Legal Opinion
Gryl ex rel. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC v. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 2002No. 01-9139PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUB, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Frank and Barbara Gryl, suing on behalf of Nominal Defendant Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC (“Shire”), seek to compel the disgorgement of short-swing profits realized through the acquisition and sale of Shire securities by Defendants-Appellees Zola Horovitz, Ronald Nordmann and John Spitznagel (the “individual defendants”). The plaintiffs are shareholders of Shire and the individual defendants serve on Shire’s board of directors. This derivative suit is actionable pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act, which provides in…
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