Gerald K. SMITH, as Plan Trustee for and on behalf of the Estates of Boston Chicken, Inc., BC Real Estate Investments, Inc., and all Boston Chicken affiliates, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, a limited liability partnership, Defendant, and
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation; Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., a corporation; Deutsche Banc Securities, Inc., a corporation dba Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown; Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellants,
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, a limited liability corporation; Pedersen & Houpt, a professional corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
v.
Mark W. Stephens, Third-party-plaintiff-Appellee.
Gerald K. Smith, as Plan Trustee for and on behalf of the Estates of Boston Chicken, Inc., BC Real Estate Investments, Inc., and all Boston Chicken affiliates, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Arthur Andersen LLP, a limited liability partnership; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation; Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., a corporation; Deutsche Banc Securities, Inc., a corporation dba Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown; Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., a corporation; Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, a limited liability corporation; Pedersen & Houpt, a professional corporation, Defendants, and
Scott A. Beck, an individual, and the marital community of Scott A. Beck, and his spouse; Saad J. Nadhir, an individual, and the marital community of Saad J. Nadhir, and his spouse, Defendants-Appellants,
v.
Mark W. Stephens, Third-party-plaintiff.
Gerald K. Smith, as Plan Trustee for and on behalf of the Estates of Boston Chicken, Inc., BC Real Estate Investments, Inc., and all Boston Chicken affiliates, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Arthur Andersen LLP, a limited liability partnership; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation; Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., a corporation; Deutsche Banc Securities, Inc., a corporation dba Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown; Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., a corporation; Pedersen & Houpt, a professional corporation, Defendants, and
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, a limited liability corporation, Defendant-Appellee,
Peer Pedersen, an individual and the marital community of Peer Pedersen and his spouse, Defendant-Appellant,
v.
Mark W. Stephens, Third-party-plaintiff-Appellee.
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Argued and Submitted February 8, 2005.
Filed August 30, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
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.
Before: WALLACE, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Gerald K. Smith, in his capacity as Plan Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Boston Chicken, Inc. and various related entities (the Trustee) filed an action alleging a variety of claims. Later, the Trustee filed motions seeking district court approval of settlements reached with certain of the defendants and requesting bar orders enjoining the non-settling defendants from asserting certain...
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