United States Eleventh Circuit
Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of PSA, Inc. v. Edwards, 05-12320
Dismissal of plaintiff-bankruptcy trustee's complaint against entities allegedly involved in a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors is affirmed since the doctrine of in pari delicto barred his claims for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and Georgia courts do not recognize a claim for aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duties.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/30/2006
- Published 01/30/2006
Judges
- PRYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES, HULL and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Ross H. Parker, Phil C. Appenzeller, Jr., LaDawn Horn Conway, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C., Dallas, TX, Allen I. Hirsch, Neil C. Gordon, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- George William Long, III, Adam Scott Katz, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Henry D. Fellows, Jr., Fellows, Johnson & La Briola, Craig A. Gillen, Gillen, Cromwell, Parker & Withers, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Dennis P. Zapka, McLaughlin & McCaffrey, LLP, Cleveland, OH, David W. White, Brandee B. Bower, Foland, Wickens, Eisfelder, Roper & Hofer, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.