In re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & Erisa
| Decision Date | 19 December 2002 |
| Docket Number | MDL No. 1446,Civil Action No. H-01-3624. |
| Parties | In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & ERISA LITIGATION. This Document Relates to All Cases. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants. The Regents of the University of California, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth L. Lay, et al., Defendants. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas |
Eric D. Green, pro se, Resolutions LLC, Boston, MA, for Mediator.
Richard J. Zook, Cunningham Darlow et al, Roger B. Greenberg, Schwartz Junell et al, Houston, TX, William S. Lerach, Milberg Weiss et al, San Diego, CA, Earnest W. Wotring, Connelly Baker et al, Houston, TX, Ira Press, Kirby McInerney et al New York, NY, Michael I. Behn, Futterman & Howard Chtd, Chicago, IL, Charles R. Parker, Hill and Parker, Houston, TX, James M. Finberg, Richard M. Heimann, Melanie M. Piech, Lieff Cabraser et al, San Francisco, CA, Stephen Lowey, Neil L. Selinger, Lowey Dannenberg et al, White Plains, NY, Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser et al, San Francisco, CA, Sherrie Savett, Arthur Stock, Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas W. Sankey, Sankey & Luck, Houston, TX, Paul F. Bennett, Gold Bennett et al, San Francisco, CA, Thomas E. Bilek, Hoeffner Bilek & Eidman, Houston, TX, Helen J. Hodges, Milberg Weiss et al, San Diego, CA, William B. Federman, Federman & Sherwood, Oklahoma City, OK, Richard A. Speirs, Jeffrey C. Zwerling, Zwerling Schachter et al, New York, NY, Jack Edward McGehee, McGehee & Pianelli, Houston, TX, Robert B. Weintraub, Daniel W. Krasner, Wolf Haldenstein et al, New York, NY, Tom Alan Cunningham, Cunningham Darlow et al, Houston, TX, Martin D. Chitwood, Jeffrey H. Konis, Chitwood & Harley, Atlanta, GA, Sidney S. Liebesman, Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Wilmington, DE, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer, Wilmington, DC, Edward H. Nicholson, Jr., Chitwood & Harley, Atlanta, GA, Ronald Joseph Kormanik, Sydow Kormanik Carrigan & Eckerson, Gregory Sean Jez, Fleming & Associates, Houston, TX, David C. Mattax, Office of Attorney General, Rose Ann Reeser, Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, Stephen D. Oestreich, Entwistle & Cappuci LLP, New York, NY, Deborah R. Gross, Law Offices Bernard M. Bross PC, Philadelphia, PA, James F. Marshall, Attorney at Law, San Marino, CA, Meredith Cavallo, Larry E. Klayman, Judicial Watch Inc, Steven J. Toll, Cohen Milstein et al, Washington, DC, Theodore C. Anderson, Kilgore & Kilgore PLLC, Dallas, TX, David R. Scott, Attorney at Law, Neil Rothstein, James E. Miller, Scott & Scott LLC, Colchester, CT, John A. Lowther, James I. Jaconette, Alexandra S. Bernay, Milberg Weiss et al, San Diego, CA, Hector G. Gancedo, Gancedo & Nieves LLP, Pasadena, CA, Herbert Blake Tartt, Jr., Beirne Maynard et al, Houston, TX, Robert M. Kornreich, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY, Allyson