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IN RE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC. SHAREHOLDER

No. 09-2900.

631 F.3d 913 (2011)

In re UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION. S. Michael Scheeringa, Objector-Appellant, Jan Brandin, In the right of and for the benefit of UnitedHealth Group, Inc.; Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund; Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System; Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund; Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi; St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund; Association; Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado; Public Employees' Retirement System of Ohio; State Teachers' Retirement System of Ohio; Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds; Plaintiffs' Coordinating Committee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William W. McGuire, M.D.; Stephen J. Hemsley; William C. Ballard, Jr.; James A. Johnson; Thomas H. Kean; Douglas W. Leatherdale; Mary O. Mundinger; Robert L. Ryan; William G. Spears; Gail R. Wilensky; United-Health Group, Inc.; James G. Carlson; Arnold H. Kaplan; David P. Koppe; David J. Lubben; Thomas P. McDonough; Jeannine M. Rivet; R. Channing Wheeler; Travers H. Wills; Richard T. Burke; Donna E. Shalala; Robert J. Sheehy, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Frank Siegel , argued, Edward C. Cochran , on the brief, Cleveland, OH, for appellant.

Karl L. Cambronne , argued, Minneapolis, MN, Jack L. Chestnut , Karin Ennette Peterson , Ann E. Walther , Jeffrey D. Bores , Brian F. Rice , Minneapolis, MN, Edward F. Haber , Michelle H. Blauner , Boston, MA, Jay W. Eisenhofer , Alessandra Phillips , Wilmington, DE, Michael J. Barry , Adam Wierzbowski, Beata Gocyk-Farber , C. Chad Johnson , New York, NY, on the brief, for appellee.

Before SMITH, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Objector-Appellant S. Michael Scheeringa challenges the district court's order requiring UnitedHealth Group, Inc., (United-Health) to reimburse derivative counsel for online-research expenses that counsel incurred while litigating a shareholder-derivative suit that ended in a large recovery pursuant to a settlement agreement. In response, Appellees filed a motion to dismiss Scheeringa's appeal, arguing that he lacks standing under Federal Rule...

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