SCHILLER v. TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.

Docket No. 04-5295-cv.

449 F.3d 286 (2006)

Gregory Schiller, Plaintiff-Appellant, Philippe DE VRIES, Julia Francis De Vries, Trust, Heather Faye Dunbar De Vries, Trust, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, De Vries Family Trust, Trust, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD., Idan Ofer, Ehud Hillman, Eli Harari, N.D. Reddy, Miin Wu, Israel Corp., Israel Corporation Technologies Ltd., Sandisk Corporation, Macronix International, Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, Quicklogic Corporation, Challenge Fund-Etgar II, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Last Papers Submitted: February 3, 2006.

Decided: June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Levit (Jeffrey S. Abraham, on the brief), Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP, New York, NY; Mark D. Stern, P.C. Somerville, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scott Musoff (Jay B. Kasner, Scott D. Musoff, on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Tower Semiconductor Ltd., Idan Ofer, Ehud Hillman, Eli Harari, N.D. Reddy, and Miin Wu.

Daniel L. Cantor (Michael R. Patrick, on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Israel Corporation, Israel Corporation, Technologies Ltd., SanDisk Corporation and Alliance Semiconductor Corporation.

Douglas Clark, Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA, for Defendant-Appellee QuickLogic Corporation.

Before: MINER, WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.


WESLEY, Circuit Judge.

This case pits an old law against a "novel" argument.2 Gregory Schiller ("Schiller") individually appeals the dismissal of a shareholder class action complaint filed against Tower Semiconductor Ltd. ("Tower"), its directors, and certain Tower investors. The complaint alleges that a Tower proxy statement issued by defendants was materially misleading and therefore violated §§ 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities...

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