Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
BURT NEUBORNE, New York, New York, (Melvyn I. Weiss, Deborah M. Sturman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York, New York, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Morris A. Ratner, Caryn Becker, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, New York, New York, Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, Joseph D. Ament, Michael B. Hyman, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, Illinois, Irwin Levin, Richard Shevitz, Cohen & Malad, Indianapolis, Indiana, Barry A. Fisher, Fleishman, Fisher & Moest, Los Angeles, California, on the brief), for Petitioners Duveen, Lowenberg, Lee, Milrod, Frenkel, Friedlander-Stuart, Kaufman, Buchwalter, Simon-Hamburger, Elkan, Neuberger, Schwarz, Gutman, and Bishop.
ROBERT A. SWIFT, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Larry Kill, Linda Gerstel, Anderson Kill & Olick, New York, New York, Edward D. Fagan, Livingston, New Jersey, William Marks, The Marks Law Firm, Bernardsville, New Jersey, Carey R. D'Avino, New York, New York, Michael Witti, Witti, Neumann & Partners, Munchen, Germany, on the brief), for Petitioners Watman, Abraham, Schonberger, Schlinger, Schwarz.
STEPHEN A. WHINSTON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Edward W. Millstein, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richard Appleby, New York, New York, Mel Urbach, Jersey City, New Jersey, J. Dennis Faucher, Miller Faucher Cafferty & Wexler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the brief), for Petitioners Kahn, Deutsch, Schaffer, and World Council Of Orthodox Jewish Communities, Inc.
JEFFREY BARIST, New York, New York (On the brief: William R. Spiegelberger, Aline Matta, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, New York, for Petitioner Deutsche Bank AG; Philip Allen Lacovara, Thomas M. Mueller, Andrew H. Schapiro, Michael O. Ware, Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York, New York, for Petitioner Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG; Kenneth A. Caruso, Robert Y. Lewis, John A. Zaloom, Shaw Pittman, New York, New York, for Petitioner Dresdner Bank AG; Roger M. Witten, John A. Trenor, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Petitioner Commerzbank AG; Alan Kanzer, Alston & Bird, New York, New York, for Petitioner E.ON AG).
DAVID BOIES, Armonk, New York (Ann M. Galvani, Carl J. Nichols, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Armonk, New York, on the brief), for Respondent
LAWRENCE BYRNE, New York, New York (Lance Croffoot-Suede, Sharon M. Sash, Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, New York, New York), for Unnamed Plaintiff Putative Class Members Gutman et al. in Support of Respondent.
DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, David J. Anderson, David O. Buchholz, Attorneys, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae United States in support of Petitioners.
SCHLAM, STONE & DOLAN, New York, New York (Richard H. Dolan, Bennette D. Kramer, of counsel), filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Individual Claims Committee for the Austrian Bank Holocaust Litigation Settlement in Support of Respondent.
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN, New York, New York (Charles G. Moerdler, Curtis C. Mechling, James A. Shifren, David A. Javdan, Joseph E. Strauss, of counsel), filed a brief for Amici Curiae Bank Austria AG and Creditanstalt AG.
Before: OAKES, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.