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ANSCHUTZ CORP. v. MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

Docket No. 11-1305-cv.

690 F.3d 98 (2012)

The ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 14, 2012.

Amended: August 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Miller ( Mark C. Hansen , David L. Schwarz , and Andrew C. Shen , on the brief), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant The Anschutz Corporation.

Barry J. Mandel ( Jonathan H. Friedman , on the brief), Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

Floyd Abrams ( Tammy L. Roy , S. Penny Windle , and Adam Zurofsky , on the brief), Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.;1 James J. Coster , Joshua M. Rubins , and James I. Doty , Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

Before: WINTER, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises (1) federal and state claims of market manipulation based upon the practice of placing "support bids" in the Auction Rate Securities ("ARS") market; and (2) claims of negligent misrepresentation based upon the credit ratings assigned to the ARS at issue. We affirm the District Court's decision to dismiss the federal securities law claims against Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner...

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