Newby v. Enron Corp.

Decision Date09 January 2002
Docket NumberNos. CIV.A. H-01-3624, CIV.A. H-01-4198.,s. CIV.A. H-01-3624, CIV.A. H-01-4198.
Citation188 F.Supp.2d 684
PartiesMark NEWBY, Plaintiff, v. ENRON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Amalgamated Bank, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth L. Lay, et al., Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas

Eric D Green, Boston, MA, mediator pro se.

Richard J Zook, Cunningham Darlow et al., Houston, TX, Roger B Greenberg, Schwartz Junell et al., Houston, TX, for Mark Newby.

William S Lerach, Milberg Weiss et al., San Diego, CA, Roger B Greenberg, Schwartz Junell et al., Houston, TX, for Regents of University of California.

Ira Press, Kirby McInerney et al., New York, NY, for Local 710 Pension Fund.

R Paul Yetter, Yetter and Warden, Houston, TX, Michael J Pucillo, Burt & Pucillo, West Palm Beach, FL, Glen DeValerio, Jeffrey C Block, Berman DeValerio et al., Boston, MA, Vincent R Cappucci, Entwistle & Cappucci, New York, NY, James M Finberg, Richard M Heimann, Melanie M Piech, Lieff Cabraser et al., San Francisco, CA, Stephen Lowey, Lowey Dannenberg et al., White Plains, NY, Wendy Hope Zoberman, Berman DeValerio et al., West Palm Beach, FL, Johnston de Forest Whitman, Jr., Andrew J Entwistle, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY, Neil L Selinger, Lowey Dannenberg et al., White Plains, NY, for Florida State Bd. of Administration.

Charles R. Parker, Hill and Parker, Houston, TX, James M Finberg, Richard M Heimann, Melanie M Piech, Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser et al., San Francisco, CA, Stephen Lowey, Lowey Dannenberg et al., White Plains, NY, Neil L Selinger, Lowey Dannenberg et al., White Plains, NY, for NYC Funds.

Sherrie Savett, Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Arthur Stock, Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas W Sankey, Sankey & Luck, Houston, TX, Paul F Bennett, Gold Bennett et al., San Francisco, CA, for JMG Capital Partners, LP, JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd., TQA Master Fund, Ltd., TQA Master Plus Fund Ltd.

Thomas E. Bilek, Hoeffner Bilek & Eidman, Houston, TX, for Deutsche Asset Management, HBK Investments, Central States Pension Fund, James Brill, Michael Koroluk, Seth Abrams, Elmar A. Busch, John P. McCarthy Money Purchase Plan, Kenneth Franklin, Warren Pinchuck, Mark T. Spathes, Robert Pearlstein, Izidor Klein, Sidney Kessous, Steven Frank, Robert J. Casey, II, Ruth I. Horton, J. Michael Gottesman, Avigayil Greenberg, Robert Christianson, Ernest Gottkiener, Mahin S. Mashayekh, Barbara D. Lee, James Morton Elliott, IRA, Fathollah Hamedani, Andrew J. Karcich, Naomi Rapheal, James J. Daly.

William B Federman, Dreier Baritz et al., Oklahoma City, OK, Richard A Speirs, Zwerling Schachter et al., New York, NY, Jeffrey C Zwerling, Zwerling Schachter et al., New York, NY, for Davidson Group.

Jack Edward McGehee, McGehee & Pianelli, Houston, TX, Robert B Weintraub, Daniel W Krasner, Wolf Haldenstein et al., New York, NY, for Proposed Preferred Purchaser Lead Plaintiffs, Henry H. Steiner.

Jack Edward McGehee, McGehee & Pianelli, Houston, TX, for Harold Karnes.

Tom Alan Cunningham, Cunningham Darlow et al., Houston, TX, Martin D Chitwood, Jeffrey H Konis, Chitwood & Harley, Atlanta, GA, Sidney S Liebesman, Jay W Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Wilmington, DE, Edward H Nicholson, Jr., Chitwood & Harley, Atlanta, GA, for State Retirement Systems Group.

Ronald Joseph Kormanik, Sydow Kormanik, Houston, TX, for Private Asset Management.

Jay W. Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Wilmington, DE, for Employees Retirement System of Ohio.

Sidney S. Liebesman, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Wilmington, DE, for Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.

Gregory Sean Jez, Fleming & Assoc., Houston, TX, for Jane Bullock, John Barnhill, Don Reiland, Scott Borchart, Michael Mies, Virginia Acosta, Jim Hevely, Mike Bauby, Robert Moran, Jack Turner, Marilyn Turner, Hal Moorman, Miltin Tate, Jose Plaintiffs, Fleming & Associates, LLP, John Odam, Peggy Odam, Marian

Rosen, Fred A. Rosen, Houston Federation of Teachers, Annie M. BanksLarry D. Barnett, Robert Chazen, Clifford D. Gookin, Carl Herrin, Todd L. Johnson, David H. Lowe, Robin Saex, John Siemer, Elizabeth Siemer, Anthony G. Tobin, John E. Williams, Ruben Delgado, Irene Delgado, Preston Clayton.

David C. Mattax, Office of Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, Rose Ann Reeser, Texas Atty. Gen., Consumer Protection Div., Austin, TX, for Employees Retirement system of Texas, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Tomorrow Fund

Stephen D. Oestreich, Wolf Popper Ross Wolf and Jones, New York, NY, for Turnberry Asset Management.

Deborah R. Gross, Law Offices of Bernard M. Bross PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC.

Theodore C. Anderson, Kilgore & Kilgore, Dallas, TX, Neil Rothstein, James E. Miller, Scott & Scott, LLD, Colchester, CT, for Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc.

