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2004 . App. LEXIS 4519,*;362 697;
17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 280

LEWIS B. FREEMAN, as Receiver of Unique Gems Int'l Corp., LUCY
MARTINEZ, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus FIRST UNION NATIONAL, a National Banking
Association, . First Union National Bank of Florida, .,
Defendant-Appellee, HECTOR PONTE, et al., Defendants.

No. 02-11559

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

362 697; 2004 . App. LEXIS 4519; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 280

March 9, 2004, Decided

March 9, 2004, Filed

PRIOR HISTORY:

[*1] Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida. D. C. Docket No. 00-02013-CV-UUB. Ursula Ungaro-
Benages, Judge.
Freeman v. First Union Nat'l Bank, 865 So. 2d 1272, 2004 Fla. LEXIS
106 (Fla., Jan. 29, 2004)

DISPOSITION:

Affirmed.

COUNSEL: For Freeman, Lewis B., Appellant: Talisman, Patrice A.,
Hersch & Talisman, ., Miami, FL.

For Martinea, Lucy, Appellant: Berk, Carol Cox, MISHAN, SLOTO, HOFFMAN
& GREENBURG, Miami, FL.

For First Union National, Appellee: Scherker, Elliot H., Greenburg,
Traurig, et al, Miami, FL.

JUDGES: Before BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and FULLAM *,
District Judge.
*

Honorable John Fullam, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this case, the procedural history, facts, and issues are summarized
in our previous opinion in which we certified a dispositive question
of state law to the Florida Supreme Court. Freeman v. First Union
Nat'l, 329 1231 (11th Cir. 2003). Having received the response of
the Florida Supreme Court, Freeman v. First Union Nat'l Bank, 865 So.
2d 1272, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 106, No. SC03-896, 2004 WL 178598 (Fla. Jan.
29, 2004), we affirm the district court's dismissal of Freeman and
Martinez's aiding and abetting a fraudulent transfer claim for failure
to state a cause of action under Florida's Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Fla. Stat. =A7=A7 et seq. (2002), and remand for proceedings
[*2] consistent with the Florida Supreme Court decision.

AFFIRMED.