United States First Circuit

Dismissal of suit against an accounting firm that failed to notify corporate directors of irregularities in accounting is affirmed where the suit was barred by the in pari delicto doctrine since the wrongful actions of the corporate officers could be imputed to the company as a whole.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/22/2006
• Published 06/22/2006

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert W. Turken and David W. Trench with whom Raquel M. Fernandez, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Dana A. Zakarian, Joel G. Beckman, William C. Nystrom and Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP were on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael P. Carroll with whom Michael S. Flynn, Sean C. Knowles, Phineas E. Leahey, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Kevin J. Lesinski, William J. Hanlon, Kristin G. McGurn and Seyfarth Shaw LLP were on brief for appellee KPMG LLP., George A. Salter with whom Nicholas W.C. Corson, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Michael J. Stone and Peabody & Arnold LLP were on brief for appellee Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren.