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CaseNo: PC109370, CourtName: CLASS ACTION II, State: WA Washington, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>PC109370, Entry, Pgs, Class Members, District Court, Pgns, Magistrate Judge, Appeals, Complaint, Class Action, Motion, Pathogenesis, Photran, Montgomery, Judge Ann, Settlement, Lebedoff, Circuit, Fee, Unnamed Class Members, George, Secur, Refer, Securities, Exchange, Judge Jonathan, Intervene, Analysts, Reports, Sales, Fee Award, Pursuant, Standing, Proxima, Common Stock, Kinnard, Individual Defendants, Consolidated Complaint, Gantz, Pathogenesis Corporation, Class Period, Magistrate Judge Arthur, Tobi , ContentID: 120246855

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1   ORDER
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2 2000-04-13 DOCKET
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3 1999-03-26 COMPLAINT
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4 1993-08-01 COMPLAINT
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1 . ORDER

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DISTRICT COURT
APPEALS
ATTORNEYS
CIRCUIT
FEE
UNNAMED CLASS MEMBERS
GEORGE
PLAINTIFFS
INTERVENE
SETTLEMENT
FEE AWARD
STANDING
PROXIMA
CLASS ACTION
DEFENDANTS
DISTRICT JUDGE
REASONABLENESS
PROXIMA CORPORATION
CALIFORNIA
AWARDING ATTORNEYS
SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE SUITS
GROSS RECOVERY
UNITED STATES
DERIVATIVE SUITS
DISCRETION
NAMED CLASS MEMBERS
LITIGATION
SAN DIEGO
KIM MCLANE WARDLAW



                     United States Court of Appeals
                                   Ninth Circuit


      ROBERT POWERS; PETER J.                      ) NO. 98-56997.
      FRANKLIN; SEA BREEZE PRINTING,  ) ARGUED AND SUBMITTED
      INC.; GARVIN D. STANISLAWSKI;  ) JUNE 8, 2000
      STARLOG GROUP, INC. AND                      ) FILED OCT. 20, 2000
      STARLOG GROUP, INC. DEFINED                  )
      PENSION PLAN, ON BEHALF OF                   )
      THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS                    )
      SIMILARLY SITUATED; HOWARD  )
      SOBEL; RICHARD STRAUSZ;                      )
      RICHARD W. HALSEY, PLAINTIFFS- )
      APPELLEES, WILFRED GEORGE,                   )
      CLASS MEMBER/OBJECTOR-                       )
      APPELLANT,                                   ))
      VS.                                          )
      PAUL EICHEN; ROBERT JOHNSON;  )
      KENNETH E. OLSON; FREDERICK                  )
      PARKER; MICHAEL TAMKIN;                      )
      MICHAEL VOGT; DENNIS A.                      )
      WHITTLER; MARY ZOELLER;                      )
      ARTHUR MINICH; JOHN M. SEIBER;  )
      JOHN THOMAS; JEFFREY NASH;                   )
      PROXIMA CORPORATION; JOHN E.  )
      REHFELD; CHARLES S.                          )
      CHESTNUTT, DEFENDANTS.                       )))


      Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Law Offices of Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley,
      California, for the plaintiffs. Keith F. Park, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &
      Lerach LLP, San Diego, California, for the defendants. Robert W. Brownlie,
      Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, LLP, San Diego, CA, for amicus curiae
      Proxima Corporation. Appeal from the United States District Court for the
      Southern District of California; Rudi M. Brewster, District Judge, Presiding.
      D.C. No. CV-96-01431- RMB.

