MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA v. CYPRESS

No. 14-12115.

814 F.3d 1202 (2015)

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Billy CYPRESS, Dexter Wayne Lehtinen, Esquire, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Blay Abney , Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry, Atlanta, GA, Steven M. Davis , Becker & Poliakoff, PA, Coral Gables, FL, William K. Hill , Jonathan H. Kaskel , Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, PA, Yesenia Fatima Lara , Yinet Pino , Tribal Attorney for the Miccosukee Tribe, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven M. Goldsmith , Steven M. Goldsmith, PA, Boca Raton, FL, Robert O. Saunooke , Law Office of Robert O. Saunooke, Miramar, FL, Dexter Wayne Lehtinen , Claudio Riedi , Lehtinen Schultz Riedi Catalano De La Fuente, Miami, FL, Paul A. Calli , Calli Law, LLC, Miami, FL, Nancy Carolyn Ciampa, Jeffrey Michael Cohen , Marissel Descalzo , Charles Patrick Short , Yolanda P. Strader , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Miami, FL, Wendy Jill Stein , Keller Landsberg, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL, BLACK and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (the "Tribe") appeals from two orders and a final judgment in a fraud-and-embezzlement-related RICO suit against former tribal officials, several attorneys, a law firm, and investment firm Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC ("Morgan Stanley"). In a first order, the district court...

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