Alan RICHARDS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
LLOYD'S OF LONDON, an unincorporated association, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
John R. NORTON, III; Doris S. Norton; Diane B. Allison; Charles G. Bentzin; F.M. Binkley; Delmar A. Brady; Samme Jo Brady; George Maning Close; Russell M. Collins; Peter Dwares; Robert Flesvig; Donald P. Gallop; Charles A. Gerlach, Jr.; Robert W. Gerwig; Richard C. Henry; Michael C. Hirsh; R. William Johnston; James H. Kayian; Joanne S. Kayian-Olooney; Suzanne Kayian; Lowell Conrad Lundell; Judith M. Ott; H.E. Rainbolt; David L. Rosenblatt; Ray Morse Sanderson; Claire Tillman; Warren G. Vander Voort; Peter Beck; Harold Franz Ilg; John C. Griffin; Ted Kosloff; Francis J. Milon; Glen R. Mogan; Melanie M. Norton; Joseph F. Weller, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
LLOYD'S OF LONDON, an unincorporated association; CORPORATION OF LLOYD'S, aka Society of Lloyd's, aka The Society and Council of Lloyd's, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted October 23, 1997.
Decided February 3, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen A. Kroft, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, California; Eugene I. Goldman, Robert E. Kohn, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Arlington Ray Robbins, Michael V. Pundeff, John H. Stephens, Robbins & Keehn, San Diego, California, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Phillip K. Fife, Seal Beach, California, for plaintiff-appellant E. Pomeroy Williams.
Harvey L. Pitt, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City; Dean Hansell, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Green & MacRae, Los Angeles, California; Taylor R. Briggs, Sheila H. Marshall, Mary L.B. Betts, Stephen H. Orel, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York City, for defendants-appellees The Corporation of Lloyd's, the Society of Lloyd's, and The Council of Lloyd's.
Richard H. Walker, Jacob H. Stillman, Eric Summergrad, John W. Avery, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, as amicus curiae.
Eugene R. Anderson, Seth B. Schafler, Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, New York City; Amy R. Bach, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae United Policy holders.
Leonard D. Venger, Ronald B. Turovsky, Donald R. Brown, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California; William W. Palmer, California Department of Insurance, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae California Commissioner of Insurance.
Opinion by Judge Goodwin; Dissent by Judge Thomas.
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
The primary question this case presents is whether the antiwaiver provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 void choice of law and choice of forum clauses in an international transaction. The district court found that they do not. The appeal has been argued twice. Upon reconsideration en banc, the opinion published at 107 F.3d 1422...
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