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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Form 13F File Number: 28-154
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Mr. Joseph Quinones, Jr.
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (212) 832-5280
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Joseph Quinones, Jr. New York, NY 11/14/2000
_______________________ _____________________ _________
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of
this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check her if no holdings reported are in
this report, and all holdings are reported by other
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reporting manger(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: None
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 208
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $6,202,347
[thousands]
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: the information for which
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc. is requesting confidential treatment
has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission.
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
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Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
September 30, 2000
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AMS Realstar COM 001785104 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT&T COM 001957109 559 19044 SH SOLE 280 18764
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM 001957208 486 27004 SH SOLE 27004
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 252 5290 SH SOLE 5290
About.com COM 003736105 6297 194500 SH SOLE 194500
Allstate COM 020002101 941 27068 SH SOLE 1112 25956
Alltel COM 020039103 522 10000 SH SOLE 10000
American Express COM 025816109 46643 767787 SH SOLE 242675 525112
American Home Prods COM 026609107 722 12789 SH SOLE 12789
American Internat'l Group COM 026874107 52541 549086 SH SOLE 173263 375823
Aptargroup COM 038336103 221 9218 SH SOLE 1800 7418
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 800 63400 SH SOLE 4600 58800
Arnold Industries COM 042595108 608 36048 SH SOLE 36048
Associates First Capital Corp COM 046008108 3162 83198 SH SOLE 18580 64618
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 598 8944 SH SOLE 8944
BB & T Corp COM 054937107 21869 725944 SH SOLE 34818 691126
BP Amoco PLC ADR COM 055622104 250 4784 SH SOLE 4784
Bank One COM 059438101 480 12616 SH SOLE 11000 1616
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 4578 87400 SH SOLE 18358 69042
Bank of New York COM 064057102 339 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Bear Stearns Companies COM 073902108 2910 46104 SH SOLE 18759 27345
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1581416 24556 SH SOLE 9035 15521
1299270 20175 SH DEFINED 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B COM 084670207 109700 52995 SH SOLE 14723 38272
Bestfoods COM 08658u101 597 8200 SH SOLE 8200
Bowater COM 102183100 2759 59418 SH SOLE 3153 56265
Bowl America - Class A COM 102565108 134 15960 SH SOLE 15960
Briggs & Stratton COM 109043109 212 5600 SH SOLE 2400 3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 681 11850 SH SOLE 400 11450
Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 34490 1084156 SH SOLE 296400 787756
C H Robinson Worldwide Inc COM 12541w100 282 5000 SH SOLE 5000
CDI COM 125071100 241 15086 SH SOLE 15086
CFS Bancorp Inc COM 12525d102 106 10300 SH SOLE 10300
CNA Financial Corp. COM 126117100 275 7200 SH SOLE 7200
Calif Fed Bk-Goodwill Certif COM 130209604 102 52000 SH SOLE 52000
California Center Bank Los Ang COM 13007A103 209 11543 SH SOLE 11543
Capital Federal Financial COM 14057c106 3539 242000 SH SOLE 242000
Carlisle Companies COM 142339100 349 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM 150185106 3948 214120 SH SOLE 214120
Charter One Financial Inc. COM 160903100 17216 706313 SH SOLE 706313
Chase Manhattan - New COM 16161A108 1017 22014 SH SOLE 5616 16398
Chemed Corp COM 163596109 5045 158600 SH SOLE 158600
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New COM 169905106 7617 692427 SH SOLE 11600 680827
Chubb COM 171232101 237 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 483 8748 SH SOLE 400 8348
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 24492 453028 SH SOLE 31311 421717
Clayton Homes Inc COM 184190106 17029 1702881 SH SOLE 1702881
Clorox COM 189054109 218 5514 SH SOLE 1116 4398
Coca Cola COM 191216100 14368 260652 SH SOLE 81550 179102
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A COM 200300201 1176 28736 SH SOLE 4794 23942
Comerica COM 200340107 3207 54872 SH SOLE 15000 39872
Commerce Bancorp Inc/NJ COM 200519106 13075 224700 SH SOLE 224700
Corus Bankshares Inc. COM 220873103 269 7450 SH SOLE 7450
Crane Co. COM 224399105 6405 280015 SH SOLE 42340 237675
Daimler-Chrysler AG COM d1668r123 5963 134338 SH SOLE 20719 113619
Danielson Hldg COM 236274106 270 65364 SH SOLE 33864 31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM 247126105 978 64680 SH SOLE 11425 53255
