HELWIG v. VENCOR, INC.

No. 99-5153.

251 F.3d 540 (2001)

A. Carl HELWIG, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated; Gary Barnes; Meredith Wilson Brown; Robert Brown; S. Kay Lutes; Sybil R. Meisel; Barbara E. Shuster, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VENCOR, INC.; W. Bruce Lunsford; W. Earl Reed, III; Michael R. Barr; Thomas T. Ladt; Jill L. Force; James H. Gillenwater, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kenneth J. Vianale, MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES & LERACH, Boca Raton, Florida, for Appellants.

Gregory P. Joseph, FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON, New York, New York, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Kenneth J. Vianale, MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES & LERACH, Boca Raton, Florida, James F. Milliman, Charles G. Middleton, III, MIDDLETON & REUTLINGER, Louisville, Kentucky, David Kessler, SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Arthur R. Miller, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Appellants. Gregory P. Joseph, David B. Hennes, Kirsa Phillips, FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON, New York, New York, David B. Tachau, TACHAU, MADDOX, HOVIOUS & DICKENS, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Jacob H. Stillman, Luis DeLaTorre, Eric Summergrad, U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

James F. Milliman (briefed), Thomas P. O'Brien, III, Charles G. Middleton, III (briefed), Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville, KY, Kenneth J. Vianale (argued and briefed), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, Boca Raton, FL, David Kessler (briefed), Schiffrin & Barroway, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Arthur R. Miller (briefed), Professor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, NU, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David B. Hennes (briefed), Gregory P. Joseph (argued and briefed), Kirsa Phillips (briefed), Rachel S. Fleishman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY, David B. Tachau (briefed), Tachau, Maddox, Hovious & Dickens, Louisville, KY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jacob H. Stillman (briefed), Luis DeLaTorre (briefed), Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, Eric Summergrad (briefed), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; MERRITT, KENNEDY, BOGGS, NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, SILER, BATCHELDER, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, COLE, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

MERRITT, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MARTIN, C. J., DAUGHTREY, MOORE, COLE, CLAY, and GILMAN, JJ., joined. KENNEDY, J. (pp. 566-73), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, with BOGGS, NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, SILER, and BATCHELDER, JJ., joining in Judge KENNEDY's dissent.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

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