MATTER OF DISH NETWORK

Nos. 69012, 69729.

401 P.3d 1081 (2017)

133 Nev.Adv.Opn. 61

In the MATTER OF DISH NETWORK DERIVATIVE LITIGATION. Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund, Appellant, v. George R. Brokaw; Charles M. Lillis; Tom A. Ortolf; Charles W. Ergen; Cantey M. Ergen; James Defranco; David K. Moskowitz; Carl E. Vogel; Thomas A. Cullen; Kyle J. Kiser; and R. Stanton Dodge, Respondents. In the Matter of DISH Network Derivative Litigation. Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund, Appellant, v. George R. Brokaw; Charles M. Lillis; Tom A. Ortolf; Charles W. Ergen; Cantey M. Ergen; James Defranco; David K. Moskowitz; Carl E. Vogel; Thomas A. Cullen; Kyle J. Kiser; and R. Stanton Dodge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonald Carano, LLP, and Jeffrey A. Silvestri and Amanda C. Yen , Las Vegas, and Debbie A. Leonard , Reno; Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman, LLP, and Mark Lebovitch , Jeroen Van Kwawegen , and Adam D. Hollander , New York, New York, for Appellant.

Holland & Hart, LLP, and J. Stephen Peek , Robert J. Cassity , and David J. Freeman , Las Vegas, and Holly Stein Sollod , Denver, Colorado; Young, Conway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, and David C. McBride , Robert S. Brady , C. Barr Flinn , and Emily V. Burton , Wilmington, Delaware, for Respondents, George R. Brokaw, Charles M. Lillis, and Tom A. Ortolf.

Reisman Sorokac and Joshua H. Reisman and Robert R. Warns III , Las Vegas; Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP, and James C. Dugan , Tariq Mundiya , and Mary K. Warren , New York, New York, for Respondents, Charles W. Ergen and Cantey M. Ergen.

Pisanelli Bice, PLLC, and James J. Pisanelli and Debra L. Spinelli , Las Vegas; Sidley Austin, LLP, and Bruce R. Braun , Chicago, Illinois, for Respondents Thomas A. Cullen, Kyle J. Kiser, and R. Stanton Dodge.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, and Maximilien D. Fetaz , Kirk B. Lenhard , and Jeffrey S. Rugg , Las Vegas; Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, and Brian T. Frawley , New York, New York, for Respondents James DeFranco, David K. Moskowitz, Carl E. Vogel, and (in their capacity as Director Defendants) George R. Bokaw, Charles M. Lillis, and Tom A. Ortolf.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

Appellant Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund (Jacksonville) brought suit, derivatively on behalf of DISH Network Corporation, challenging certain conduct of, among others, Charles W. Ergen, the chairman and chief executive officer of DISH. To investigate Jacksonville's claims, DISH's board...

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