United States Second Circuit

Exercise of ancillary jurisdiction in a criminal tax fraud prosecution over a state law contractual claim for attorneys' fees, and denial of a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, is vacated as to order asserting ancillary jurisdiction as it is beyond the district court's power.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/23/2007
• Published 05/23/2007

Judges

• WINTER, Circuit Judge., Before:  WINTER, HALL, Circuit Judges, and GLEESON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York (Barbara Wrubel, J. Russell Jackson, Preeta D. Bansal, Haydan A. Coleman, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Amy Sabrin, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington D.C., Charles A. Stillman, Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant Appellant., David Spears, Spears & Imes LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Jeffrey Stein and John Lanning., Ronald E. DePetris, DePetris & Bachrach, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Marion Bachrach, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Smith., John A. Townsend, Townsend & Jones, LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Carol G. Warley., David C. Scheper, Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim LLP, Los Angeles, California, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Robert Pfaff., John F. Kaley, Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Steven Gremminger., David C. Smith, McNamara Spira & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Gregg Ritchie., Leonard F. Lesser, Simon Lesser P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee David Greenberg., Diana D. Parker, Law Offices of Diana D. Parker, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Larry DeLap., Michael S. Kim, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Mark Watson., Marc A. Fenster, Russ, August & Kabat, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Randall Bickham., Stanley S. Arkin, Arkin Kaplan Rice LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Jeffrey Eischeid., Robert S. Fink, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Smith., Stephen Willey, Savitt & Bruce LLP, Seattle, WA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee John Larson., Susan R. Necheles, Hafetz & Necheles, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Rosenthal., Russell M. Gioiella, Litman, Asche & Gioiella, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Carl Hasting.