Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee of Refco Litig. Trust v KPMG LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, Ingram Micro Inc., CIM Ventures Inc., William T. Pigott, Mayer Brown Intl. LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC, Banc of Am. Sec., LLC, Credit Suisse Sec. (USA) LLC, & Deutsche Bank Sec., Inc.

Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee of Refco Litig. Trust v KPMG LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, Ingram Micro Inc., CIM Ventures Inc., William T. Pigott, Mayer Brown Intl. LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC, Banc of Am. Sec., LLC, Credit Suisse Sec. (USA) LLC, & Deutsche Bank Sec., Inc.
Motion No: 2010-913
Slip Opinion No: 2010 NY Slip Op 80576
Decided on August 26, 2010
Court of Appeals Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust,

Appellant,


v

KPMG LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, Ingram Micro Inc., CIM Ventures Inc., William T. Pigott, Mayer Brown International LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC, Banc of America Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.,

Respondents,

Beckenham Trading Company, Inc., Andrew Krieger, Ernst & Young LLP, Tone N. Grant, Robert C. Trosten, Refco Group Holdings, Inc., Phillip R. Bennett, Santo C. Maggio, EMF Financial Products, Delta Flyer Fund, LLC, and Eric M. Flanagan,

Defendants.

Motion by Anthony Paduano for leave to appearamicuscuriae on consideration of the certified questions herein granted only to the extent that the proposed brief is accepted as filed. Two copies of the brief must be served and 24 copies filed within seven days.