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DENNEY v. JENKENS & GILCHRIST

No. 03 Civ. 5460 SAS.

362 F.Supp.2d 407 (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.

November 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Deary, W. Ralph Canada, Shore & Deary, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, Jeffrey Daichman, Nahum Kainovsky, Kane Kessler, P.C., New York City, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Othni Lathram, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, Alabama, Ernest Cory, Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, for Plaintiffs.

Michael R. Young, I. Bennett Capers, Anamika Samanta, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, L.L.P., New York City, Richard Hans, Cary Samowitz, Piper Rudnick, L.L.P., New York City, for Defendants BDO Seidman, L.L.P. and Paul Shanbrom.

John Lindquist, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C., David S. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, Tax and Bankruptcy Unit Chief, United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, New York City, for the Government (An Interested Non-Party).

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. The Evidentiary Determination

At issue here is a memorandum (the "Kerekes Memorandum") dated August 11, 2000, written by Michael Kerekes, a partner at BDO Seidman, L.L.P. ("BDO").1 Plaintiffs, who obtained the memo from defendant Jenkens & Gilchrist ("Jenkens"), seek to make use of the Kerekes Memorandum in this...

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