PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI v. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

No. 09 CV 1110 (HB).

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., INC., DANIEL L. SPARKS, MARK WEISS, JONATHAN S. SOBEL, GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2006-2, GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2006-3, and GSAMP TRUST 2006-S2, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jai Kamal Chandrasekhar , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Timothy Alan DeLange , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (San Diego), representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Theodore Edelman , Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

John L. Gadow , Pond, Gadow & Tyler, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiffs).

Lawrence Thomas Gresser , Cohen & Gresser, LLP, representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Brett D. Jaffe , Cohen & Gresser, LLP, representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Chad Johnson , Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman, L.L.P., representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Richard Howard Klapper , Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc. Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Lauren Amy McMillen , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Brett M. Middleton , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (San Diego), representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff), Pro Hac Vice.

D. Andrew Pietro , Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP(NYC), representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Nathaniel P. T. Read , Cohen & Gresser, LLP, representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

David Maxwell Rein , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Patrice Alecia Rouse , Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

David R. Stickney , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Michael Thomas Tomaino, Jr , Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

Blake Tyler , Pond, Gadow & Tyler, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiff).

Alexandra Sarah Wald , Cohen & Gresser, LLP, representing GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc., Daniel L. Sparks, Jonathan S. Sobel, Mark Weiss, (Defendants).

David Lloyd Wales , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, representing Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, (Lead Plaintiffs).


OPINION & ORDER

HAROLD BAER, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi ("Plaintiff" or "MissPERS") moves pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and 23(b)(3) to (1) certify a class of all persons and entities that purchased or acquired publicly offered certificates of GSAMP Trust 2006-S2 (the "Offering") and who were damaged thereby (the "Class"); and (2) appoint Plaintiff as Class Representative and Bernstein Litowitz...

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