LITWIN v. BLACKSTONE GROUP, L.P.

Docket No. 09-4426-cv.

634 F.3d 706 (2011)

Martin LITWIN, Max Poulter, Francis Brady, and Landmen Partners, Inc., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BLACKSTONE GROUP, L.P., Stephen A. Schwarzman, Michael A. Puglisi, Peter J. Peterson, and Hamilton E. James, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A.P. Brower , Brower Piven, PC, New York, NY ( Caitlin M. Moyna , Brower Piven, PC, and Samuel H. Rudman , David A. Rosenfeld , and Mark M. Millkey , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Bruce D. Angiolillo , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP ( Jonathan K. Youngwood , on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MINER, CABRANES, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Harold Baer, Jr., Judge), entered on September 25, 2009, dismissing plaintiffs' putative securities class action complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. See Landmen Partners Inc. v. Blackstone Group, L.P., 659 F.Supp.2d 532

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