BRANCH v. ERNST & YOUNG U.S.

No. CIV.A. 93-10024-RGS.

311 F.Supp.2d 179 (2004)

Dr. Ben BRANCH, Trustee of Bank of New England Corporation v. ERNST & YOUNG U.S., et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen S. Feldman, Thomas R. Kline, Thomas E. Starnes, Craig B. Young, Andrews & Kurth, D.C. Litigation, Washington, DC, James D. Higgason, Robin Russaell, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, TX, Dennis J. Kelly, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, Gary W. Smith, Postemak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, Van Oliver, Andrews & Kurth, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Ben S. Branch, Plaintiff.

Kenneth M. Bernstein, Frances E. Bivens, Lynn E. Busath, Michael P. Carroll, Jennifer Rearden, Jewrome G. Snider, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Patricia A. Connell, Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY, Thomas J. Dougherty, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, for Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young U.S., Defendants.

Norman B Champ, III, Daniel F. Kolb, Jacqueline O. LiCalzi, Timothy J. Mayopoulos, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Ira K. Gross, Laura Steinberg, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston, MA, Nancy Israel, Boston, MA, for Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young U.S., Alfred J. Corso, Edward Fraioli, Eugene F. McMahon, Jerry A. Felts, John F. Solan, Jr., Joseph Genovese, Kenneth I. Watchmaker, Kevin Nixon, Michael J. Doyle, Richard A. Young, Thomas L. Milan, Thomas R. Newman, Thomas Taylor, Tom McDermott, Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

STEARNS, District Judge.

On October 7, 2002, Dr. Ben Branch, in his capacity as the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee of the failed Bank of New England Corporation (BNEC), sought a ruling by way of partial summary judgment that the correct method for determining whether BNEC and its largest subsidiary, Bank of New England, N.A. (BNENA),

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