PLATTEN v. HG BERMUDA EXEMPTED LTD.

No. 05-1832.

437 F.3d 118 (2006)

Paul E. PLATTEN; Thomas P. Flannery; Bruce N. Pfau, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. HG BERMUDA EXEMPTED LIMITED; HG (Bermuda) Exempted Partnership; Hay Group Investment Holding B.V.; Hay Acquisition Company I, Inc.; Hay Group, Inc., Defendants, Appellees, Chris R. Matthews, Defendant, PNC Bank, N.A., Trustee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Cohan, with whom Cohan Rasnick Myerson LLP was on brief, for appellants.

Michael I. Verde, with whom Ruth Dowling, Palmer & Dodge LLP, Michael F. Gallagher, and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP were on brief, for appellees HG Bermuda Exempted Limited, HG (Bermuda) Exempted Partnership, and Hay Group Investment Holding B.V.

W. Allen Woolley, with whom Foley Hoag LLP, Michael P. Boudett, P. Rene Wicklund, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP were on brief, for appellees Hay Acquisition Company I, Inc. and Hay Group Inc.

Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This multi-issue appeal arose out of what ought to have been a straightforward contract dispute brought in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

Plaintiffs Paul Platten, Thomas Flannery, and Bruce Pfau, who are former partners of HG (Bermuda) Exempted Partnership ("Partnership"), allege that the Partnership illegitimately withheld termination distributions the three men believed they were owed by falsely claiming that they had violated...

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