"....but if you wanted to save a stock and its investors from having it shorted to death it is clearly an option while pending litigation clears itself up."
So let me get this straight...if the stock is being shorted so that the price went from $70 to $20, the way to save it from shorters...is the get it suspended so that when it reopens on the grey market down 90% it can't shorted anymore???
And those who were holding short positions prior to the suspension have just been handed a 90% windfall?