DENNEY v. JENKENS & GILCHRIST

No. 03 Civ. 5460(SAS).

340 F.Supp.2d 348 (2004)

Thomas DENNEY, R. Thomas Weeks, Norman R. Kirisits, Kathryn M. Kirisits, TD Cody Investments, L.L.C, RTW Investments, L.L.C., NRK Syracuse Investments, L.L.C, DKW Partners, DKW Lockport Investors, Inc., Donald A. Destefano, Patricia J. Destefano, DD Tiffany Circle Investments L.L.C., Tiffany Circle Partners, Diamond Roofing Company, Inc., Jeff Blumin, JB Hilltop Investments L.L.C., Kyle Blumin, KB Hoag Lane Investments, L.L.C, L. Michael Blumin, MB St. Andrews Investments, L.L.C., Fayetteville Partners, and Laurel Hollow Investors, Inc., on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. JENKENS & GILCHRIST, a Texas Professional Corporation, Jenkens & Gilchrist, an Illinois Professional Corporation, BDO Seidman, L.L.P., Pasquale & Bowers, L.L.P., Cantley & Sedacca, L.L.P., Dermody, Burke, and Brown, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC, Paul M. Daugerdas, Paul Shanbrom, Edward Sedacca, Deutsche Bank AG, and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., d/b/a Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, A Division of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Deary, Ralph Canada, Shore & Deary, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Douglas E. Whitney, Michael A. Pope, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Jenkens & Gilchrist and Paul Daugerdas.

Michael R. Young, Michelle Nadel, Brian A. Turetsky, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, for Defendants BDO Seidman and Paul Shanbrom.

Kevin E. Hulslander, Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., Syracuse, NY, for Defendant Pasquale & Bowers.

Lawrence M. Hill, Seth C. Farber, Dewey Ballantine, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendants Deutsche AG and Deutsche Bank Securities.

Kenneth A. Payment, Harter, Secrest & Emery L.L.P., Rochester, NY, for Defendant Dermody, Burke & Brown. Todd Belous, Shari Lewis, Rivkin Radler L.L.P., Uniondale, NY, for Defendants Cantley & Sedacca and Edward Sedacca.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

By Opinion & Order dated April 30, 2004 (the "April 30 Opinion"), I denied defendants' motion to compel arbitration on the ground that the contracts containing the arbitration clauses were mutually fraudulent.1 See Denney v. Jenkens & Gilchrist, No. 03 Civ. 5460(SAS), 2004 WL 936843, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Apr.30, 2004) ("Denney I"). I did not reach...

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