William S. Lerach, Helen J. Hodges, James I. Jaconette, John A. Lowther, Alexandrta S. Bernay, Milberg Weiss et al., San Diego, CA, Roger B. Greenberg, Schwartz Junell, Houston, TX, for Amalgamated Bank.

Tom Alan Cunningham, Cunningham Darlow et al., Houston, TX, Herbert Blake Tartt, Jr., Beirne Maynard et al., Houston, TX, Robert M. Kornreich, Robert C. Finkel, Wolf Popper, New York, NY, Allyson L. Mihalick, Beirne Maynard et al., Houston, TX, for Pulsifer & Associates.

Sherrie Savett, Arthur Stock, Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph Albert McDermott, III, Houston, TX, for Staro Asset Management, LLC.

Roger B. Greenberg, Schwartz Junell et al., Houston, TX, Jonathan M. Plasse, Goodkind Labaton et al., New York, NY, for Ariel Holdings LLC.

Saul Roffe, Sirota & Sirota, LLP, New York, NY, for Allen Barkin, Beatrice Barkin.

Sean F. Greenwood, Houston, TX, for Jerome F. Faquin.

Tom Alan Cunningham, Cunningham Darlow et al., Houston, TX, for Kevin Kueser, Patricia D. Parsons, Howard Bruce Klein, William Scoular.

John G. Emerson, Jr., Emerson Firm, Houston, TX, for Roy E. Rinard, Steve Lacey.

Richard Frankel, Hackerman Peterson et al., Houston, TX, for Frank Wilson.

James D. Baskin, III, Baskin Bennett et al., Austin, TX, for Muriel P. Kaufman, IRA.

William B Federman, Dreier Baritz et al., Oklahoma City, OK, for Victor Ronald Frangione.

Thomas E. Bilek, Hoeffner Bilek & Eidman, Houston, TX, Michael D. Donovan, Donovan Searles, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Susan Copley.

Steven E. Cauley, Cauley Geller, Little Rock, AR, for William Davis, Roxann Davis, E. Bruce Chaney.

Robert M. Kornreich, Robert C. Finkel, Wolf Popper, New York, NY, for Murray Van De Velde.

George M. Fleming, Fleming & Assoc., Houston, TX, for Harold Ahlich, Frances Ahlich, Irving Babson, Mary Bain Pearson.

Jeffery B. Kaiser, Kaiser & May, Houston, TX, for William Coy

William S. Lerach, Milberg Weiss et al., San Diego, CA, George M. Fleming, Fleming & Assoc., Houston, TX, for John Mason.

James F. Marshall, Judicial Watch, Inc., San Marino, CA, for Ralph A. Wilt, Jr. Andrew J. Mytelka, Greer Herz & Adams, Galveston, TX, for American Nat. Ins. Co., American Nat. Investment Accounts, Inc., SM & R Investments, Inc., American Nat. Property and Cas. Co., Standard Life and Acc. Ins. Co., Farm Family Life Ins. Co., Farm Family Cas. Ins. Co., National Western Life Ins. Co.

Debra Brewer Hayes, Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX, for Marcus Oates.

Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, for Enron Corp.

Richard Bruce Drubel, Jr., Boies Schiller et al., Hanover, NH, John W. Keker, Kerker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Andrew S. Fastow.

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 Mabury et al. Washington, DC, for Kenneth L. Lay.

Ronald Gene Woods, Houston, TX, Robin C. Gibbs, Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, Bruce A. Hiler, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Kilduff, O'Melveny & Myers, McLean, VA, Robert M. Stern, Washington, Dc, for Jeffrey J. Skilling.

Russell "Rusty" Hardin, Jr., Rusty Hardin and Assoc., Houston, TX, Daniel F. Kolb, Sharon Katz, Davis Polk et al., New York, NY, for Arthur Andersen LLP.

Barry G. Flynn, Houston, TX, for David B. Duncan.

George W. Billy Shepherd, III, Cruse Scott et al., Houston, TX, Michael Warden, Sidley Austin et al., Washington, DC, for D. Stephen Goddard, Jr.

Eric J.R. Nichols, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, for Michael J, Kopper, Michael J. Kipper.

Mark K. Glasser, King & Spalding, Houston, TX, for LJM2 Co-Investment LP.

Jack C. Nickens, Nickens Lawless et al., Houston, TX, for Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, Lou L. Pai, Charles A. LeMaistre, Joe H. Foy, Mark E. Koenig, Steven J. Kean, J. Mark Metts, Cindy K. Olson, Jeffrey McMahon, Michael S. McConnell.

Charles G. King, III, James P. Pennington, King & Penington, Houston, TX, Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr., Jonathan E. Pickhardt, Wachtell Lipton et al., New York, NY, for Goldman Sachs & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.

Robin C. Gibbs, Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, for Robert A. Belfer, Norman P. Blake, Jr., Ronnie C. Chan, John H. Duncan, Wendy L. Gramm, Robert K. Jaedicke, John Wakeman, Bruce G. Wilson, John Mendelson, Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira, Frank Savage, Herbert S. Winokur, Jr., Jerome J. Meyer, Charles E. Walker.

Jack C. Nickens, Nickens Lawless et al., Houston, TX, Barnes H. Ellis, David H. Angeli, Stoel Rives, LLP, Portland, OR, for Joseph M. Hirko.

Jack C. Nickens, Nickens Lawless et al., Houston, TX, Amy Joseph Pederson, William F. Martson, Zachary W. L. Wright, Tonkon Torp LLC, Portland, OR, for Ken L. Harrison.

Jack C. Nickens, Nickens Lawless et al., Houston, TX, Thomas J. Blessington,...

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