Legal Opinion
Stein v. KPMG, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 23, 2007No. Docket 06-4358-cvPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is an offspring of a criminal tax fraud prosecution. In the course of the criminal prosecution, Judge Kaplan asserted ancillary jurisdiction over a state law contract claim brought against KPMG, LLP, by sixteen of the defendants in the criminal case, all former partners and employees of KPMG, seeking to force it to pay their legal expenses. KPMG appeals from the decision allowing the ancillary proceeding and from the denial of its motion to compel arbitration of the contract claim. Construing KPMG’s appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus, we grant the…
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