseel, Kathleen A. Corbet, Phil Edwards, Robert P. McGraw, and Pedro Aspe, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Mills , Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, N.Y. ( Michael J. Klein , Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, NY; Francis A. Bottini, Jr.   Albert Y. Chang , Johnson Bottini, LLP, San Diego, CA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Myron D. Rumeld , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Russell L. Hirschhorn , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Howard Shapiro , Proskauer Rose LLP, New Orleans, LA; Floyd Abrams , Susan Buckley , Tammy L. Roy , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Michael Schloss , Senior Trial Attorney ( M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser , Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins , Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief), United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor.

Carol Connor Cohen , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC ( Caroline Turner English , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad , Shane B. Kawka , National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC), for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Joseph M. McLaughlin , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, N.Y. ( George S. Wang , Agnès Dunogué , Hiral D. Mehta , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Ira D. Hammerman , Kevin M. Carroll , Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, DC), for amicus curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Judge STRAUB dissents for substantially the same reasons expressed in his dissent and partial concurrence in ___ F.3d ___ (2d Cir.2011).

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Patrick L. Gearren, Jan Deperry, Mary Sullivan, Harvey Sullivan, and Cynthia Davis, on behalf of themselves and a putative class of persons similarly situated ("Plaintiffs"), appeal from a decision of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard J. Sullivan, Judge) granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' complaints for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

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