GRYL EX REL. SHIRE PHARM. v. SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS

No. 01-9139.

298 F.3d 136 (2002)

Frank GRYL, for the benefit of SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC and Barbara Gryl, for the benefit of Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC, Zola Horovitz, Ronald Nordmann and John Spitznagel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Last Supplemental Briefs Filed: July 12, 2002.

Decided: August 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lopez, Southampton, NY, (David Corsi, Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross, LLP, Santa Rosa, CA, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ian Rosenberg, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY, (Jonathan D. Thier and Catherine Smith, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC.

Thomas A. Arena, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, (Richard E. Rosberger and John A. Boyle, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Zola Horovitz, Ronald Nordmann and John Spitznagel.

Giovanni P. Prezioso, Washington, DC, (Eric Summergrad and Allan A. Capute, on the brief), submitted a brief for amicus curiae Securities and Exchange Commission.

Before STRAUB, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Frank and Barbara Gryl, suing on behalf of Nominal Defendant Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC ("Shire"), seek to compel the disgorgement of short-swing profits realized through the acquisition and sale of Shire securities by Defendants-Appellees Zola Horovitz, Ronald Nordmann and John Spitznagel (the "individual defendants"). The plaintiffs are shareholders of Shire and the individual defendants serve on Shire's board of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases