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McCALL v. SCOTT

Nos. 99-6370, 99-6387.

239 F.3d 808 (2001)

H. Carl McCALL, as Comptroller of the State of New York and Trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, derivatively on behalf of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation; California Public Employees' Retirement System; New York State Teachers' Retirement System; New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; New York City Police Department Pension Fund; New York City Teachers' Retirement System; New York City Board of Education Retirement System; New York City Employees' Retirement System; Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association; Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana; City of Philadelphia, acting through its Board of Pensions and Retirement; Concord Investment Company Employees' 401(K) Profit and Sharing Plan and Trust; Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of Robert Moorman, by its Trustee, Sidney J. Silver; Norman Chock, M.D.; Norman Chock, M.D., Inc. Pension and Profit Sharing Plan; Norman Chock, M.D., Inc. Integrated Profit Sharing Plan, by Norman Chock, their Trustee/Owner; Barbara E. Shuster; The May Family Partnership; Samuel Weiss; Moise Katz; Grace M. Gisselquist, Plaintiffs-Appellants, National Industry Pension Fund, Plaintiff, v. Richard L. SCOTT; Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.; R. Clayton McWhorter; T. Michael Long; William T. Young; Frank S. Royal, M.D.; Donald S. MacNaughton; Magdalena Averhoff, M.D.; David T. Vandewater; Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, a nominal deft, Defendants-Appellees. LOUISIANA STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Magdalena AVERHOFF; Jay A. Jarrell; Michael T. Neeb; Robert Whiteside; Thomas F. Frist; T. Michael Long, Jr.; Donald S. MacNaughton; R. Clayton McWhorter; Carl E. Reichardt; Frank Royal; Richard L. Scott; David Vandewater; William T. Young; John Doe, and Richard Doe, being fictitious, the parties intended being those officers, directors, agents and/or employees of the nominal defendant who participated in the wrongful acts involved herein; Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, in whose behalf this action is being brought, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chernau, Chernau, Chaffin & Burnsed, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Daniel L. Berger (argued and briefed), Max W. Berger (briefed), Jeffrey N. Leibell (briefed), Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann, New York, NY, for H. Carl McCall, California Public Employees' Retirement System, New York State Teachers' Retirement System, New York City Fire Dept. Pension Fund, New York City Police Dept. Pension Fund, New York City Teachers' Retirement System, New York City Bd. of Educ. Retirement System, New York City Employees' Retirement System, Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Ass'n, Teachers' Retirement System of LA, City of Philadelphia Bd. of Pensions and Retirement, Concord Investment Co. Employees' 401(K) Profit and Sharing Plan and Trust, Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of Robert Moorman, by its Trustee, Sidney J. Silver, Norman Chick, M.D., Norman Chock, M.D., Inc. Pension and Profit Sharing Plan, Norman Chock, M.D., Inc. Integrated Profit Sharing Plan, by Norman Chock, thier Trustee/Owner, Barbara E. Shuster, The May Family Partnership, Samuel Weiss, Grace M. Gisselquist in Docket No. 99-6370.

Jeffrey N. Leibell (briefed), Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann, New York, NY, for National Industry Pension Fund and Mosie Katz in Docket No. 99-6370.

David D. Aufhauser (briefed), Enu A. Mainigi (briefed), Dennis M. Black (briefed), Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, John D. Kitch (briefed), Kitch & Garman, Nashville, TN, for Richard L. Scott in Docket Nos. 99-6370, 99-6387.

Curtis P. Lu, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Steven A. Riley (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, William J. Meeske (briefed), Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, Paul H. Dawes (argued), Latham & Watkins, Menlo Park, CA, for Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D., R. Clayton McWhorter, T. Michael Long, William T. Young, Frank S. Royal, M.D., Donald S. MacNaughton, Magdalena Averhoff, M.D. in Docket Nos. 99-6370, 99-6387.

James G. Thomas (briefed), Neal & Harwell, William R. Willis, Jr. (briefed), Willis & Knight, Nashville, TN, for Carl E. Reichardt, Judith Ann Karam, CSA, David T. Vanderwater, Colombia/HCA Healthcare Corp. in Docket No. 99-6370.

I. Walton Bader (argued and briefed), Bader & Bader, White Plains, NY, for Louisiana State Employees Retirement System in Docket No. 99-6387.

Steven A. Riley (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, Paul H. Dawes (argued), Latham & Watkins, Menlo Park, CA, for Magdalena Averhoff in Docket No. 99-6387.

Curtis P. Lu, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Steven A. Riley (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, William J. Meeske (briefed), Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, Paul H. Dawes (argued), Latham & Watkins, Menlo Park, CA, for Jay A. Jarrell, Michael T. Neeb, Robert Whiteside in Docket No. 99-6387.

Curtis P. Lu, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Steven A. Riley (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, William J. Meeske (briefed), Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for Carl E. Reichardt in Docket No. 99-6387.

James G. Thomas (briefed), Neal & Harwell, nashville, TN, for David Vandewater in Docket No. 99-6387.

William R. Willis, Jr. (briefed), Willis & Knight, Nashville, TN, for John Doe, Colombia/HCA Health Care Corp.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; GUY and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

These appeals involve a consolidated stockholder derivative action brought on behalf of the nominal defendant, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation (Columbia), against certain of its current and former directors and/or officers. The claims arise out of investigations into allegedly wide-spread and systematic health care fraud by Columbia's hospitals, home health agencies...

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