Delphi Financial Group COM 247131105 6040 149134 SH SOLE 149134
Disney Walt COM 254687106 2366 61861 SH SOLE 61861
Donaldson Co. COM 257651109 2607 118500 SH SOLE 700 117800
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 410 10027 SH SOLE 177 9850
EPL Technologies Inc COM 268920204 17 16667 SH SOLE 16667
Expedia Inc Cl A COM 302125109 721 55500 SH SOLE 55500
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30131g103 1177 13208 SH SOLE 13208
Fair Isaac & Company Inc. COM 303250104 5174 121200 SH SOLE 121200
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 11599 162219 SH SOLE 34558 127661
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 753166 13979883 SH SOLE 5513746 8466137
481534 8937993 SH DEFINED 8937993
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM 322387101 1368 1564 SH SOLE 1564
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 279 8670 SH SOLE 8670
Firstar Corp. - New COM 33763v109 1312 58642 SH SOLE 58642
Firstfed Bancorp COM 33761Q102 249 39860 SH SOLE 39860
Ford Motor Corp Del COM 345370860 7999 313674 SH SOLE 61979 251695
Franklin Electric COM 353514102 20099 291297 SH SOLE 67525 223772
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 32510 601337 SH SOLE 106982 494355
G & K Services Inc. Cl A COM 361268105 2890 102975 SH SOLE 50500 52475
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 457 8620 SH SOLE 8620
General Electric COM 369604103 2372 41029 SH SOLE 41029
General Motors COM 370442105 8303 127739 SH SOLE 23852 103887
Gillette COM 375766102 19118 619211 SH SOLE 154744 464467
Grey Global Group Inc COM 39787m108 888 1432 SH SOLE 1432
Hearme COM 421903105 40 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Heartland Express COM 422347104 3307 190307 SH SOLE 2933 187374
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 8101 252650 SH SOLE 52250 200400
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 303 5600 SH SOLE 5600
Home Depot COM 437076102 16890 319050 SH SOLE 177000 142050
Home Port Bancorp COM 437304108 3847 107050 SH SOLE 1800 105250
Household International COM 441815107 101009 1783825 SH SOLE 759266 1024559
94405 1667200 SH DEFINED 1667200
Hub Group Inc. Cl A COM 443320106 3025 316337 SH SOLE 316337
Huttig Building Products Inc COM 448451104 390 86771 SH SOLE 153 86618
IBM COM 459200101 8680 77068 SH SOLE 8208 68860
IMS Health Inc. COM 449934108 502 24200 SH SOLE 24200
Intel Corp COM 458140100 3084 74204 SH SOLE 800 73404
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335300 1855 48180 SH SOLE 48180
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 3983 116924 SH SOLE 116924
Iron Mountain Inc COM 462846106 370 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 1095 11658 SH SOLE 200 11458
Kimball Internat'l COM 494274103 372 20800 SH SOLE 800 20000
Knight Transportation COM 499064103 2681 172300 SH SOLE 8700 163600
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc COM 524226107 212 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Legg Mason COM 524901105 291 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Lennar Corp COM 526057104 297 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Leucadia Nat'l COM 527288104 289 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM 529043101 121 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lilly Eli & Co. COM 532457108 1017 12540 SH SOLE 8660 3880
Lincare Holdings Inc COM 532791100 2654 92500 SH SOLE 92500
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 277 7200 SH SOLE 1300 5900
Loews COM 540424108 593 7118 SH SOLE 7118
Lynch Corp. COM 551137102 202 4300 SH SOLE 4300
Lynch Interactive Corp COM 551146103 482 8600 SH SOLE 8600
M & F Worldwide Corp COM 552541104 4879 839325 SH SOLE 839325
M & T Bank Corp COM 570437103 15325 30050 SH SOLE 6500 23550
MFS Intermediate COM 55273C107 99 15500 SH SOLE 15500
MacDermid Inc COM 554273102 16656 793162 SH SOLE 253675 539487
31025 1477400 SH DEFINED 1477400
Management Assistance - Liquid COM 561671504 2 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Manpower COM 56418H100 3080 96425 SH SOLE 16400 80025
Markel Corp COM 570535104 707 4657 SH SOLE 200 4457
McDonalds COM 580135101 2395 79344 SH SOLE 79344
Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551a108 2678 57748 SH SOLE 57748
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 2212 60952 SH SOLE 23175 37777
9063 249700 SH DEFINED 249700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 1122 15068 SH SOLE 700 14368
Merrill Lynch & Co COM 590188108 2706 41000 SH SOLE 18000 23000
Microsoft COM 594918104 1490 24711 SH SOLE 1700 23011
Millicom - Escrow COM 600813794 0 55250 SH SOLE 55250
Mocon Inc COM 607494101 121 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Morgan J P & Co. COM 616880100 1019 6235 SH SOLE 203 6032
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 7477 81772 SH SOLE 7200 74572
Nabisco Group Holdings COM 62952p102 344 12080 SH SOLE 12000 80
Nacco Industries - Class A COM 629579103 12482 297189 SH SOLE 297189
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 66838 3352367 SH SOLE 982038 2370329
