US Court of Appeals Docket as of 01/19/2008 Retrieved from the court on Thursday, January 24, 2008 General Docket US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Second Circuit Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Docket #: Nsuit : 3160 06-5298-cv CONTRACT-Stockholder Suits Levitt v. Bear Stearns & Co Filed 11/16/06 Appeal from: EDNY (CENTRAL ISLIP) Case type information: Civil Private None Lower court information: District: Trial Judge: MagJudge: 99-cv-2789 Arthur D. Spatt Michael L. Orenstein Date Filed: 05/19/99 Date order/judgement: 10/31/2006 Date NOA filed: 11/16/2006 Fee status: Paid Panel Assignment: Panel: RJM RSP NONE 500 Pearl Date of decision: 12/18/07 Prior cases: NONE Current cases NONE Official Caption 1/ --------------------------------------
Docket No. [s] : 06-5298 -cv(l), 07-0173-cv(XAP) Robert Levitt, for himself, as custodian for Richard Levitt, as custodian for Monica Levitt, Robert Rice, Stephen G. Siben, Stephen Strobehn, Stanley Veltkamp, Philip C. Vitanza, for himself, for Elizabeth Vitanza, for Luke Vitanza, John T. White, as Trustee, Guy V. Wood, as Trustee, Carl Zander Jr., as Trustee and Ted M. Jones, as Trustee, Kathryn N. Jones, as Trustee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v Thomas Rogers, Marie Garrett, William V. Wright, Michael Reynoso, Andrew Petit and Michael A. Lepera, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and Bear Stearns Securities Corp., Defendants-Appellees. -------------------------------------- Authorized Abbreviated Caption 2/ -------------------------------------- Docket No. [s] : 06-5298 -cv Levitt v. Bear Stearns & Co -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 1/ Fed. R. App. P. Rule 12 [a] and 32 [a]. 2/ For use on correspondence and motions only. Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 2 Carl Zander Plaintiff-Appellant Carl Zander Andrew Petit David J. Goldsmith Esq. Plaintiff-Appellee [ LD ret ]
Labaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY, 10005 212-907-0879 Marie Garrett David J. Goldsmith Esq.(See above) Plaintiff-Appellee [ LD ret ] Michael A. Lepera David J. Goldsmith Esq.(See above) Plaintiff-Appellee [ LD ret ] Thomas Rogers David J. Goldsmith Esq.(See above) Plaintiff-Appellee [ LD ret ] Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 3 Guy V. Wood Plaintiff-Appellant Guy V. Wood Thomas Rogers Jonathan M. Plasse Esq. Plaintiff-Appellee [ n ] Labaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY, 10005 212-907-0700 Kathryn N. Jones Plaintiff-Appellant Kathryn N. Jones John T. White Leslie Trager Esq. 212-721-1192 Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 4
Philip C. Vitanza Robert Levitt Robert Rice Stanley Veltkamp Stephen G. Siben Michael Reynoso Plaintiff-Appellee Michael Reynoso Labaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY, 10005 Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 5 Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. Michael D. Schissel Esq. Defendant-Appellee [ LD ret ] Arnold & Porter, LLP 399 Park Ave. New York, NY, 10022 212-715-1157 Bear Stearns Securities Corp. Michael D. Schissel Esq.(See above) Defendant-Appellee [ LD ret ] Stephen Strobehn Plaintiff-Appellant Stephen Strobehn Ted M. Jones Ted M. Jones
Plaintiff-Appellant Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 6 William V. Wright Plaintiff-Appellee William V. Wright Labaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY, 10005 Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 7 11/16/06 Copy of notice of appeal and district court docket entries on behalf of APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, filed. [Entry date Nov 22 2006 ] [JC] 11/22/06 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, Form C filed, with proof of service. [Entry date Nov 28 2006 ] [JC] 11/22/06 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, Form D filed, with proof of service. [Entry date Nov 28 2006 ] [JC] 12/1/06 Scheduling order #1 filed. Record on appeal due 12/29/2006. Appellants brief due 1/5/2007. Appellees brief due 2/6/2007. Ready week 3/19/2007. [Entry date Dec 4 2006 ] [JC] 12/1/06 Pre-Argument Conference Notice and Order from Lisa Greenberg, Scheduled For: Friday 12/15/06 at 3pm, Filed. [Entry date Dec 4 2006 ] [JC] 12/7/06 Notice of appeal acknowledgment letter from Leslie Trager received. [Entry date Dec 7 2006 ] [JC] 12/18/06 Scheduling order #2 filed. Record on appeal due 2/6/2007. Appellants brief due 2/13/2007. Appellees brief due 3/16/2007. Ready week 4/30/2007. [Entry date Dec 18
