United States Ninth Circuit

The district court was correct when it approved the settlement of plaintiff's claims and enjoined the non-settling defendants from asserting claims against the settling defendants.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2005
• Decided 08/30/2005
• Published 08/30/2005

Judges

• WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald L. Marmer, C. John Koch, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, and Don Bivens, Paul L. Stoller, Meyer, Hendricks & Bivens, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant Saad J. Nadhir., George B. Curtis, Gregory J. Kerwin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO, and Martin Galbut, Galbut & Hunter, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellants Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Deutsche Banc Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., C. Barry Montgomery and David E. Stevenson, Williams Montgomery & John Ltd., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant Peer Pedersen., Leo R. Beus, Nicholas J. DiCarlo, and Christine R. Taradash, Beus Gilbert PLLC, Scottsdale, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee Gerald K. Smith., Martin Glenn, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, New York, NY, and Amy J. Longo, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Newport Beach, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Mark W. Stephens., Mark C. Dangerfield and Michael K. Kennedy, Gallagher & Kennedy, LP, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellee Pedersen & Houpt., James R. Condo, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, AZ, and Richard A. Derevan, Marc L. Turman, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Irvine, CA, for defendant-appellee Bell, Boyd & Lloyd.