Dannenberg v. The Software Toolworks Inc.

16 F.3d 1073 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,078, 28 Fed.R.Serv.3d 128 Richard B. DANNENBERG; Mindy Blitz; Kenneth Homer Fleisher; Steven G. Cooperman; Nathaniel Orme; Ervin H. Fishman, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS INC.; Leslie Crane; Elizabeth M. Barker; Deloitte & Touche, et al.; PaineWebber Incorporated; Montgomery Securities, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16718. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 13, 1993. Decided Feb. 18, 1994. Leonard B. Simon and Alan Schulman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Spechthrie & Lerach, San Diego, California; Sherrie R. Savett, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ronald Litowitz, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Gorssmann, New York, New York, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Leslie G. Landau, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Deloitte & Touche. Boris Feldman, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California, for defendants-appellees Montgomery Securities and PaineWebber. William F. Alderman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District…