32676 1638900 SH DEFINED 1638900
Nat'l Presto Industries COM 637215104 245 8178 SH SOLE 527 7651
Netword Inc COM 64120x108 35 58120 SH SOLE 58120
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW COM 664058989 0 27896 SH SOLE 10031 17865
OPT Sciences COM 671003101 75 16300 SH SOLE 16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM 693475105 461 7100 SH SOLE 7100
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara S COM 69365q106 1162 100000 SH SOLE 100000
Parker Hannifin Corp COM 701094104 6750 200000 SH SOLE 200000
Penton Media Inc COM 709668107 278 10098 SH SOLE 1350 8748
PepsiCo COM 713448108 944 20522 SH SOLE 355 20167
Perini Corp COM 713839108 1133 266600 SH SOLE 266600
Pfizer COM 717081103 1248 27777 SH SOLE 27777
Pharmacia Corp COM 71713u102 372 6188 SH SOLE 6188
Philip Morris COM 718154107 28307 961592 SH SOLE 344108 617484
Pico Holdings Inc COM 693366205 2655 203275 SH SOLE 203275
Playtex Products COM 72813P100 6480 548600 SH SOLE 548600
Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 5204 147624 SH SOLE 35000 112624
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 1981 29570 SH SOLE 29570
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 344584 4208664 SH SOLE 1600531 2608133
311199 3800900 SH DEFINED 3800900
Qwest Communications Internati COM 749121109 221 4601 SH SOLE 179 4422
R R Donnelley & Sons COM 257867101 982 40000 SH SOLE 16500 23500
1572 64000 SH DEFINED 64000
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 302 12759 SH SOLE 12759
Reinsurance Group of America COM 759351109 205 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Renaissance Holdings LTD COM G7496G103 3238 50650 SH SOLE 400 50250
Reynolds R J Tob Holdings Inc COM 76182k105 2468 76526 SH SOLE 4000 72526
Royal Palm Beach Col COM 780908208 11 14000 SH SOLE 14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM 78387G103 386 7739 SH SOLE 352 7387
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1397 68800 SH SOLE 1800 67000
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 321 3900 SH SOLE 3900
Schwab Charles CP - New COM 808513105 1141 32182 SH SOLE 32182
Sealed Air Corp - New COM 812115103 9448 208800 SH SOLE 34200 174600
Sears Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 1478 45600 SH SOLE 21300 24300
Servicemaster Co. COM 81760n109 12551 1271024 SH SOLE 364924 906100
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. COM 829226109 2187 200000 SH SOLE 200000
Southwest Gas Corp COM 844895102 209 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Spherion Corp COM 848420105 75839 6353036 SH SOLE 185250 6167786
Stanley Works COM 854616109 219 9500 SH SOLE 9500
State Street Corp COM 857477103 1736 13340 SH SOLE 13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A COM 860370105 630 325000 SH SOLE 325000
Stora Enso Corp Sponsored ADR COM 86210m106 119 14442 SH SOLE 14442
Student Loan Corp COM 863902102 13633 279300 SH SOLE 279300
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 2522 308063 SH SOLE 30200 277863
Sunburst Hospitality COM 866948102 173 25602 SH SOLE 1299 24303
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 259 5184 SH SOLE 5184
Teletech Holdings Inc COM 879939106 495 20000 SH SOLE 20000
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporati COM 26483e100 2762 80200 SH SOLE 80200
Thor Industries Inc COM 885160101 2220 96000 SH SOLE 96000
Time Warner COM 887315109 213 2725 SH SOLE 2725
Toro Co COM 891092108 545 17300 SH SOLE 3700 13600
Transact Technologies Inc COM 892918103 252 42000 SH SOLE 42000
Tuesday Morning Corp COM 899035505 2344 300000 SH SOLE 300000
Tyco Intl Ltd COM 902124106 332 6400 SH SOLE 6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 91966 4042440 SH SOLE 1647550 2394890
86443 3799700 SH DEFINED 3799700
USA Networks COM 902984103 2194 100000 SH SOLE 100000
Unifirst Corp COM 904708104 1218 121800 SH SOLE 121800
Valspar Corp. COM 920355104 276 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Verizon Communications COM 077853109 397 8187 SH SOLE 258 7929
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM 927758102 387 22500 SH SOLE 22500
Visteon Corp COM 92839u107 339 22422 SH SOLE 4640 17782
Vodafone Group PLC Spon ADR COM 92857w100 432 11665 SH SOLE 11665
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 752 20250 SH SOLE 20250
Vulcan Materials COM 929160109 917 22824 SH SOLE 10800 12024
WCOM Inc GA COM 98157d106 2853 93929 SH SOLE 93929
WTS Golden State Bancrp-Litig COM 381197136 623 511150 SH SOLE 511150
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 729 15141 SH SOLE 15141
Walgreen COM 931422109 1115 29400 SH SOLE 29400
Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 1275 83625 SH SOLE 5300 78325
Washington Post - Class B COM 939640108 3844 7282 SH SOLE 7282
Wells Fargo & Co. New COM 949746101 418 9110 SH SOLE 9110
Wesco Financial COM 950817106 8377 33373 SH SOLE 33373
World Acceptance Corp. COM 981419104 1451 284950 SH SOLE 284950
Wrigley (Wm), Jr. COM 982526105 1234 16475 SH SOLE 16475
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