GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. v. CITY OF RENO

No. 13-15445.

747 F.3d 733 (2014)

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF RENO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Schwartz (argued), David H. Braff , and Andrew H. Reynard , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York; Stanley W. Parry and Jon T. Pearson , Ballard Spahr LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James R. Swanson (argued) and Alysson L. Mills , Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, LLP, New Orleans, LA; Robert A. Winner , Winner & Carson, PC, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge.


OPINION

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

In 2005 and 2006, the City of Reno issued approximately $211 million in complex securities and employed Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman") as its sole underwriter and broker-dealer. Years after Reno's financing collapsed, Reno initiated an arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") to resolve its claims against Goldman arising out of their contractual relationship. Goldman then filed this action...

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