95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8268, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,273 Richard T. Schwarzschild v. Bernard K. Tse Lawrence D. Lummis Robert C. Wilson Phillip E. White James P. Lally Wyse Technology, Inc. Wt Acquisition Corp. And Channell International Corporation

69 F.3d 293 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8268 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,273 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. Amended Oct. 24, 1995. Joel C. Feffer, Wechsler, Skirnick, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer, New York, New York, for plaintiff-appellant. Steven Schatz, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge NOONAN. 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…