FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY v. NOMURA HOLDING

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN ( Philippe Z. Selendy , Adam M. Abensohn , William B. Adams , Andrew R. Dunlap , Yelena Konanova , on the brief), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellee.

DAVID B. TULCHIN , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY ( Amanda F. Davidoff , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Clark , Steven L. Holley , Adam R. Brebner , Owen R. Wolfe , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for defendants-appellants Nomura Holding America, Inc., Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., David Findlay, John McCarthy, John P. Graham, Nathan Gorin, and N. Dante LaRocca.

E. JOSHUA ROSENKRANZ , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY ( Thomas C. Rice , Andrew T. Frankel , Alan C. Turner , Craig S. Waldman , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Paul F. Rugani , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA; Daniel A. Rubens , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Kelsi Brown Corkran , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendant-appellant RBS Securities, Inc.

Michael J. Dell , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and The Clearing House Association LLC, in support of defendants-appellants.

Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Droney, Circuit Judges.