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RITCHIE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. v. JEFFRIES

No. 10-2568.

653 F.3d 755 (2011)

RITCHIE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.; Ritchie Special Credit Investments, Ltd.; Rhone Holdings II, Ltd.; Yorkville Investments, I, LLC; and Ritchie Capital Structure Arbitrage Trading, Ltd., Appellants, v. Mary JEFFRIES and Camille Chee-Awai, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Cronin , argued, John T. Cusack and Steven Scott Shonder , on the brief, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Andrew S. Birrell , argued, Minneapolis, MN, Stacy Ann Broman , Michael Gregory Simpson , Minneapolis, MN, Ian Pitz , Melissa S. Caulum , Madison, WI, Ernesto Rafael Palomo , Terrence Patrick Canade , Chicago, IL, on the brief, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

This case represents a fallout from a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Minnesota businessman Thomas J. Petters. Ritchie Capital Management, LLC, and the other appellants (collectively, Ritchie) are investment funds who, like other creditors of Petters and his companies, incurred substantial losses as a result of participating in Petters's investment scheme. Neither Petters nor his companies are named as defendants in the present action...

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