United States Second Circuit

Declaratory judgment that dfendant is not entitled to look to an investment fund he founded for indemnification of legal expenses incurred while pursuing six lawsuits ostensibly connected with that fund is affirmed. Decision to award attorneys' fees to plaintiff is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2003
• Published 04/15/2003

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge., Before:  STRAUB, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Leo V. Gagion,Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, N.Y. (Sanford M. Livack, Helena Tavares Erickson, of counsel, on the Brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Andrew J. Levander, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Joseph F. Donley, Robert W. Topp, of counsel;  Joseph L. Buckley, Richard H. Epstein, Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, P.C., New York, NY, on the Brief), for Defendant-Appellant.