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Just For Feet, Inc.
Conclusion: According to the docket, on March 4, 2002, the Court entered the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal with prejudice approving the Stipulation of Partial Settlement between and among the plaintiff Class and former Just For Feet, Inc. employees, officers, and/or directors. Also that day, the Court further entered the Final Order and Judgment approving the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement between and among the Class and defendants Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and certain individual defendants. A notice of appeal was soon after filed by the defendant over the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal with prejudice and the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal regarding the Order awarding fees and reimbursement of expenses.

The Notice of Settlement announces that the proposed Just For Feet Settlement creates a fund in the amount of approximately $24.5 million in cash, plus interest that accrues on the fund prior to distribution. In addition, the proposed Deloitte Settlement creates a fund in the amount of $7,400,000 in cash, plus interest that accrues on the fund prior to distribution.

The original securities class action complaint charges the defendants with violations of the federal securities laws (specifically, sections 10(b) and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the Securities Exchange Commission) by, among other things, misrepresenting and/or omitting material information concerning the Company's net earnings. The complaint further charges that these misrepresentations were the result of the combined defendants actions in, among other things, creating false billings for advertising and fixed asset costs to its vendors, understating its cost of sales through acquisition accounting, capitalizing inventory costs that should have been recorded as expenses, overstating inventory by failing to account for missing or obsolete inventory, and creating fictitious postings to both the inventory and expense accounts. The price of Just for Feet's shares were thereby artificially inflating during the Class Period.

The defendants named in the action are certain key officers and controlling personnel of Just for Feet, Inc. and the Company's auditors, Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P. This action is not brought against the Company, who announced on November 2, 1999, that it was seeking Chapter XI bankruptcy protection.

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION:
SIC Code: 5661
Sector: Services
Industry: Retail (Apparel)


COMPANY/ISSUER NAME: Just For Feet, Inc.
COMPANY/ISSUER TICKER: FEET
COMPANY WEBSITE:

FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT IN THE DATABASE
Burke, et al. v. Ruttenberg, et al.
 COURT: N.D. Alabama  DOCKET NUMBER: 99-CV-03097
 JUDGE NAME: Hon. H. D. Buttram
 DATE FILED: 11/19/1999  SOURCE: Notice of Filing
 CLASS PERIOD START: 4/1/1997  CLASS PERIOD END: 11/1/1999
 TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Complaint (Unamended and Unconsolidated)
 PLAINTIFF FIRMS NAMED IN COMPLAINT:
  • Grant & Eisenhofer PA
      1201 N. Market Street, Suite 2100, Wilmington, DE, 19801
       (voice) 302.622.7000, (fax) 302.622.7100, info@gelaw.com
  • Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, LLP
      Massey Building, Suite 800; 2025 3rd Avenue, North, Birmingham, AL, 35203-3331
       (voice) (205) 328-5330, (fax) (205) 324-2165,
  • Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC
      1400 Park Place Tower; 2001 Park Place North, Suite 1400, Birmingham, AL, 35203-2700
       (voice) (205) 251-1000, (fax) (205) 324-1133, ter@hsy.com
  • Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP (New York, NY)
      One Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY, 10119-1065
       (voice) 212.594.5300, (fax) ,
  • Ritchie & Rediker, L.L.C.
      312 North 23rd Street, Birmingham, AL, 35203
       (voice) 1800.251.1127, (fax) 205.324.7830, tkrebs@ritchie-rediker.com
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  5

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT
    Class Action Complaint
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 11/18/1999

    REFERENCE COMPLAINT
    State of Wisconsin Investment Board, et al. v. Ruttenberg, et al.
     COURT: N.D. Alabama  DOCKET NUMBER: 99-CV-03097
     JUDGE NAME: Hon. H. D. Buttram
     DATE FILED: 6/15/2000  SOURCE: Docket
     CLASS PERIOD START: 5/5/1997  CLASS PERIOD END: 11/1/1999
     TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Consolidated and/or Amended
     PLAINTIFF FIRMS NAMED IN COMPLAINT:
  • Grant & Eisenhofer PA
      1201 N. Market Street, Suite 2100, Wilmington, DE, 19801
       (voice) 302.622.7000, (fax) 302.622.7100, info@gelaw.com
  • M. Clay Ragsdale
      1929 Third Avenue North, Suite 550, Birmingham, AL, 35203
       (voice) (205)251-4775, (fax) (205)251-4777,
  • Ritchie & Rediker, L.L.C.
      312 North 23rd Street, Birmingham, AL, 35203
       (voice) 1800.251.1127, (fax) 205.324.7830, tkrebs@ritchie-rediker.com
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  3

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE REFERENCE COMPLAINT
    Consolidated Class Action Complaint
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 06/15/2000
    Notice Of Class Certification And Settlement Of Class Action
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 01/11/2002
    Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal With Prejudice
    Type: Order Date on the document: 03/04/2002
    Final Order and Judgment
    Type: Order Date on the document: 03/04/2002
    Final Order
    Type: Order Date on the document: 07/14/2005
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 08/15/2005
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 2/5/2007

     OTHER DOCUMENTS
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Case Name and/or Number: Massey , et al. v. Ruttenberg, et al.
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 08/15/2005

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