Appeal No. 09-3608 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Plaintiff ...

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Case: 09-3608 Document: 00616206182 Filed: 09/18/2009 Page: 1
Appeal No. 09-3608

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

CITY OF CLEVELAND,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellees.

On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Case No. 1:08 CV 139
Judge Sara Lioi

APPELLEES’ BRIEF
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FOR GREENWICH CAPITAL /s/ David F. Adler
MARKETS INC., n/k/a RBS David F. Adler
SECURITIES INC. Louis A. Chaiten
and Andrew G. Fiorella
MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC. Eric E. Murphy
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES JONES DAY
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE /s/ Robert D. Kehoe
CO. Robert D. Kehoe
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Joseph J. Jerse
KEHOE & ASSOCIATES
Bernard LeSage 900 Baker Building
Shannon Keast 1940 East Sixth Street
BUCHALTER NEMER Cleveland, OH 44114
1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1500 Phone: [phone]
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2457 Fax: [phone]
Phone: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]

Joanne N. Davies
BUCHALTER NEMER
18400 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612-0514
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC. /s/ Michael N. Ungar
n/k/a J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES Michael N. Ungar
INC.; Isaac Schulz
JP MORGAN MORTGAGE Richik Sarkar
ACQUISITION CORP; ULMER & BERNE
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK; 1660 West Second Street, Suite 1100
and Cleveland, OH 44113-1448
CHASE BANK U.S.A., N.A. Phone: [phone]
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]

FOR BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. /s/ William H. Falin
and William H. Falin
COUNTRYWIDE SECURITIES MOSCARINO & TREU
CORP. 1422 Euclid Avenue
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES Suite 630
Cleveland, OH 44115
Brian D. Boyle Phone: [phone]
Christopher D. Catalano Fax: [phone]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP E-mail: [email protected]
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR CITIGROUP GLOBAL /s/ William W. Jacobs
MARKETS INC. William W. Jacobs
and Kip Thomas Bollin
CITIBANK, N.A. Robin M. Wilson
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES THOMPSON HINE
3900 Key Center
Charles E. Davidow 127 Public Square
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON Cleveland, OH 44114
& GARRISON Phone: [phone]
2001 K Street NW Fax: [phone]
Washington, D.C. 20006 E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

Gabrielle E. Tenzer
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON
& GARRISON
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

FOR CREDIT SUISSE (USA), /s/ Jeffrey Q. Smith
INC. Jeffrey Q. Smith
and Scott E. Eckas
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
(USA) LLC 399 Park Avenue
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES New York, NY 10022-4689
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. /s/ William Stuart Dornette
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE W. Stuart Dornette
Stephen M. O’Bryan
Richard H. Klapper TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER
Michael T. Tomaino, Jr. LLP
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800
125 Broad Street Cincinnati, OH 45202-3948
New York, NY 10004 Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]

FOR DEUTSCHE BANK /s/ Thomas R. Lucchesi
SECURITIES, INC. Thomas Robert Lucchesi
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
3200 National City Center
1900 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR GMAC-RFC HOLDING CO. /s/ Robert N. Rapp
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Robert N. Rapp
CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD
LLP
800 Superior Avenue
Suite 1400 KeyBank Center
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

/s/ Benjamin Klubes
Benjamin Klubes
BUCKLEYSANDLER LLP
1250 24th Street, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

FOR HSBC SECURITIES (USA), /s/ Robert B. Casarona
INC. Robert B. Casarona
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE ROETZEL & ANDRESS, LPA
1375 East Ninth Street
David H. Kistenbroker Ninth Floor
Theresa L. Davis One Cleveland Center
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN Cleveland, OH 44114
LLP Phone: [phone]
525 W. Monroe Street, Ste. 1900 Fax: [phone]
Chicago, IL 60661 E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, /s/ Robert N. Rapp
FENNER & SMITH, Robert N. Rapp
INCORPORATED CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE LLP
800 Superior Avenue
Jay B. Kasner Suite 1400 KeyBank Center
Joseph L. Barloon Cleveland, OH 44114
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, Phone: [phone]
MEAGHER & FLOM Fax: [phone]
Four Times Square E-mail: [email protected]
New York, NY 10036
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]

FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. /s/ John F. Marsh
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE John F. Marsh
HAHN LOESER & PARKS
65 East State Street
Suite 1400
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE /s/ Joseph T. Dattilo
CORP. Joseph T. Dattilo
DEFENDANT-APPELLEE BROUSE MCDOWELL
1001 Lakeside Avenue, Suite 1600
Brian Brooks Cleveland, OH 44116
O’MELVENY & MEYERS Phone: [phone]
1625 Eye Street, N.W. Fax: [phone]
Washington, D.C. 20006 E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

Elizabeth McKeen
O’MELVENY & MEYERS
610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
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REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT

The grounds for rejecting the City of Cleveland’s unprecedented theory of
liability are straightforward and adequately presented in the district court’s opinion
and the parties’ briefs. Nevertheless, if the Court would find oral argument
helpful, we respectfully request argument time equal to the City’s.
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