STENDER v. ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST

No. 18-1432.

958 F.3d 938 (2020)

Steven A. STENDER; Infinity Clark Street Operating, LLC, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Harold Silver, Plaintiff, v. ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST; Archstone-Smith Trust; Ernest A. Gerardi, Jr.; Ruth Ann M. Gillis; Ned S. Holmes; Robert P. Kogod; James H. Polk, III; John C. Schweitzer; R. Scot Sellers; Robert H. Smith; Stephen R. Demeritt; Charles Mueller, Jr.; Caroline Brower; Mark Schumacher; Alfred G. Neely; Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.; Tishman Speyer Development Corporation; River Holding, LP; River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC; River Acquisition (MD), LP; Archstone-Smith Multifamily Series I Trust; Archstone, Inc.; AvalonBay Communities, INC.; Archstone Enterprise, LP; ERP Operating Limited Partnership; Equity Residential, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED May 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Townsend , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C. ( Mathew W.H. Wessler , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C., and Kenneth A. Wexler and Kara A. Elgersma , Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, Illinois, and Lee Squitieri , Squitieri & Fearon, LLP, New York, New York, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Adam B. Banks , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York ( Jonathan D. Polkes , Caroline Hickey Zalka , and Justin D. D'Aloia , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, and Frederick J. Baumann and Alex C. Myers , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Denver, Colorado, with him on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.


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