Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kevin M. Sadler (argued), Susan Ann Dillon Ayers, Joseph Robert Knight, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Timothy S. Durst, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Janvey.
Cynthia Levin Moulton, Moulton & Meyer, Lance Charles Arney, Arney Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Torn.
Eugene N. Bulso, Jr., Leader, Bulso, Nolan & Burnstein, P.L.C., Nashville, TN, for Marlin.
Phillip W. Preis, Preis Gordon, APLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Becker, Beven, Bird, Brown, Buell and others.
James Richard Swanson, Lance Christian McCardle, Benjamin Dox Reichard, Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley, Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, LA, for Numa and Gail Marquette.
Gene Francis Creely, II, Cozen O'Connor, Houston, TX, Kendall Hayden, Cozen O'Connor, Dallas, TX, for Lawson.
Michael J. Stanley, Stanley, Frank & Rose, Houston, TX, for Mills.
Michael J. Quilling (argued), Marcie Lynn Schout, Quilling, Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Adams, Nen Family Trust, Purpera, Cheray and Luther Hodges and others.
Jeffrey J. Ansley, Bracewell & Guiliani, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Ulloa.
Bradley W. Foster, Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Villanueva, Alguire, Anctil, Aguino, Barrack, Blake and others.
M. David Bryant, Jr., Cox Smith Matthews, Dallas, TX, Mark Joseph Barrera, Deborah Daywood Williamson, Cox Smith Matthews, San Antonio, TX, for Haddad and Singapore Puntamita PTE. Ltd.
Ross Donoho Kennedy, Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Thomas,
Matthew G. Nielsen, Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Alguire, Anctil, Aguino, Barrack, Blake and others.
Gene R. Besen, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Joshua Glen Berman, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Bell, Maddux, Drew, Jones, Pena, Damon and Williams.
John J. Little (argued), Stephen Granberry Gleboff, Little Pedersen Fankhauser, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Little.
Eugene B. Wilshire, Jr., Wilshire & Scott, P.C., Houston, TX, for Letsos, Gonzalez and Charlotte, Richard and Charles Hunton.
Michael Laurence Post (argued), U.S. SEC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae SEC.
Before GARWOOD, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.