METZ v. UNIZAN BANK

Nos. 09-3751, 09-3879, 09-4363.

649 F.3d 492 (2011)

Carol METZ, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIZAN BANK, et al., Defendants-Appellees. James Loyd, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Huntington National Bank, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Billy Blair, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bank One, Defendant, Charter One Bank, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. Brian Kenney , Kehoe & Associates, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, Daniel G. Morris , Law Offices of Daniel G. Morris, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Frances Floriano Goins , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Elizabeth Petrela Papez , Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C., Michael E. Mumford , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: J. Brian Kenney , Robert D. Kehoe , Kehoe & Associates, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, Daniel G. Morris , Law Offices of Daniel G. Morris, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Frances Floriano Goins , Thomas L. Anastos , Reem Shalodi , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Michael E. Mumford , Katie M. McVoy , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, T. Thomas Cottingham III , Jack M. Knight, Jr. , Valerie B. Mullican , Winston & Strawn LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, Patrick M. McLaughlin , McLaughlin & McCaffrey, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Marcel C. Duhamel , Elizabeth A. Ratliff , Jocelyn N. Prewitt-Stanley , Vorys, Sater, Seymour And Pease, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Karen L. Giffen , Melissa A. Laubenthal , Kathleen A. Nitschke , Giffen & Kaminski, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, Martha S. Sullivan , Joseph P. Rodgers , Stephen P. Anway , Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Cleveland, Ohio, David M. Dvorin , Chernett Wasserman Yarger, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, Jay Clinton Rice , Gallagher Sharp , Cleveland, Ohio, Steven A. Anderson , Fitzpatrick, Zimmerman & Rose Co., L.P.A., New Philadelphia, Ohio, Bart Greenwald , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, Bonnie L. Wolf , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Mitchell G. Blair , Fritz E. Berckmueller , Kevin R. Carter , Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Rosemary Taft Milby , Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Orla E. Collier , Mark D. Tucker , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Matthew T. Fitzsimmons , R. Christopher Yingling , Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, David A. Wallace , Joel E. Sechler , Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Richard J. Thomas , Amanda J. Banner , Henderson, Covington, Messenger, Newman & Thomas Co., L.P.A., Youngstown, Ohio, Aaron H. Bulloff , Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel, Cleveland, Ohio, Karen Soehnlen McQueen , Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., Canton, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, NORRIS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

After falling victim to a Ponzi scheme, the Metz, Loyd, and Blair plaintiffs (collectively "Plaintiffs") sued a number of banks to recover their lost investments. The district court dismissed all claims filed by the Loyd and Blair plaintiffs as time-barred. It dismissed most claims filed by the Metz plaintiffs as time-barred or for their failure to state a claim but allowed two fraud claims...

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