AUSA LIFE INS. CO., INC. v. CITIGROUP, INC.

No. C02-171-LRR.

293 B.R. 471 (2003)

AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.; First AUSA Life Insurance Company; Idex Transamerica Conservative High Yield Bond Fund; Life Investors Insurance Company of America; Monumental Life Insurance Company; Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company; Transamerica Assurance Company; Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company; Transamerica Life Insurance Company; Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company; Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company Modified Separate Account-Triple A (AMBAC); (CLICO) Separate Account-Qualified Commingled Bond; Plaintiffs, v. CITIGROUP, INC.; Citicorp; Citibank N.A., Citicorp North America, Inc.; Salomon Smith Barney Inc.; Credit Suisse First Boston, Inc.; Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc.; Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation; Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown; Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc.; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; J.P.Morgan Chase & Co.; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Jpmorgan Chase Bank; Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.; UBS Warburg L.L.C.; Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division.

April 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Roby, Elderkin Law Firm, Cedar Rapids, IA, Donald F. Woods, Jr., Robert L. Palmer, Roderick G. Dorman, Shawna L. Ballard, Bruce R. MacLeod, Mark Albert, J. Michael Hennigan, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Dennis Wayne Johnson, Dorsey & Whitney, Des Moines, IA, Michael Gertzman, Brad S. Karp, Jonathan H. Hurwitz, Paul, Weiss, Reskind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York City, Thomas D. Hanson, Hanson, Bjork & Russell, Des Moines, IA, Karin A. DeMasi, Richard W. Clary, Julie A. North, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Bruce E. Johnson, Lewis, Webster, Johnson & VanWinkle, Thomas A. Finley, Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, PC, Des Moines, IA, Bruce D. Angiolillo, George S. Wamg, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Thomas C. Rice, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Brent B. Green, Duncan, Green, Brown, Langness & Eckley, PC, Joseph R. Gunderson, Gunderson, Sharp & Rhein, PC, Des Moines, IA, Stephen Sinaiko, Barry H. Berke, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, New York City, Mark E. Weinhardt, Danielle M. Shelton, Belin, Lamson, McCormick, Zumbach, Flynn, Des Moines, IA, Robert A. Sacks, Brendan Cullen, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR REMAND AND ABSTENTION AND DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE

READE, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs' motion to abstain and remand this action to the Iowa District Court for Linn County [docket no. 13] and defendants' motion to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for automatic reference to the United...

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