BERRY v. VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

No. 97-17346.

175 F.3d 699 (1999)

James I. BERRY; James Varano; Gregg M. Weiss; Gregg M. Ira, f/b/o Weiss; Peter Garuccio, M.D.; P.C. Pension Plan; Frederick Jewett; Milburn E. Estes; Joseph P. Yonke; Investar Partnership; Eugene Honeyman; Anne Kantor; Murray Goldsmith; Morton Surkin; Florence Surkin; Robert Leimsider; Gilbert Bergelson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; Lev Dawson; Calvin L. Reed; Cristine A. Russell; Dale R. Shackle; David M. Butze; William J. Masuda; Carl E. Berg; Alan F. Shugart; Bert C. Roberts, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Coughlin, Eric A. Isaacson, James A. Caputo, Randi D. Bandman, Henry Rosen, Joseph D. Daley, Leonard B. Simon, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, San Diego, California, Joseph Tabacco, Jr., Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Berman, DeValerio, Pease & Tabacco, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert P. Feldman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California, for defendants-appellees Valence Technology, Inc., Calvin L. Reed, Dale R. Shackle, and Carl E. Berg.

Tower C. Snow, Jr., Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Lev M. Dawson.

Before: BRIGHT, FLETCHER, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, a class of persons who purchased stock in Valence Technology, Inc. (Valence) within a specified 27-month period, sued Valence and several of its officers for securities fraud in violation of section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The district court granted Valence's motion for summary judgment, holding that Plaintiffs' claims were barred by the statute of limitations...

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