Jeffrey STEIN, Mark Watson, Philip Wiesner, Randall Bickham, Larry DeLap, Jeffrey Eischeid, David Greenberg, Steven Gremminger, Carl Hasting, John Lanning, John Larson, Robert Pfaff, Gregg Ritchie, Richard Rosenthal, Richard Smith, and Carol G. Warley, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
KPMG, LLP, Defendant-Appellant.
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Argued: November 21, 2006.
Decided: May 23, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York (Barbara Wrubel, J. Russell Jackson, Preeta D. Bansal, Haydan A. Coleman, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Amy Sabrin, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington D.C., Charles A. Stillman, Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant Appellant.
David Spears, Spears & Imes LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Jeffrey Stein and John Lanning.
Ronald E. DePetris, DePetris & Bachrach, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Marion Bachrach, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Smith.
John A. Townsend, Townsend & Jones, LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Carol G. Warley.
David C. Scheper, Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim LLP, Los Angeles, California, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Robert Pfaff.
John F. Kaley, Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Steven Gremminger.
David C. Smith, McNamara Spira & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Gregg Ritchie.
Leonard F. Lesser, Simon Lesser P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee David Greenberg.
Diana D. Parker, Law Offices of Diana D. Parker, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Larry DeLap.
Michael S. Kim, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Mark Watson.
Marc A. Fenster, Russ, August & Kabat, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Randall Bickham.
Stanley S. Arkin, Arkin Kaplan Rice LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Jeffrey Eischeid.
Robert S. Fink, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Smith.
Stephen Willey, Savitt & Bruce LLP, Seattle, WA, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee John Larson.
Susan R. Necheles, Hafetz & Necheles, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Rosenthal.
Russell M. Gioiella, Litman, Asche & Gioiella, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee Carl Hasting.
Before: WINTER, HALL, Circuit Judges, and GLEESON, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
WINTER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is an offspring of a criminal tax fraud prosecution. In the course of the criminal prosecution, Judge Kaplan asserted ancillary jurisdiction over a state law contract claim brought against KPMG, LLP, by sixteen of the defendants in the criminal case, all former partners and employees of KPMG, seeking to force it to pay their legal expenses. KPMG appeals from the decision allowing the ancillary proceeding and from the denial of its...
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