United States First Circuit

Where the trial judge responded to remarks in closing arguments about opposing counsel by instructing the jury to disregard negative comments about the attorneys' integrity, there is no need for a new trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2001
• Published 03/02/2001

Judges

• BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and ZOBEL, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Joseph Bainton with whom John G. McCarthy, Ethan D. Siegel, Andrew H. Beatty, Bainton McCarthy & Siegel, LLC, Timothy P. Wickstrom, Tashjian, Simsarian & Wickstrom, Daniel C. Cohn, David Madoff and Cohn & Kelakos LLP were on brief for plaintiff., E. Randolph Tucker with whom John A.D. Gilmore, John A.E. Pottow and Hill & Barlow, P.C. were on brief for The Airlie Group, L.P., Dort Cameron, III, EDB, L.P., TMT-FW, Inc., Thomas M. Taylor, Lee M. Bass and Perry R. Bass.


• For Appellees:
  
• John O. Mirick with whom Mirick, O'Connell, De Mallie & Lougee, LLP, David L. Evans, Hanify & King, P.C., Mike McKool, Jr., Sam F. Baxter, Jeffrey A. Carter, Rosemary T. Snider, Randy J. Carter and McKool Smith, P.C. were on brief for appellees Hicks, Muse and Company (TX) Incorporated, Hicks, Muse Equity Fund, L.P., HMC Partners, L.P., HMC Partners, Healthco Holding Corporation, Thomas Hicks, John Muse and Jack Furst., John J. Curtin, Jr. with whom Mark W. Batten, Bingham, Dana LLP, Matthew Gluck, Gregg L. Weiner, and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, P.C. were on brief for appellees Thomas L. Kempner and Vincent A. Mai., Thomas G. Rafferty with whom David R. Marriott, Aviva O. Wertheimer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Arnold P. Messing, E. Kenly Ames and Choate, Hall & Stewart were on brief for appellee Lazard Frères & Company LLC., Alan Kolod with whom Mark N. Parry, Moses & Singer LLP, Vincent M. Amoroso and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund were on brief for appellees Kenneth W. Aitchison, Robert E. Mulcahy III, Arthur M. Goldberg and Gemini Partners, L.P., Thomas C. Frongillo, Brian E. Pastuszenski, Amanda J. Metts and Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP on brief for appellees Wand Partners and Mercury Asset Management., Leonard H. Freiman, James F. Wallack and Goulston & Storrs, P.C. on brief for appellees Helen Cyker and J. Robert Casey, Trustee., Nancy L. Lazar, Dennis E. Glazer, Edward P. Boyle and Davis Polk and Wardwell on brief for appellee J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc., Paula M. Bagger, Marjorie Sommer Cooke, Christopher T. Vrountas and Cooke, Clancy & Gruenthal on brief for appellee Marvin Meyer Cyker., Edwin G. Schallert, Eileen E. Sullivan and Debevoise & Plimpton on brief for appellees Chancellor Capital Management, Inc. and Chancellor Trust Company., Kathleen S. Donius, Stephen T. Jacobs and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, s.c. on brief for appellee Valuation Research Corporation.