IN RE SUPREMA SPECIALITIES, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

Nos. CIV.A. 02-0168, CIV.A. 02-3099.

334 F.Supp.2d 637 (2004)

In re SUPREMA SPECIALTIES, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION Special Situations Fund, III, L.P., et al., Plaintiffs v. Mark Cocciola, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Depalma, Lead Attorney, Lite, DePalma, Greenberg and Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Donald Smith, Plaintiff (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Lawrence M. Rolnick, Lawrence M. Rolnick, Lowestein Sandler, PC, Roseland, NJ, for Special Situations Fund, III, L.P., Plaintiff (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Lawrence M. Rolnick, Lead Attorney, Lowestein Sandler, PC, Roseland, NJ, for Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P., Plaintiff (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Leo W. Desmond, Lead Attorney, Sparta, NJ, for Scott Walls, Consolidated Plaintiff (2:02-CV-00168-WHW).

Joseph J. Depalma, Lead Attorney, Lite, Depalma, Greenberg and Rivas, LCC, Newark, NJ, for Rena Nadoff, Gregory Harris, Consolidated Plaintiff (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

J. Erik Sandstedt, Lead Attorney, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Westfield, NJ, for Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, Consolidated Plaintiff (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Diane J. O'Neill, Lead Attorney, Mendes & Mount, Esqs., Newark, NJ, for Mark Cocchiola, Marco Cocchiola, Defendants (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Pamela J. Labaj, Lead Attorney, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP, New York City, for Stevens Venechanos, Defendant (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Theodore D. Moskowitz, Lead Attorney, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Rudolph Acosta, Paul Desocia, Barry Rutcofsky, Defendants(2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Cathy Fleming, Lead Attorney, Edwards & Angell, LLP, Short Hills, NJ, for BDO Seidman, LLP, Defendant (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).

Nancy E. Delaney, Lead Attorney, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, PC, New York City, for Steven Venechanos, Defendant (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Joseph E. Lubertazzi, Jr., Theodore D. Moskowitz, Lead Attorney, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Rudolph Acosta, Paul Desocio, Barry Rutcofsky, Defendants (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., Lead Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Princeton, NJ, for BDO Seidman LLP, Defendant (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Cathy Fleming, Lead Attorney, Edwards & Angell, New York City, for BDO Seidman LLP, Defendant (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Robert A. Assuncao, Lead Attorney, Piper Rudnick LLP, Edison, NJ, for Oberweis.net, Westminster Securities Corp., Defendants (2:02-cv-0399-WHW).

Anthony P. Larocco, Lead Attorney, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Newark, NJ, for Paulson Investment Company, Inc., Defendant (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Frederick M. Klein, Lead Attorney, Nicoletti, Hornig, Campise & Sweeney, Esqs., Hackensack, NJ, for Westport Resources Investment Services, Inc., Defendant (2:02-cv-03099-WHW).

Michael J. Canavan, Lead Attorney, Pepper Hamilton, LLP, Princeton, NJ, for Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Janny Montgomery Scott, LLC, Pacific Growth Equities, Consolidated Defendant (2:02-cv-00168-WHW).


OPINION

WALLS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss the Complaint in two securities fraud cases that were consolidated before this Court as In re Suprema Specialties, Inc. Securities Litig. The first case, Civ. No. 02-168 (the "Class Action"), is a class action prosecuted by lead plaintiff Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (the "Lead Plaintiff"). The second, Civ. No. 02-3099, is prosecuted by plaintiffs...

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