Rubke
Rubke v. Capitol Bancorp Ltd
Opinion
Opinion
Bybee, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ELLEN RUBKE, as Trustee of the 1986 Rubke Living Trust; JACK FERGUSON, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated shareholders of Napa No. 07-15083 Community Bank, Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No.
CV-05-04800-PJH
v. OPINION CAPITOL BANCORP LTD, a Michigan corporation; JOSEPH D.
REID,
Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Phyllis J. Hamilton, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted October 22, 2008—San Francisco, California
Filed January 13, 2009
Before: Robert R. Beezer, Jane R. Roth,* and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Bybee
*The Honorable Jane R. Roth, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation. COUNSEL
James V. Weixel, Jr., San Francisco, California; George S. Trevor, Corte Madera, California; John F. Friedemann and Kyle M. Fisher, Friedemann Goldberg LLP, Santa Rosa, Cali- fornia, for the plaintiffs-appellants.