OSBORN v. GRIFFIN

Nos. 16-6221/6225/6226/6227.

865 F.3d 417 (2017)

Elizabeth A. OSBORN (16-2221 & 16-6225); Linda G. Holt, Judith E. Prewitt, and Cynthia L. Roeder (16-2221/6225/6226/6227), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John M. GRIFFIN, Estate of Dennis B. Griffin, and Dennis B. Griffin Revocable Trust-2012 (16-6221 & 16-6226); Martom Properties, LLC (16-6225 & 16-6227), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gregory G. Garre , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Janet P. Jakubowicz , BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee Osborn. Kent Wicker , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees Holt, Prewitt, and Roeder. ON BRIEF: Gregory G. Garre , Melissa Arbus Sherry , Benjamin W. Snyder , Matthew J. Glover , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., Heather A. Waller , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Griffin Appellants. Joseph M. Callow, Jr. , Thomas F. Hankinson , Jacob D. Rhode , KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Martom Appellant. Janet P. Jakubowicz , Benjamin J. Lewis , BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee Osborn. Kent Wicker , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, Eva Christine Trout , TROUT LAW OFFICE PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky for Appellees Holt, Prewitt, and Roeder.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BATCHELDER, J., joined. MERRITT, J. (pp. 465-72), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Defendants John M. Griffin, the Estate of Dennis B. Griffin, the Dennis B. Griffin Revocable Trust, and Martom Properties, LLC ("Defendants"), appeal from the judgment entered by the district court on April 26, 2016, requiring Defendants to pay roughly $584 million in wrongful profits disgorgement and prejudgment...

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