STATE v. VANDERBILT CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

No. A-1-CA-36925.

511 P.3d 329 (2020)

2022-NMCA-026

STATE of New Mexico EX REL. Frank C. FOY, John Casey, and Suzanne Foy, Qui Tam Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VANDERBILT CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC; Vanderbilt Financial, LLC; Vanderbilt Financial Trust; Osbert M. Hood; Ron D. Kessinger; Robert P. Nault; James R. Stern; Patrick A. Livney; Stephen C. Bernhardt; Kurt W. Florian, Jr.; Anthony J. Koenig, Jr.; Mark E. Bradley; Pioneer Investment Management U.S.A., Inc.; Pioneer Global Asset Management S.P.A.; Unicredit S.P.A.; Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.; Clifford Price Waterhouse Coopers; Bruce Malott; Meyners + Co; Marla Wood; Gary Bland; Susan O. Bland; Citigroup; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc.; JP Morgan Securities, Inc.; UBS Investment Bank; UBS Securities LLC; Calyon Securities (USA), Inc.; Calyon Credit Agricole CIB; Credit Agricole SA; Jefferies Capital Management, Inc.; Fortis Securities LLC; Fortis NV; ACA Management, L.L.C.; ABN AMRO, Inc.; Stonecastle Securities, L.L.C.; NEPC; Allan C. Martin; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Linda Contarino; Claudia Correra; Gaetana Correra; John Doe #1; David Contarino (John Doe #2); Marc Correra (John Doe #3); Anthony Correra (John Doe #4); and John Doe #5 Through #100, Defendants-appellees, and Austin Capital Management, Ltd; Austin Capital Management GP Corp.; Charles W. Riley; Brent A. Martin; David E. Friedman; Will Jason Rottinger; Victory Capital Management, Inc.; Keycorp; Berean Capital; Dudley Brown; Tremont Partners, Inc.; Tremont Capital Management, Inc.; Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.; Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.; Gary Bland; David Contarino; Bruce Malott; Meyners Company; Marc Correra; Anthony Correra; Sandia Asset Management; Alfred Jackson; Davis Hamilton and Jackson; Guy Riordan; Juniper Capital; Ileen Kotecki; Dan Hevesi; Henry "Hank" Morris; Julio Ramirez; Paul Cross; Crosscore Management; SDN Investors; Psilos Group; Albert Waxman; Jeffrey Krauss; Stephen Krupa; David Eichler; Darlene Collins; Wetherly Capital Group; Dan Weinstein; Vicky Schiff; Quadrangle Roup; Aldus Equity; Saul Meyer; Mercellus Taylor; Matthew O'Reilly; Richard Ellman; Deutsche Bank; Diamond Edge Capital; Marvin Rosen; Carlyle Mezzanine Partners; Carlyle Group; DB Investment Managers; Topiary Trust; Park Hill Group; Dan Prendergast; Catterton Partners; Blackstone Group; Gold Bridge Capital; Darius Anderson; Kirk Anderson; Ares Management; Inroads Group; Camden Partners; HFV; Barrett Wissman; TAG; Ajax Investments; Cayton Dubilier and Rice; Intermedia; Leo Hindery; William R. Howell; Cabrera Capital; Martin Cabrera; Crestilne Investors; John Doe #1; and John Doe #3 Through #50, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, October 9, 2020, No. S-1-SC-38413.

Rehearing Denied: April 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor R. Marshall & Associates, P.C., Victor R. Marshall , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Joseph M. Dworak , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Angelica Anaya Allen , Assistant Attorney General, Brian L. Moore , Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for State of New Mexico.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Andrew G. Schultz , Albuquerque, NM, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLRP, Peter L. Simmons , New York, NY, for Vanderbilt Appellees.

Madison Harbour & Mroz, P.A., William C. Madison , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Livney.

Esquivel & Howington, LLC, Martin R. Esquivel , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Malott.

FallickLaw, Ltd., Gregg Vance Fallick , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees Malott and Wood.

Holland & Hart LLP, Mark F. Sheridan , Julia Broggi , Santa Fe, NM, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Richard A. Rosen , New York, NY, for Appellees Citigroup Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.; JP Morgan Securities Inc.; and ABN AMRO Inc.

Budagher & Associates, John A. Budagher III , Albuquerque, NM, Reed Smith LLP, Jordan W. Siev , New York, NY, Andrew C. Bernasconi , Washington, DC, for Appellee Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. n/k/a Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

Keleher & McLeod, P.A., W. Spencer Reid , David W. Peterson , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee ACA Management, LLC.

Miller Stratvert, P.A., Kirk R. Allen , Albuquerque, NM, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., Edward M. Spiro , Richard D. Weinberg , New York, NY, for Appellee Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Brian K. Nichols , Albuquerque, NM, Proskauer Rose LLP, Dietrich L. Snell , New York, NY, for Appellees Ares Management, Collins, Eichler, Krauss, Krupa, Psilos Group, and Waxman.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., John R. Cooney , R.E. Thompson , Albuquerque, NM, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Richard A. Sauber , Washington, DC, for Appellee Quadrangle Group LLC.

Michael W. Brennan, P.A., Michael W. Brennan , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees Blackstone Group, Park Hill Group, and Prendergast.

Maldegen, Templeman & Indall LLP, Jon J. Indall , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees Intermedia and Hindery.

Butt Thornton & Baehr PC, Rodney L. Schlagel , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Howell.

Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Sean Olivas , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees Cabrera Capital and Cabrera.


OPINION

{1} A long and winding road has led these cases to our door. Following eight years of litigation at the trial and appellate levels, the district court entered a judgment that dismissed the Qui Tam Plaintiffs' Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (FATA) claims in their entirety. The judgment also...

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