Noelle Lee v. Robert Fisher
Opinion
Opinion
M. SMITH, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
NOELLE LEE, derivatively on behalf No. 21-15923 of The Gap, Inc, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-06163- v. SK
ROBERT J. FISHER; SONIA SYNGAL;
ARTHUR PECK; AMY BOHUTINSKY; OPINION
AMY MILES; ISABELLA D. GOREN;
BOB L. MARTIN; CHRIS O'NEILL;
ELIZABETH A. SMITH; JOHN J.
FISHER; JORGE P. MONTOYA; MAYO
A. SHATTUCK III; TRACY GARDNER;
WILLIAM S. FISHER; DORIS F.
FISHER; THE GAP, INC., Nominal Defendant, Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Sallie Kim, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted April 14, 2022 San Francisco, California
Filed May 13, 2022 Before: RICHARD R. CLIFTON and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and CHRISTINA REISS, * District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.
SUMMARY **
Forum Selection
The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Noelle Lee’s shareholder derivative action alleging that The Gap, Inc. and its directors (collectively, Gap) failed to create meaningful diversity within company leadership roles, and that Gap made…