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IN MATTER OF HELLER EHRMAN LLP

No. 14-16314, No. 14-16315, No. 14-16317, No. 14-16318.

830 F.3d 964 (2016)

IN the MATTER OF HELLER EHRMAN LLP, Debtor, Heller Ehrman LLP, Liquidating Debtor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Defendant-Appellee. In the Matter of Heller Ehrman LLP, Debtor, Heller Ehrman LLP, Liquidating Debtor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jones Day, Defendant-Appellee. In the Matter of Heller Ehrman LLP, Debtor, Heller Ehrman LLP, Liquidating Debtor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Foley & Lardner LLP, Defendant-Appellee. In the Matter of Heller Ehrman LLP, Debtor, Heller Ehrman LLP, Liquidating Debtor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2016.

ORDER

We ask the California Supreme Court to resolve a question of state law: whether a dissolved law firm has a property interest in legal matters that are in progress but not completed at the time the law firm is dissolved, where the dissolved law firm had been retained to handle the matters on an hourly basis. This question resolves the bankruptcy appeal before us because if a dissolved law firm does not have a...

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