Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner v. Arelma, Inc.

FILED

FOR PUBLICATION NOV 13 2009

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, No. 09-15573

FENNER AND SMITH,

INCORPORATED, a corporation D.C. No. 1:00-cv-00595-MLR organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business in New York, New York,

ORDER

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ARELMA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Panama with a permanent address at Ave. Justo Alosemena y Calle 41 Este, No. 40-59 Pte al Colegio Immeculada, Panama 1.Rep.de Panama, and a mailing address at c/o Suntrust Invenstment Co.S.A., ru deJargonnant 2, P.O. Box 76, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; PHILIPPINE NATIONAL

BANK,

Defendants - Appellants,

THE ESTATE OF ROGER ROXAS,

receiver, Felix Dacanay; GOLDEN BUDHA CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with a registered office at 710 West page

First Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513, and a mailing address at 260 Carrollton St., Buchanan, GA 30113; MARIANO

J. PIMENTEL, on behalf…