EZRA CHARITABLE TRUST v. RENT-WAY, INC.

No. C.A. 00-323 Erie.

136 F.Supp.2d 435 (2001)

THE EZRA CHARITABLE TRUST, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. RENT-WAY, INC., Jeffrey A. Conway and Matthew J. Marini, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

March 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred G. Yates, Jr., Law Offices of Alfred G. Yates, Jr., H. Yale Gutnick, Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, Gerald L. Rutledge, Law Offices of Alfred G. Yates, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA, Stanley M. Grossman, Marc I. Gross, Patrick V. Dahlstrom, Paul T. Curley, Pomerantz, Haudek, Block, Grossman & Gross, New York City, Michael G. Lange, Alicia M. Duff, Jeffrey C. Block, Berman, Devalerio & Pease, Boston, MA, Charles J. Piven, Law Offices of Charles J. Piven, Baltimore, MD, Daniel E. Bacine, Gerald Rodos, Robert A. Hoffman, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Sherrie R. Savett, Todd S. Collins, Berger & Montague, Barbara A. Podell, Savett, Frutkin, Podell & Ryan, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce W. Bernard, Bernard, Stuczynski & Bonanti, Erie, PA, Solomon B. Cera, Gold, Bennett, Cera & Sidener, LLP, San Francisco, CA, James D. McDonald, The McDonald Group, Erie, PA, for Plaintiff.

Kevin M. Kearney, Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Buffalo, NY, Paul M. Pohl, Bryan D. Kocher, Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, Timothy M. Sennett, Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall, & Sennett, Erie, PA, Robert N. Rapp, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Clevelane, OH, for Defendants.

Jeffrey M. Haber, Wechsler, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer, Timothy MacFall, Bernstein, Liebhard & Lifshitz, New York City, for Movants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This is a class action on behalf of purchasers of Rent-Way securities seeking damages for alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78t(a) and 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5. Presently pending are five motions for the appointment of lead plaintiff and approval of counsel...

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