L. Mihalick, Beirne Maynard et al, Houston, TX, Robert C. Finkel, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY, Thomas G. Shapiro, Shapiro Haber et al, Boston, MA, Joseph Albert McDermott, III, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, Jonathan M. Plasse, Goodkind Labaton et al, New York, NY, David B. Kahn, Attorney at Law, Northfield, IL, Saul Roffe, Sirota & Sirota LLP, New York, NY, Sean F. Greenwood, Robins Cloud et al, John G. Emerson, Jr., The Emerson Firm, Richard Frankel, Hackerman Peterson et al, Houston, TX, Aaron Brody, Stull Stull et al, New York, NY, James D. Baskin, III, The Baskin Law Firm, Austin, TX, Klari Neuwelt, Attorney at Law, New York, NY, Michael D. Donovan, Donovan Searles LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Steven E. Cauley, Cauley Geller et al, Little Rock, AR, George M. Fleming, Fleming & Associates, Jeffery B. Kaiser, Sydow, Kormanik, Carrigan & Eckerson, LLP, Houston, TX, Andrew J. Mytelka, Greer Herz & Adams, Galveston, TX, Debra Brewer Hayes, Paul Thomas Warner, Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX, Harvey Greenfield, Attorney at Law, Laura M. Perrone, Law Firm of Harvey Greenfield, New York, NY, Edward Morgan Carstarphen, III, Ellis Carstarphen et al, Houston, TX, Fredrick F. Neid, Ass't Atty Gen, Lincoln, NE, Daniel Dean Gartner, Gartner Law Firm, PC, Robin L. Harrison, Campbell Harrison et al, Houston, TX, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Derek W Loeser, Britt L. Tinglum, Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman LLP, Erin M. Riley, Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, Baxter Ward Banowsky, Banowsky Betz & Levine, Dallas TX, Gary Benjamin Pitts, Pitts & Asoc, Houston, TX, Kenneth F. McCallion, McCallion & Associates, New York, NY, Damon Michael Young, Young Pickett et al, Texarkana, TX, Jeffrey R. Krinsk, Attorney at Law, San Diego, CA, Curtis L. Bowman, Cauley Geller et al, Little Rock, AR, Keith Alan Ward, Porter Rogers et al, Austin, TX, Mike Lange, Reinhardt Lange, Fairfield, CT, John Lee Ringgenberg, Attorney at Law, Englewood, CO, John A. Huettner, Attorney at Law, Cleveland, OH, Richard A. Lockridge, Lockridge Grindal et al, Minneapolis, MN, Stanley M. Grossman, Pomerantz Haudek et al, New York, NY, Steven N. Williams, Joseph W. Cotchett, Bruce L. Simon, Mark C. Molumphy, Cotchett Pitre et al, Burlingame, CA, Lynn W. Jinks, III, Jinks Daniel et al, Union Springs, AL, Ted L. Mann, Mann Cowan et al, Birmingham, AL, L. Shane Seaborn, Penn & Seaborn LLC, Clayton, AL, R. Paul Yetter, Yetter and Warden, Houston, TX, Philip T. Reinstein, Reinstein & Sherman, Howard C. Goode, Attorney at Law, Northbrook, IL, John H. Boone, Attorney at Law, Joseph M. Alioto, Alioto Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, Autry W. Ross, Yetter & Warden LLP, Houston, TX, Thomas Walter Umphrey, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, Bonnie E. Spencer, Spencer and Associates, Houston, TX, Andy Wade Tindel, Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiffs/Consolidated Plaintiffs.
Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey, Scott David Lassetter, John B. Strasburger, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Kenneth S. Marks, Susman Godfrey LLP, Craig Smyser, Jr., Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, Richard Bruce Drubel, Jr., Boies Schiller et al, Hanover, NH, John W. Keker, Jan Nielsen Little, Christa M. Anderson, Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, James E. Coleman, Jr., Carrington Coleman et al, Dallas, TX, Robin C. Gibbs, Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, Charles F. Richards, Jr., Richards Layton et al, Wilmington, DE, David Clarke, Jr., Keara M. Gordon, Piper Marbury et al, Washington, DC, Glenn E. Coe, Brenda M. Hamilton, Rome McGuigan et al, Hartford, CT, Ronald Gene Woods, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, Bruce A. Hiler, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Kilduff, O'Melveny & Myers, McLean, VA, Robert M. Stern, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC, Russell "Rusty" Hardin, Jr., Rusty Hardin and Associates, Houston, TX, Daniel F. Kolb, Sharon Katz, Davis Polk et al, New York, NY, Theresa Ann Foudy, Benard V. Preziosi, Eliot Lauer, Curtis Mallet-Prevost et al, New York, NY, Warren B. Lightfoot, Lightfoot Franklin et al, Birmingham, AL, Catherine E. Palmer, Latham & Watkins, New York, NY, Miles N. Ruthberg, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, Peter Wald, Latham & Watkins, Stan G. Roman, Krieg Keller et al, San Francisco, CA, Turner P. Smith, Samuel Rosenthal, Curtis Mallet-Prevost et al, New York, NY, Barry G. Flynn, Attorney at Law, George W. Billy Shepherd, III, Cruse Scott et al, Houston, TX, Michael D. Warden, Luisa Caro, Sidley Austin et al, Washington, DC, Eric J.R. Nichols, Beck Redden & Secrest, Clayton C. Cannon, Stumpf Craddock et al, Houston, TX, Scott B. Schreiber, John C. Massaro, Justin S. Antonipillai, Arnold & Potter, Washington, DC, Mark K. Glasser, King & Spalding, Charles G. King, III, King & Pennington, Houston, TX, Gregory A. Markel, Cadwalader Wickersham et al, New York, NY, Paul R. Bessette, Brobeck Phleger et al, Austin, TX, Ronit Setton, Nancy I. Ruskin, Cadwalader Wickersham et al, New York, NY, Lawrence David Finder, Haynes & Boone LLP, Houston, TX, Richard W. Clary, Karin A. DeMasi, Margaret K. Dooley, Rachel G. Skaistis, Julie Ann North, Melissa J. Baily, Joseph R. Wallin, Cravath Swaine et al, New York, NY, Barry Abrams, Abrams Scott et al, Houston, TX, David H. Braff, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, William H. Knull, III, Mayer
Brown et al, Houston, TX, Alan N. Salpeter, Mark McLaughlin, Andrew D. Campbell, Michele L. Odorizzi, Mayer Brown et al, Chicago, IL, Mark F. Pomerantz, Paul Weiss et al, New York, NY, Jacalyn D. Scott, Wilshire Scott et al, Houston, TX, Richard A. Rosen, Claudia Hammerman, Robyn F. Tarnofsky, Jonathan Hurwitz, Michael E. Gertzman, Brad S. Karp, Alyssa A. Qualls, Robert C. Weisz, Margaret E. McGuinness, Todd A. Kipnes, Paul Weiss et al, New York, NY, Joel M. Androphy, Berg & Androphy, Houston, TX, Lawrence Byrne, Owen Pell, Lance Croffoot-Suede, Timothy Pfeifer, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, Taylor M. Hicks, Jr., Hicks Thomas et al, Houston, TX, Robert F. Serio, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Christopher M. Joralemon, Clifford Chance et al, Marshall R. King, Gibson Dunn et al, Herbert S. Washer, James B. Weidner, James D. Miller, Ignatius Grande, Clifford Chance et al, New York, NY, Charles A. Gall, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, Richard Warren Mithoff, Jr., Mithoff and Jacks, Houston, TX, John D. Roesser, David J. Woll, Thomas C. Rice, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Bruce D. Angiolillo, Christopher M. Caparelli, Jill M. O'Toole, George S. Wang, William M. Tong, Nihara K. Choudhri, Pieter H.B. Van Tol, Simpson Thacher et al, New York, NY, Keith Carter Hannigan, Jenkins & Gilchrist, Chicago, IL, Ronald Earl Cook, Cook Roach et al, Houston, TX, James F. Moyle, James N. Benedict, Rogers & Wells, Mark A. Kirsch, Clifford Chance et al, New York, NY, Kelly M. Klaus, Ronald L. Olson, Dennis C. Brown, John W. Spiegel, Kevin S....
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