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### By order entered May 10, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey consolidated the proceedings at Nos. 01-cv-05734, 01-cv- 06127, 02-cv-00672, 02-00994, and 02-cv-1385 for all purposes. The capti on when the appeal was initially docketed included the captions for all the individual actions. By order dated May 25, 2005, the District Court noted that all plaintiffs’ comp laints had been dismissed in action No. 01-cv05734. As such, this opinion shall be captioned in No. 01-cv-05734 only.

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### The Honorable Louis H. Pollak, District J udge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylva nia, sitting by designation. Precedential
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 05-1070

PATRICIA BENAK, on behalf of Alliance Premier Growth Fund

v. ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.; JOHN D. CARIFA; ALFRED HARRISON; MARK D. GERSTEN; RUTH BLOCK; DAVID H. DIEVLER; JOHN H. DOBKIN; WILLIAM H. FOUL, JR.; JAMES M. HESTER; CLIFFORD L. MICHEL; DONALD J. ROBINSON
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. No. 01-cv-05734) Honorable Jose L. Linares, District Judge *



### Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) November 18, 2005 Before: BARRY and AMBRO, Circuit Judges , and POLLAK, ** 

### District Judge

### James Bonner, Esq. Shalov, Stone & Bonner 485 Seventh Avenue Suite 1000 New York, NY 10018 Counsel for Appellants Patrick J. Goggins, Laura H. Goggins, and Fred B. Voigt Mark A. Kirsch, Esq. James F. Moyle, Esq. Jason A. D’Angelo, Esq. Clifford Chance US 31 West 52 nd

### Street New York, NY 10019-ANDHerbert J. Stern, Esq. Stern & Kilcullen 75 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 Counsel for Appellees Alliance Cap. Mgmt., John D. Carifa, Alfred Harrison, and Mark D. Gersten G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Esq. Venable 2 Hopkins Plaze 1800 Mercantile Bank & Trust Bldg. Baltimore, MD 21201

### -ANDJohn L. Hardiman, Esq. Sullivan & Cromwell 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 Counsel for Appellees Alliance Premier Growth Fund, Ruth Block, David H. Dievler, John H. Dobkin, William H. Foulk, Jr., James M. Hester, Clifford L. Michel, and Donald J. Robinson



### ORDER AMENDING PUBLISHED OPINION BARRY, Circuit Judge IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed January 13, 2006, be amended as follows: On page 2, directly under the name MarkA. Kirsch, Esq., in the caption, add James F. Moyle, Esq. Jason A. D’Angelo, Esq. 

### By the Court,
/s/ Maryanne Trump Barry Dated: February 7, 2006 SLC/cc: Mark A. Kirsch, Esq. Herbert J. Stern, Esq. John L. Hardiman, Esq. G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Esq. James P. Bonner, Esq. James F. Moyle, Esq. Jason A. D’Angelo, Esq.