Southern Regional Joint Board of Unite v. May Department Stores Co.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Union of Needle-trades, Industrial & Textile Employees (“Unite”), The Southern Regional Joint Board of Unite, and The May Company Independent Shareholders Committee (collectively, “UNITE”) appeal from the Judgment and Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered November 24, 1997, dismissing UNITE’s case for failure to state a cause of action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and failure to plead with particularity the circumstances constituting the claim for violation of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule…