United States Second Circuit

Order approving a "Fair Fund" plan to distribute money to victims of WorldCom's fraud is affirmed over appellant nonparty's claim that the district court abused its discretion in approving the plan.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/02/2006
• Published 10/02/2006

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before POOLER and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rex S. Heinke, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (L. Rachel Helyar, Daniel H. Golden, Ira S. Dizengoff, on the brief), Los Angeles, CA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hope Hall Augustini, Senior Litigation Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission (Giovanni Prezioso, General Counsel, Eric Summergrad, Deputy Solicitor, Randall W. Quinn, Assistant General Counsel, on the brief;  Meyer Eisenberg, Deputy General Counsel, of counsel), Washington, DC, for appellee.