REDDAM v. KPMG LLP

Nos. 05-56664, 05-56671.

457 F.3d 1054 (2006)

J. Paul REDDAM; J. Paul Reddam Trust; Clarence Ventures, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Zed Corporation, a California Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KPMG LLP; Presidio Advisors, LLC; Presidio Advisory Services Inc.; Presidio Fund Advisors, LLC, d/b/a Holland Park Capital Advisors, LLC; Deutsche Bank AG; Olson Lemons PC, Defendants, and Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, LLP, Defendant-Appellant. J. Paul Reddam; J. Paul Reddam Trust; Clarence Ventures, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Zed Corporation, a California Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KPMG LLP, Defendant-Appellant, and Presidio Advisors, LLC; Presidio Advisory Services Inc.; Presidio Fund Advisors, LLC, d/b/a Holland Park Capital Advisors, LLC; Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, LLP; Deutsche Bank AG; Olson Lemons PC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Geyser, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Sidley Austin LLP.

Dale E. Barnes, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant KPMG LLP.

Laura Lindgren, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David W. Wiechert, Law Office of David W. Wiechert, San Clemente, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

KPMG LLP and Sidley Austin LLP (Sidley) appeal the district court's remand of this case, which had been removed from the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Orange (Orange County Superior Court) pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 205 (removal of actions relating to arbitration agreements under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards). They argue that the district court erred when it remanded...

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