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### UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

September 22, 2011

________

No. 10

- 4040

________

MITCHELL PARTNERS, L.P.,

Appellant

v.

IREX CORPORATION; NORTH LIME HOLDINGS CORP.;

W. KIRK LIDDELL; DAVID C. KLEINMAN; PAUL J. ISAAC;

JOANN M. JUDGE; MICHAEL J. LARDNER; JOHN O. SHIRK;

THOMAS W. WOLF; LORI A. PICKELL; JAMES E. HIPOLIT;

JANEE. PINKERTON; KENNETH G. STOUDT;

N. THOMPSON WASHBURN

________

No. 10

- 4091

________

MITCHELL PARTNERS, L.P.

v.

IREX CORPORATION; NORTH LIME HOLDINGS CORP.;

W. KI RK LIDDELL; DAVID C. KLEINMAMN; PAUL J. ISAAC;

JOANN M. JUDGE; MICHAEL J. LARDNER; JOHN O. SHIRK;

THOMAS W. WOLF; LORI A. PICKELL; JAMES E. HIPOLIT;

JANE E. PINKERTON; KENNETH G.STOUDT;

N. THOMPSON WASHBURN,

Appellants



### (E.D. Pa. No. 5

- 08

- cv

- 04814 )

Presen t: SLOVITER, FUENTES and GARTH

, Circuit Judges

1. Motion by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Governor of Pennsylvania, For Leave to

File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellee s /Cross

- Appellants ’ Petition

for Panel Rehearing and Re hea ring En Banc;

2. Motion by The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the

Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association , and the Greater Philadelphia

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to File Statement as Amicus Curiae in

Support of Appellees/Cross

- Appellants’ Petition for Panel Rehearing and

Rehearin g En Banc

.

### 3. Petition filed by Appellee Irex Corp. for rehearing before the original panel and

for en banc rehearing.

Respectfully,

Clerk/tmm

_________________________________ORDER________________________________

The foregoing petition for panel rehearing is granted. The panel will prepare an order

certifying to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court the question regarding the interpretation of

Pennsylvania's Busin ess Corporation Law of 1988. In light of the fact that the question

will be certified

, the motions of Governor Corbett and The Pennsylvania Chamber of

Business and Industry, the Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association, and the Greater

Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to file statements or briefs in support of

rehearing are di s missed as moot.

By the Court,

/s/ Dolores K. Sloviter

Circuit Judge

Dated: September 27, 2011

tmm/cc: George W. Croner, Esq.

Christina Donato Saler, Esq.

Steven B. Feirson, Esq.

Erin C. Fisher, Esq.

Cheryl A. Krause, Esq.

Elisa T. Wiygul, Esq.

Robert J. LaRocca, Esq.