COMPUCREDIT HOLDINGS CORP. v. AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

No. 11-13254.

698 F.3d 1348 (2012)

COMPUCREDIT HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, Aria Opportunity Fund Ltd., AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P., CC Arbitrage, Ltd., CNH CA Master Account, L.P., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmet J. Bondurant , Jason James Carter , Michael A. Caplan , Frank M. Lowrey, IV, John H. Rains, IV , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Lisa L. Heller , Christopher William Madel , Randall Tietjen , K. Craig Wildfang , Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karen B. Bragman , Kevin B. Getzendanner , Heather Smith Michael , Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Harry N. Niska , Kelly K. Pierce , Jeff I. Ross , Ross & Orenstein, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Moses Silverman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York City, for Loan Syndications and Trading Ass'n, Managed Funds, Ass'n, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Ass'n, Amici Curiae.

Alice M. Stoeppelwerth , Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC, for The Credit Roundtable, Amicus Curiae.

Prior report: .


BY THE COURT:

The decision of the district court is affirmed by an evenly divided court. The opinion of the panel remains vacated. United States v. Geders, 585 F.2d 1303, 1306 (5th Cir.1978) (en banc) ("[T]he court en banc is evenly divided; therefore the judgment ... of the district court is affirmed by operation of law.");1 see id. (indicating that, if district court judgment is affirmed...

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