MERRILL v. ENC

Full title: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INCORPORATED, a corporation…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Aug 4, 2008

535 F.3d 1010 (9th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

Nos. 04-16401, 04-16503, 04-16538.

August 4, 2008.

Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Esq., Cades, Schutte, Fleming Wright, Honolulu, HI, A. Robert Pietrzak, Esq., Sidley Austin, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Chun, Kerr, Dodd, Beaman Wong, Honolulu, HI, William C. McCorriston, Esq., McCorriston Miller Mukai Maekinnon LLP, Attorney at Law, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant.

Carol A. Eblen, Esq., Ali'i Place, Honolulu, HI, Jay R. Ziegler, Esq., Barry A. Smith, Buchaler Nemer, PC, Daniel C. Cathcart, Esq., Magana Carthcart McCarthy, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert A. Swift, Esq., Kohn Swift Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee.

On remand from the United States Supreme Court. D.C. No. CV-00-00595-MLR.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JAMES L. ROBART,^_ District Judge.

_ The Honorable James L. Robart, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.

ORDER

The district court of the District of Hawaii is directed to dismiss the interpleader action. Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2180, 171 L.Ed.2d 131 (2008).