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  • In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2013-04-11
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Willliam K. Sessions, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Gille Bacon (argued), William E. Quirk, and Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants Learjet, Inc., et al., Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al., Reorganized FLI, Inc., and Sinclair Oil Corporation. Robert L. Gegios, Alexander T. Pendleton, and William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin Plaintiffs-Appellants. Mark E. Haddad (argued), Michelle B. Goodman, and Nitin Reddy, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees CMS Energy Corp., CMS Energy Resources Management Co., and Cantera Gas Company.
    for defendant: Michael J. Kass and Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Illinois, Inc., DMT G.P. L.L.C., and Dynegy GP Inc. Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, and Roxanna A. Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Coral Energy Resources, L.P. Joel B. Kleinman, Adam Proujanski, and Lisa M. Kaas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants­Appellees Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. Robert B. Wolinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Steven J. Routh, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Energy Services, Inc. Brent A. Benoit and Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendants-Appellees El Paso Corporation, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., and El Paso Marketing, L.P. Amelia A. Fogleman, Oliver S. Howard, and Craig A. Fitzgerald, Gable Gotwals, A Professional Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Energy Services Company L.P. J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc. Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees The Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Power Company, Inc., and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company. Michael John Miguel, K & L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Xcel Energy, Inc., e prime, inc., e prime Energy Marketing, Inc., and Northern States Power Company.
    Case Number: No. 11-16786, No. 11-16798, No. 11-16799, No. 11-16802, No. 11-16818, No. 11-16821, No. 11-16869, No. 11-16876, No. 11-16880

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3875IN RE: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,LEARJET, INC.; TOPEKA UNIFIED S

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