• In Re: Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. v. Alfa, 09-5122-bk(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-01
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Cabranes, C.JJ., And Koeltl, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Schatzow (Robert L. Wilkins, Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Colleen M. Mallon, Richard L. Wasserman, on the brief), Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Appellant Enron Creditors Recover Corp. Michael L. Cook (Brian C. Tong, on the brief), Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. Sabin Willett (Mark M. Elliott, Eric Heining, on the brief), Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Appellees ING VP Balanced Portfolio, Inc., and ING VP Bond Portfolio, Inc. Mark D. Cahn, Deputy General Counsel (Morgan Bradylyons, Attorney, Jacob H. Stillman, Solicitor, Katharine B. Gresham, Assistant General Counsel), on the brief, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC, for amicus curiae Securities and Exchange Commission. Joshua D. Cohn (Christopher J. Houpt), on the brief, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-5122-bk(L)

    Cite as: In Re: Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. v. Alfa, 09-5122-bk(L), NYLJ 1202499017169, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 28, 2011)Before: Walker, Cabranes, C.JJ.

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