2006 ] [JC] 12/21/06 Notice of appeal acknowledgment letter from Michael Schissel received. [Entry date Dec 26 2006 ] [JC] 1/29/07 Record on appeal index in lieu of record filed. [Entry date Jan 30 2007 ] [JC] 2/13/07 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, defective brief filed. Notice sent to party to correct by 3/2/07. [Entry date Feb 22 2007 ] [JC] 2/13/07 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, brief FILED with proof of service. [Entry date Mar 8 2007 ] [JC] 2/13/07 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 8 Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, joint appendix filed w/pfs.2 vols [Entry date Mar 8 2007 ] [JC] 2/13/07 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, special appendix filed(w/pfs) [Entry date Mar 8 2007 ] [JC] 2/20/07 Non-dispositive stip consolidating this appeal with 06-5298-cv and granting permission not to file for c & d in this appeal FILED. [Entry date Feb 22 2007 ] [JC] 2/22/07 Notice to counsel in re: Stipulation filed 2/20/07 [Entry date Feb 22 2007 ] [JC] 3/1/07 Index in lieu of Record on Appeals Electronically Filed (Original documents remain in the originating court). [Entry date Mar 5 2007 ] [JC] 3/2/07 Copy of district court order, dated 2/28/07, RECEIVED. [Entry date Mar 5 2007 ] [JC] 3/5/07 The CAPTION PAGE for this appeal has been AMENDED. [Entry date Mar 5 2007 ] [JC] 3/9/07 Notice of appearance form on behalf of David J.Goldsmith, filed. (Orig in acco, copy to Calendar and Admissions Dept.). [Entry date Mar 13 2007 ] [JC]
3/16/07 APPELLEE Andrew Petit, Marie Garrett, Michael Lepera, Thomas Rogers, brief filed with proof of service. [Entry date Mar 19 2007 ] [JC] 3/16/07 Anti-Virus Certificate on behalf of APPELLEE Andrew Petit, Marie Garrett, Michael Lepera, Thomas Rogers, Brief, Received. [Entry date Mar 19 2007 ] [JC] 3/16/07 APPELLEE Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Bear Stearns Securities Corp., brief filed with proof of service. [Entry date Mar 30 2007 ] [JC] 3/16/07 Anti-Virus Certificate on behalf of APPELLEE Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Bear Stearns Securities Corp., Brief, Received. [Entry date Mar 30 2007 ] [JC] 3/30/07 APPELLANT John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, reply brief filed with proof of service. [Entry date Apr 10 2007 ] [JC] 6/21/07 Letter received from Leslie Trager, dated Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 9 6/18/07, informing the court of unavailable argument dates. (copy sent to calendar) [Entry date Jun 22 2007 ] [JC] 8/10/07 Proposed for argument the week of 10/29/07. [Entry date Aug 10 2007 ] [CA] 9/4/07 Set for argument on 10/30/07 [Entry date Sep 4 2007 ] [SC] 9/4/07 Letter received from Appellees' attorney David Goldsmith requesting rescheduling of oral argument. [Entry date Sep 10 2007 ] [LY] 9/5/07 Calendar argument notice mailed to attorneys/parties. [Entry date Sep 5 2007 ] [RD] 10/10/07 Notice of change of firm name and address from Jonathan M. Plasse, Esq. and David J. Goldsmith, Esq. received. [Entry date Oct 11 2007 ] [AM] 10/25/07 Letter dated 10/25/07 submitted by attorney Kerry A. Dziubek informing the court that due to conflict in Michael Schissel`s schedule, attorney Dziubek will be arguing the appeal for the Bear Sterns Defendants,
received cc: Calendar. [Entry date Oct 26 2007 ] [KR] 10/30/07 Case heard before: MINER, POOLER, C.JJ. CD dated: 10/30/07 [Entry date Oct 30 2007 ] [AG] 12/18/07 Judgment filed; judgment of the district court is VACATED and REMANDED to the district court, by detailed order of the court without opinion filed. (RSP) [Entry date Dec 18 2007 ] [LY] 12/18/07 Notice to counsel in re: summary order 12/18/07 [Entry date Dec 18 2007 ] [LY] 1/2/08 APPELLANTS John White, Philip Vitanza, Robert Levitt, Robert Rice, ET AL, itemized and verified bill of costs received, w/pfs. [Entry date Jan 7 2008 ] [TM] 1/9/08 APPELLEE Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Bear Stearns Securities Corp., opposition to bill of costs with proof of service filed. [Entry date Jan 9 2008 ] [KR] 1/19/08 Judgment MANDATE ISSUED. [Entry date Jan 19 2008 ] [LY] Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 10 Docket as of January 19, 2008 8:06 pm Page 11 Note: Links in this docket are stored in the PACER system (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). PACER is a service of United States Judiciary. To view and retrieve the linked documents from PACER, you must be a registered user. To register, fill out one of the registration forms available on the PACER site. The United States Congress has given the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judicial governing body of the U.S. Federal Courts, authority to impose user fees for electronic access to case information. For more information visit the PACER site at http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pacerdesc.html