Siracusano

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES SIRACUSANO, Individually  and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 06-15677 D.C. Nos. 

NECA-IBEW PENSION FUND,

Claimant-Appellant, CV 04-0886 MHM

CV 04-1012 MHM

v.

OPINION

MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC.; CARL J.

JOHNSON; WILLIAM J. HEMELT,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Mary H. Murguia, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed October 28, 2009

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, A. Wallace Tashima and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tashima

14507 14510 SIRACUSANO v. NECA-IBEW PENSION FUND

COUNSEL

Joseph D. Daley, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Michael G. Yoder, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, California, for the defendants-appellees. SIRACUSANO v. NECA-IBEW PENSION FUND 14511

OPINION

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (“Matrixx”) is a pharmaceutical company that sells cold products through its…