Legal Opinion
In Re Sonus Networks, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 16, 2007No. 06-1937PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Michael Pisnoy, Michelle Burke, and Daniel Williams, suing derivatively on behalf of Sonus Networks, Inc., appeal from the district court’s order dismissing their suit on the basis of issue preclusion. In re Sonus Networks, Inc., S’holder Derivative Litig., 422 F.Supp.2d 281 (D.Mass.2006). They contend that the dismissal of an earlier derivative suit in Massachusetts state court for failure to plead either demand on the Sonus board of directors or the futility of such a demand should not bar this suit because the federal plaintiffs are not in privity with the…
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