      Before: Alex Kozinski, Thomas G. Nelson, and Kim McLane Wardlaw,






SNIPPETS:
  • PROXIMA CORPORATION; JOHN E.)
  • Keith F. Park, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego, California, for the
  • Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Rudi M.
  • Alex Kozinski, Thomas G. Nelson, and Kim McLane Wardlaw,
  • WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: *1 Wilfred George, an unnamed class member who failed to intervene in
  • We hold that because George filed an objection to the fee request in the district court, he
  • The district court approved the named class members as lead plaintiffs and appointed their
  • George also argued that a lodestar rather than a percentage of recovery calculation should be
  • He relies on decisions in the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits which have extended
  • See Walker v. City of Mesquite, 858 F.2d 1071, 1074 (holding that "n Marino, the Supreme neither has standing to appeal the outcome of litigation); In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs
  • After the district court approved the settlement, Marshall and several other distributors
  • Appellees argue that appellants lack standing because they are neither members of the
  • Distinguishing between Rule 23 and Rule 23.1, the Tenth Circuit has allowed appeals by
  • The court then explained its belief that "an individual dissident class member who did not
  • Unnamed class members, who may not have been privy to the fee negotiations, have a strong

  • 2 . DOCKET

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PGS
    MAGISTRATE JUDGE
    PLAINTIFFS
    COMPLAINT
    MOTION
    PHOTRAN
    MONTGOMERY
    JUDGE ANN
    LEBEDOFF
    SECUR
    REFER
    JUDGE JONATHAN
    DEFENDANT
    COUNSEL
    KINNARD
    CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT
    SETTLEMENT
    MAGISTRATE JUDGE ARTHUR
    MEMORANDUM
    LEAD COUNSEL
    SETLEMENT FUND ADMINISTRATION
    AFFIDAVIT
    INJUNCTION
    REJECTING INVALID CLAIMS
    GRANTING PERMISSION
    FUND ADMINISTRATION FEES
    SEPARATE
    SET ASIDE
    SECURITIES
    
    
    
    Docket as of April 13, 2000 6:02 pm                        Page 1
    
    Proceedings include all events.                                                TERMED
    0:97cv1138 In re: Photran Corp Secur
    REFER
    
                                                                         TERMED REFER
                                U.S. District Court
                               District of Minnesota
    
                        CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 97-CV-1138
    
    In re: Photran Corp Secur                                            Filed:
    05/07/97
    Assigned to: Judge Ann D Montgomery                 Jury demand: Both
                      Referred to: Magistrate Judge Arthur J Boylan
    Demand: $0,000                                      Nature of Suit: 850
    Lead Docket: None                                   Jurisdiction: Federal
    Question
    
    Cause: 15:77 Securities Fraud
    
    
    PHOTRAN CORP. SECURITIES               Richard A Lockridge
    LITIGATION                             FAX 6123390981
             In re                         [COR LD NTC]
                                           Patricia A Bloodgood
                                           FAX 6123390981
                                           [COR LD NTC]
                                           Gregg M Fishbein
                                           FAX 6123390981
                                           [COR LD NTC]
                                           Heidi M Drewes-Silton
                                           [COR LD NTC]
                                           Lockridge Grindal Nauen
                                           100 Washington Ave S Ste 2200
                                           Mpls, MN 55401
                                           (612) 339-6900
    
                                           Charles Harley Johnson
                                           FAX 6516334442
                                           [COR LD NTC]
                                           Johnson & Assoc
                                           2599 Mississippi St
                                           St Paul, MN 55112
                                           651-633-5685
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • 0:97cv1138 In re: Photran Corp Secur
  • REFER
  • Magistrate Judge Arthur J Boylan
  • JOHN G KINNARD & COMPANY,
  • Montgomery per Securities list and referred to
  • Judge Jonathan G. Lebedoff; demand trial by jury
  • injunction (to Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
  • (2 pgs)
  • injunction.[Entry date 05/19/97]
  • motion for preliminary injunction.
  • defendant Kinnard's motion for preliminary injunction.
  • of otherwise plead to Plaintiffs' complaint.
  • 6/6/97 18 MEMORANDUM by defendant Photran Corp. in support of motion
  • 6/6/97 19 AFFIDAVIT of Bruce C. Recher regarding motion for extension
  • counsel)
  • defendants' right to seek separate trials at a later date;
  • appointment of lead plaintiff and approval of lead counsel.
  • 1997 in which to serve and file a consolidated complaint.
  • AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL SETTLEMENT CLASS.
  • for order to set aside the settlement
  • setlement fund administration fees and expenses(to Judge
  • granting permission to distribute settlement
  • rejecting invalid claims, extending deadline for filing

