In re Diamond Foods Derivative Litigation

For DAVE LUCIA, derivately on behalf of Diamond Foods, Inc., Plaintiff - Appellant: Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Albert Y. Chang, Esquire, Attorney, Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA; Keith Michael Cochran, Attorney, Chapin Fitzgerald LLP, San Diego, CA. For MICHAEL J. MENDES, Defendant - Appellee: Sara Beth Brody, Attorney, Naomi A. Igra, Esquire, Robert B. Martin, III, Attorney, SIDLEY AUSTIN, LLP San Francisco, CA. For STEVEN M. NEIL, Defendant - Appellee: Norman Jeffrey Blears, Esquire, Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Maren Jessica Clouse, Esquire, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Michael J. Shepard, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA. For LAURENCE M. BAER, GLEN C. WARREN, Jr., RICHARD G. WOLFORD, ROBERT J. ZOLLARS, Defendants - Appellees: Paul Jeffrey Collins, Esquire, Steven J. Johnson, Esquire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Ethan Douglas Dettmer, Esquire, Attorney, Joseph Craig Hansen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jonathan C. Dickey, Esquire, Attorney, George A. Schieren, Esquire, Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For EDWARD A. BLECHSCHMIDT, Defendant - Appellee: Paul Jeffrey Collins, Esquire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Ethan Douglas Dettmer, Esquire, Attorney, Joseph Craig Hansen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jonathan C. Dickey, Esquire, Attorney, George A. Schieren, Esquire, Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Susan S. Muck, Esquire, Attorney, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA. For JOHN J. GILBERT, Defendant - Appellee: Steven Andrew Hong, Attorney, James N. Kramer, Senior Litigation Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA. For ROBERT M. LEA, Defendant - Appellee: James N. Kramer, Senior Litigation Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA. For ESTATE OF JOSEPH P. SILVEIRA, Defendant - Appellee: Jonathan Gaskin, Esquire, Attorney, Kaufhold Gaskin LLP, San Francisco, CA; Steven Kaufhold, Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, San Francisco, CA. For DENNIS MUSSELL, Defendant - Appellee: Sean M. Gaffney, Esquire, Attorney, S. Todd Neal, Sean Michael Sullivan, Attorney, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, San Diego, CA. For DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Defendant - Appellee: Dale Eugene Barnes, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Elisa M. Cervantes, Anne Kaldor Sauro, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA. For DIAMOND FOODS, INC., Defendant - Appellee: Dean S. Kristy, Esquire, Jennifer Corinne Bretan, Attorney, Susan S. Muck, Esquire, Attorney, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA.