Nickel v. Bank Of America

290 F.3d 1134 Carol F. NICKEL, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION; BankAmerica Corporation; Bruce Norman; Andrew Schwartz; James Bessolo; Michael Halloran, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-15452. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 11, 2002. Filed May 17, 2002. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 19, 2002. Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Therese M. Stewart, Noah B. Novogrodsky, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, CA; Gilmur R. Murray, Derek G. Howard, Marray & Howard, L.L.P., Oakland, CA; Robert Mills, The Mills Firm, San Rafael, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Janice M. Fetsch, Associate General Counsel, Bank of America, Robert A. Rosenfeld, Matthew L Larrabee, David B. Goodwin, Kenneth L. Chernoff, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Charles A. Legge, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-02716-CAL. Before: REINHARDT, NOONAN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. OPINION NOONAN,…