Nuveen Municipal Trust v. WithumSmith+Brown, P.C., No. 10-4633; Third Circuit; opinion by Ambro, U.S.C.J.; dissent by Aldisert, U.S.C.J.; filed August 16, 2012. Before Judges Ambro, Vanaskie and Aldisert. On appeal from the District of New Jersey. [Sat below: Judge Brown.] DDS No. 42-8-xxxx [64 pp.]
This case arises from a loan transaction between appellant Nuveen Municipal Trust and Bayonne Medical Center. In connection with the transaction, Bayonne provided Nuveen with an audit report authored by Bayonne’s accounting firm, appellee WithumSmith+Brown, P.C., and an opinion letter authored by Bayonne’s counsel, appellee Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper.
