In re W.R. HUFF ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LLC, Appaloosa Management, L.P. and Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC, Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P., Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Bermuda) Ltd., and Argent Lowlev Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd., and the Commonly-Managed Funds UBS O'Connor LLC F/B/O UBS Global Equity Arbitrage Master Ltd. and UBS O'Connor LLC F/B/O UBS Global Convertible Portfolio and Eminence Capital LLC, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Consolidated Petitioners (pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3771).
United States of America, Plaintiff,
v.
John Rigas, Timothy Rigas, Michael Rigas, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 3, 2005.
Decided June 3, 2005.
Opinion Revised June 6, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas E. Redburn, Jr., Lowenstein Sandler PC (Lawrence M. Rolnick, on the brief), New York, NY, for Petitioners W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., LLC, Appaloosa Management, L.P. and Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC.
Judith L. Spanier, Abbey Gardy LLP (Arthur N. Abbey, Richard B. Margolies, on the brief), New York, NY, for Petitioner Eminence Capital LLC, (Richard L. Stone, Mark A. Strauss, Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, New York, NY, on the brief for Petitioners Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P., Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Bermuda) Ltd., and Argent Lowlev Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd., and the Commonly-Managed Funds UBS O'Connor LLC F/B/O UBS Global Equity Arbitrage Master Ltd., and UBS O'Connor LLC F/B/O UBS Global Convertible Portfolio).
Christopher J. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Richard D. Owens, Robin L. Baker, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), New York, NY, for the United States of America.
Lawrence G. McMichael, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for the Rigas Family (Gerard S. Catalanello, Shannon R. Wing, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, New York, NY, on the brief for the Rigas Family, Paul G. Grand, Jeremy H. Temkin, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand Iason & Silberberg, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief for Timothy J. Rigas, Peter Fleming, Jr., Benard V. Preziosi, Jr., on the brief for John J. Rigas).
Before: SOTOMAYOR, and HALL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
HALL, Circuit Judge.
Before us are two petitions for a writ of mandamus brought by W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., LLC, et al. ("the Huff Petitioners") and Eminence Capital, LLC, et al. ("the Class Action Petitioners" and, together with Huff Petitioners, "the Petitioners"). Both petitions seek to vacate a settlement agreement of a forfeiture action among the United States and John J. Rigas, Timothy J. Rigas, and other members of the Rigas family that...
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