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NUVEEN MUN. TRUST v. WITHUMSMITH BROWN P.C.

No. 10-4633.

752 F.3d 600 (2014)

NUVEEN MUNICIPAL TRUST, on behalf of its series Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, Appellant v. WITHUMSMITH BROWN P.C., A New Jersey Professional Corporation; Lindabury McCormick Estabrook & Cooper P.C., a New Jersey Professional Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Submitted January 18, 2013 After Supreme Court of New Jersey Declines Certification.

Opinion filed: May 14, 2014.

Certified Question of State Law Issued to the Supreme Court of New Jersey August 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Bilus, Esquire , Robert C. Heim, Esquire , (Argued), Brielle M. Rey, Esquire , Wayne Pollock, Esquire , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Esquire , (Argued), Dechert LLP, Collin O. Udell, Esquire , Jackson Lewis , Hartford, CT, Matthew J. Delude, Esquire , Primmer, Piper, Eggleston & Cramer, Manchester, NH, David P. Stich, Esquire , Solomon Blum Heymann & Stich, New York, NY, for Appellant.

Michael J. Canning, Esquire , (argued), Catherine J. Bick, Esquire , Donald F. Campbell, Jr., Esquire , (argued), Jaclyn B. Kass, Esquire , Giordano, Halleran & Cielsa, Red Bank, NJ, William A. Cambria, Esquire , Louis A. Modugno, Esquire , (argued), James J. DiGiulio, Esquire , William F. O'Connor, Jr., Esquire , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Morristown, NJ, for Appellee, WithumSmith Brown PC and Lindabury McCormick Estabrook & Cooper.

Christian D. Wright, Esquire , Benjamin Z. Grossberg, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE, Amicus Counsel for Professor Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Esquire.

Before: AMBRO, VANASKIE and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

New Jersey's Affidavit of Merit Statute (the "AOM Statute" or simply "Statute"), N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-26 — 29, requires certain claims against professionals to include an affidavit from an independent professional attesting to the claims' merit. We decide whether the AOM Statute covers Nuveen Municipal Trust's action seeking money damages for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and malpractice, allegedly...

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