IN RE REFCO INC.

Docket Nos. 06-5786-bk(L), 06-5797-ag (con), 06-5798-bk (con), 06-5799-bk (con), 06-5800-bk (con), 06-5801-bk (con), 06-5804-bk (con), 06-5806-bk (con), 06-5807-bk (con), 06-5808-bk (con), 06-5810-bk (con), 06-5811-bk (con), 06-5812-bk (con), 06-5813-bk (con).

505 F.3d 109 (2007)

In re REFCO INC., Kenneth M. Krys and Christopher Stride, as Joint Official Liquidators of SPhinX Managed Futures Fund SPC, Friedberg Global Macro Hedge Fund Ltd., Friedberg Global Macro Hedge Fund, Rozel Investments Ltd., Masonic Hall & Asylum Fund, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, OFI Asset Management, Cayman Island Joint Provisional Liquidators, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch, Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, SphinX Access LLC, SphinX Access Ltd., SphinX Managed Futures Index Fund, LP, Appellants, v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Refco Inc., Marc S. Kirschner, as Chapter 11 Trustee of Refco Capital Markets, Ltd., and Refco Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Ostad, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant Joint Official Liquidators (Gary S. Lee, David Capucilli, on the brief).

Mark H. Epstein, Munger Tolles & Olsen LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Appellant Investors (Marc T.G. Dworsky, Todd J. Rosen, Munger Tolles & Olsen LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Joseph Zagraniczny, Jonathan B. Fellows, Stephen A. Donato, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY; Stephen J. Shimshak, Christopher A. Jarvinen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Joseph Serino Jr., Matthew Solum, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, on the brief).

Andrew M. Leblanc, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, for Appellees (Luc A. Despins, Dennis C. O'Donnell, Jessica L. Fink, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY; Tina L. Brozman, Timothy B. DeSieno, Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, on the brief).

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, WESLEY, GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


WESLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants — Investors and Joint Official Liquidators of Sphinx SPC ("Sphinx"),1 — appeal from an order of the district court affirming an order of the bankruptcy court approving the settlement of a preference action pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019. Because we conclude that Investors have no standing to contest the settlement, and that the Joint Official Liquidators are precluded...

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