NEIL v. ZELL

No. 08 C 6833.

677 F.Supp.2d 1010 (2009)

Dan NEIL, Corie Brown, Henry Weinstein, Walter Roche, Jr., Myron Levin and Julie Makinen, individuals, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Samuel ZELL; Greatbanc Trust Company, a Delaware corporation; EGI-TRB, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Tribune Company Employee Benefits Committee, Gerald Agema, Harry Amsden, Chandler Bigelow, Michael Bourgon, Donald Grenesko, James King, Luis E. Lewin, Ruthellyn Musil, Susan O'Connor, John Poelking, Naomi Sachs, Irene Sewell, Gary Weitman, Jeffrey S. Berg, Brian L. Greenspun, Betsy D. Holden, William A. Osborn, William Pate, Mary Agnes Wilderotter, Mark Shapiro, Frank Wood, Dennis J. Fitzsimons, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

As Amended March 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Feinberg, Todd F. Jackson, Angelica Jongco, Nina Wasow, Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker & Jackson, PC, Oakland, CA, Gerald S. Ohn, Joseph W. Cotchett, Laura Schlichtmann, Philip L. Gregory, Cotchett Pitre and McCarthy, Burlingaihe, CA, Hina E. Sodha, Michael M. Mulder, Paul William Mollica, Thomas R. Meites, Meites, Mulder, Mollica & Glink, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Craig Christopher Martin, David J. Bradford, Amy Danielle Wills, Barry Levenstam, Douglas Allen Sondgeroth, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are six current and former employees of Tribune Company who participated in the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"), which was created in 2007 as part of a deal that converted Tribune Company from a publicly traded company to a private company wholly owned by the ESOP. They seek to represent a class of participants in the ESOP. Defendants include GreatBanc,...

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