MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. v. ENC CORP.

Nos. 04-16401, 04-16503, 04-16538.

464 F.3d 885 (2006)

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INCORPORATED, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business in New York, New York, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENC CORPORATION; Suntrust Investment Co., S.A., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland with an address at rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; John K. Burns, a citizen of the United States, with an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite, 900, Chicago, Illinois, 60606; The Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos; Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.; Maria Imelda Marcos; Irene Marcos Araneta; Frontier Risk Capital Management, L.C.C., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the States of Nevada, with a registered office at 6100 Neil Road, Suite 500, Reno, NV. 89511 and an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60606; Grosvenor Capital Ltd., a company organized and existing under the law of the United Kingdom, with an address at Grosvenor Gardens House, Suite 117, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 W OBS, United Kingdom; The Estate of Roger Roxas; Golden Budha Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with a registered office at 710 West First Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513, and a mailing address at 260 Carrollton St., Buchanan, GA 30113, Defendants, and Arelma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Panama with a permanent address at Ave. Justo Alosemena y Calle 41 Este, No. 40-59 Pte al Colegio Immeculada, Panama 1.Rep.de Panama, and a mailing address at c/o Suntrust Investment Co.S.A., rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland, Defendant-Appellant, Mariano J. Pimentel, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated, Defendant-Appellee, Philippine National Bank, Defendant-Appellant. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business in New York, New York, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENC Corporation; Arelma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Panama with a permanent address at Ave. Justo Alosemena y Calle 41 Este, No. 40-59 Pte al Colegio Immeculada, Panama 1.Rep.de Panama, and a mailing address at c/o Suntrust Investment Co.S.A., rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; Suntrust Investment Co., S.A., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland with an address at rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; John K. Burns, a citizen of the United States, with an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite, 900, Chicago, Illinois, 60606; The Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos; Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.; Maria Imelda Marcos; Irene Marcos Araneta; Frontier Risk Capital Management, L.C.C., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the States of Nevada, with a registered office at 6100 Neil Road, Suite 500, Reno, NV. 89511 and an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60606; Grosvenor Capital Ltd., a company organized and existing under the law of the United Kingdom, with an address at Grosvenor Gardens House, Suite 117, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 W OBS, United Kingdom; The Estate of Roger Roxas; Golden Budha Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with a registered office at 710 West First Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513, and a mailing address at 260 Carrollton St., Buchanan, GA 30113; Philippine National Bank, Defendants, and Mariano J. Pimentel, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated, Defendant-Appellee, Republic of the Philippines; Presidential Commission on Good Government, a government agency of the Republic of the Philippines, Defendants-Appellants. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business in New York, New York, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENC Corporation; Arelma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Panama with a permanent address at Ave. Justo Alosemena y Calle 41 Este, No. 40-59 Pte al Colegio Immeculada, Panama 1.Rep.de Panama, and a mailing address at c/o Suntrust Investment Co.S.A., rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; Suntrust Investment Co., S.A., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland with an address at rue de Jargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; John K. Burns, a citizen of the United States, with an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite, 900, Chicago, Illinois, 60606; The Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos; Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.; Maria Imelda Marcos; Irene Marcos Araneta; Frontier Risk Capital Management, L.C.C., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the States of Nevada, with a registered office at 6100 Neil Road, Suite 500, Reno, NV. 89511 and an address at 300 Wacker Drive, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60606; Grosvenor Capital Ltd., a company organized and existing under the law of the United Kingdom, with an address at Grosvenor Gardens House, Suite 117, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 W OBS, United Kingdom; Philippine National Bank; Republic of the Philippines; Presidential Commission On Good Government, a government agency of the Republic of the Philippines, Defendants, and The Estate of Roger Roxas; Golden Budha Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with a registered office at 710 West First Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513, and a mailing address at 260 Carrollton St., Buchanan, GA 30113, Defendants-Appellants, Mariano J. Pimentel, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen V. Bomse, San Francisco, CA, for the Republic of the Philippines.

Jay R. Ziegler, Los Angeles, CA, for Arelma, Inc. and Philippine National Bank.

Daniel C. Cathcart, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellants Golden Budha Corp. and Estate of Roxas.

Robert A. Swift, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant-appellee Mariano J. Pimentel.

Before JOHN T. NOONAN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JAMES L. ROBART, District Judge.


ORDER

NOONAN, Circuit Judge.

The opinion filed May 4, 2006, and amended May 9, 2006, is hereby WITHDRAWN. An amended opinion is filed concurrently with this order.

With the filing of the amended opinion, the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing. Judge Thomas has voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc, and Judge Noonan and Judge Robart so recommend.

The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc...

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