  • 3 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PGNS
    PLAINTIFF
    PATHOGENESIS
    CLASS ACTION
    EXCHANGE
    SECURITIES
    ANALYSTS
    REPORTS
    SALES
    PURSUANT
    COMMON STOCK
    MEMBERS
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    GANTZ
    PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION
    CLASS PERIOD
    TOBI
    EXCHANGE ACT
    AFFILIATES
    MISLEADING
    FINANCIALS
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
    WHOLESALERS
    EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    ALLEGATIONS
    INVESTIGATIONS
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS
    MATERIAL FACTS
    REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
    
    
    
                                         UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                   WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
                                                  AT SEATTLE
    
    PETER GREEN, on behalf of himself and all             |
    others similarly situated,                            |
                                                          | No. [99-CV-00439]
                          Plaintiff,                      | CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR
               v.                                         || VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL
    PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION,                             | SECURITIES LAWS
    WILBUR H. GANTZ and ALAN R. MEYER,  | [filed Mar. 26, 1999]
                                                          |
                          Defendants.                     |
    _______________________________________ ||
    Plaintiff, by his undersigned attorneys, for this class action complaint, alleges the claims
    set forth herein. Plaintiff's claims as to himself and his own actions, as set forth below,
    are based upon personal knowledge. All other allegations are based upon the
    investigations of counsel, which investigations include reviews of the public filings with
    the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") made by Pathogenesis Corporation
    ("PGNS" or the "Company"), securities analysts' reports and advisories about the
    Company, press releases issued by the Company, media reports about the Company and
    other sources. Based upon such investigations, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)(3),
    plaintiff believes that, after reasonable opportunity for discovery, substantial evidentiary
    support will likely exist for the allegations set forth herein.
    
                                         I. NATURE OF THE ACTION
    1. This is a class action brought on behalf of all persons, other than defendants and
    affiliated persons as described below (the "Class"), who purchased or otherwise acquired
    the common stock of PathoGenesis Corporation ("PGNS") between January 25, 1999 and
    March 22, 1999 (the "Class Period"), alleging violations of the federal securities laws.
    
    2. PGNS is, essentially, a one-product company entirely dependent upon the success of
    its formulation of the antibiotic Tobramycin ("TOBI"), an inhaled antibiotic used to treat
    cystic fibrosis.
    
    3. Prior to 1998, PGNS had never had a profitable year. Based with this knowledge, the
    defendants undertook a scheme to artificially inflate fourth quarter 1998 revenues by
    inducing drug wholesalers to overstock their inventories before a seven percent price
    increase of TOBI took effect in December of 1998.
    
    4. In response, these drug wholesalers built up their TOBI inventory levels to $16 million
    during the fourth quarter of 1998 -- when they had previously carried only $5 million to
    $7 million in inventory. Thus, at least $9 million of the "sales" recorded during the fourth
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Plaintiff, by his undersigned attorneys, for this class action complaint, alleges the claims
  • All other allegations are based upon the investigations of counsel, which investigations
  • Based upon such investigations, and pursuant to Fed.
  • P. 11, plaintiff believes that, after reasonable opportunity for discovery, substantial
  • This is a class action brought on behalf of all persons, other than defendants and affiliated
  • PGNS is, essentially, a one-product company entirely dependent upon the success of its
  • the defendants undertook a scheme to artificially inflate fourth quarter 1998 revenues by
  • But defendants were aware, or were reckless in not knowing, that at least $9 million of these
  • On March 22, 1999, the end of the class period, PGNS shocked the market by announcing that
  • This Court has jurisdiction in this action pursuant to Section 27 of the Exchange Act,
  • Defendant Wilbur H. Gantz is, and was at all times relevant hereto, President, Chief
  • Defendants Gantz and Meyer are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the
  • Because of their positions with the Company, the Individual Defendants controlled the
  • The Individual Defendants prepared and/or were provided with copies of the Company's
  • Excluded from the Class are the defendants herein; any subsidiaries or affiliates of PGNS; any such excluded party.
  • The members of the Class are so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable.
  • whether defendants' statements disseminated to the investing public and securities markets by
  • PGNS is, essentially, a "one-product" company, marketing TOBI, an inhaled antibiotic, in the

