IN RE LEHMAN BROS. INC.

Docket No. 14-3686.

808 F.3d 942 (2015)

In re LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. ANZ Securities, Inc.; BMO Capital Markets Corp., f/k/a Harris Nesbitt Corp.; BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC; BNP Paribas FS, LLC, as successor in interest to Fortis Securities, LLC, f/k/a Fortis Investment Services, LLC; National Australia Bank, Ltd.; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.; The Williams Capital Group, L.P.; DNB Markets, Inc., f/k/a DnB Nor Markets, Inc.; nabSecurities, LLC, Appellants, v. James W. Giddens, as Trustee for the SIPA Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Inc., Trustee-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke A. Barefoot , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Mitchell A. Lowenthal , Peter Fox, on the brief), for Appellants.

James C. Fitzpatrick , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, N.Y. ( James B. Kobak, Jr. , Robert B. Funkhouser , Jordan E. Pace , Jason E. Zakai , on the brief), for Trustee-Appellee.

Before: WALKER, JACOBS, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.


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