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LUKAS v. McPEAK

No. 12-6285.

730 F.3d 635 (2013)

Patrick P. LUKAS, derivately on behalf of Miller Energy Resources, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Merrill A. McPEAK, Scott M. Boruff, Deloy Miller, Jonathan S. Gross, Herman Gettelfinger, David Hall, Charles M. Stivers, Don A. Turkleson, David Voyticky, and Miller Energy Resources, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: W. Scott Holleman , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Robert D. Weber , DLA Piper LLP (US) LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees McPeak, Miller, Gross, Gettelfinger, Hall, Stivers, Turkleson, Voyticky, and Miller Energy Resources. Lawrence P. Leibowitz , Leibowitz Law Firm, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee Boruff. ON BRIEF: W. Scott Holleman , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, New York, New York, Al Holifield , Holifield & Associates, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Robert D. Weber , DLA Piper LLP (US) LLP, Los Angeles, California, Lawrence P. Leibowitz , Leibowitz Law Firm, Knoxville, Tennessee, Stephen A. Marcum , Marcum & Petroff, P.C., Huntsville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined. DOWD, D.J. (pp. 11-18), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Patrick P. Lukas appeals the dismissal of his derivative suit on behalf of Miller Energy Resources, Inc. ("Miller"). The district court, applying Tennesee law, dismissed Lukas's derivative suit against Miller and nine of its directors because Lukas brought suit without first making a demand on the Miller Board of Directors to pursue this action, as required by Tennessee law. Lukas argues that the district...

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