PERKINS v. HAINES

No. 10-10683.

661 F.3d 623 (2011)

William F. PERKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aena Y. HAINES, James Bronner, Simone Bronner, Nathaniel Bronner, George Russell Curtis, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin Bernardino , John W. Mills , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Jay Mottern , Investment Law Group of Gillett, Mottern, Thomas M. Byrne , Angela R. Fox , Juanita Passyn , Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Christopher Dubree Phillips , Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis & Nason, PA, Kevin A. Stine , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Mark A. Kelley , Heather D. Brown , Kitchens, Kelley, Gaynes, PC, Paul Michael Spizzirri , Spizzirri Law Offices, Sharon M. Lewonski , Epstein, Becker & Green, PC, Jonathan H. Fain , Jonathan H. Fain & Associates, PC, William R. Lester , Fryer, Shuster & Lester, PC, Greg T. Bailey , Atlanta, GA, Timothy W. Mungovan , Joshua S. Barlow , Lee Harrington , Jonathan Sablone , Nixon Peabody, LLP, Boston, MA, Sblend A. Sblendorio , Catosha L. Woods , Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Pleasanton, CA, James K. Knight, Jr. , Marietta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Morgan Bradylyons , U.S. SEC, Washington, DC, for SEC, Amicus Curiae.

Mark S. Kaufman , Bryan Eugene Bates , McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Committee of Investors.

Before EDMONDSON and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and HODGES, District Judge.


HODGES, District Judge.

International Management Associates, LLC, and several related entities (the "Debtors") were operated as the instruments of a Ponzi scheme.1 A receiver ultimately filed voluntary petitions in the bankruptcy court seeking relief for each of the Debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. A consolidated plan of liquidation was approved and William F. Perkins was appointed as Plan Trustee. The Trustee then instituted...

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