Richard T. Schwarzschild v. Bernard K..

58 F.3d 430 64 USLW 2003 , Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,788 , 31 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1329 Richard T. SCHWARZSCHILD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bernard K. TSE, et al.; Lawrence D. Lummis; Robert C. Wilson; Phillip E. White; James P. Lally; Wyse Technology, Inc.; WT Acquisition Corp.; and Channell International Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16681. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 13, 1995. Decided June 22, 1995. Joel C. Feffer, Wechsler, Skirnick, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant. Steven Schatz, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 We consider here a narrow question of procedure involving notices in class action cases. We must decide whether a defendant who has succeeded in obtaining summary judgment may subsequently compel the named plaintiff to give the class the Rule 23(c)(2) notice that is ordinarily given shortly after class certification, or whether by obtaining judgment before the notice is…