  • 4 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    JOHN
    SHARES
    PROXIMA
    RATING
    TRUE FACTS
    PROSPECTUS
    IPO
    COMMON
    OLSON
    SEA
    MARKET INDEXES
    NASDAQ
    CLASS PERIOD
    EXCHANGE
    DEFENDANTS
    HARRIS
    UNTERBERG
    FINANCIAL GROUP
    BROTHERS HOLDING COMPANY
    VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS
    CALIFORNIA
    FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
    SEIBER
    SAVIDGE
    JOHNSON
    ROBERT
    CASSIS
    ZOELLER
    MICHAEL VOGT
    
     1      KEVIN  M.  PRONGAY
            EUGENE  MIKOLAJCZYK
     2      J0RDA.N  L.  LURIE
            KATHLEEN  E.  MORAN
     3      CHIMICLES,           BURT,  JACOBSEN  &  McNEW
            633  West  Fifth               Street,         Suite     2200
     4      LOS  Angeles,           CA  90071
            Telephone:           (213)        623-8100
     5      C.  OLIVER  BURT
      6     CHIMICLES,           BURT,  JACOBSEN  &  McNEW
            One  Haverford            Centre
     7      361  West  Lancaster                  Avenue
            Haverford,           PA  19041-0100
     a      Attorneys          for  Plaintiff
      9
    10                                     IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT                      COURT
    11                              FOR  THE  SOUTHERN  DISTRICT  OF  CALIFORNIA
    
    12       JOHN  M.  PROBANDT,  on  Behalf                         of             Case  No.
    13       Himself         and  all  others
             Similarly          Situated,                                     )     CLASS  ACTION
    14                         Plaintiff,                                     ;     COMPLAINT  FOR 
                                                                                    OF  FEDERAL 
    15       V.                                                               i     LAWS  AND  STATE 
                                                                                    AND  DEMAND  FOR 
    16       KENNETH  E.  OLSON,  PAUL  EICHEN,                               ;
             DENNIS  A.  WHITTLER,                     FREDERICK
    17       PARKER,  MICHAEL  VOGT,  MARY  M.
    ia       ZOELLER,  JOHN  L.  CASSIS,
             ROBERT  W.  JOHNSON,  JOHN  W.
    19       SAVIDGE,  JOHN  M.  SEIBER,  STATE
             FARM  MUTUAL  AUTOMOBILE
    20       INSURANCE  COMPANY,  PATHFINDER
             VENTURE  CAPITAL  FUND  II,                        NEW
    21       WEST  PARTNERS,  SOUTHERN
             CALIFORNIA  VENTURES,
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
     
  • 17 PARKER, MICHAEL VOGT, MARY M. ia ZOELLER, JOHN L. CASSIS,
  • ROBERT W. JOHNSON, JOHN W. 19 SAVIDGE, JOHN M. SEIBER, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
  • CALIFORNIA VENTURES, VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
  • BROTHERS HOLDING COMPANY,
  • 25 FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.,
  • UNTERBERG, HARRIS, and PROXIMA
  • Defendants.
  • 11 @@Exchange Act"') (15 U.S.C. S 7aa et
  • 22 and traded as high as $19.00 per share during the Class Period
  • NASDAQ, and other market indexes.
  • 15 & sea.).
  • 10 June 25, 1993, Olson owned 335,892 shares of the Company's common
  • 28 the IPO was completed.
  • 24 and Prospectus.
  • 18 the true facts.
  • 16 of our 1-S rating.*@
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