CULLUM v. ARKLA, INC.

Civ. No. B-C-90-44.

797 F.Supp. 725 (1992)

Bill CULLUM, Darnell Cullum, Scott Kallsnick, and Cynthia Kallsnick, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. ARKLA, INC., Arkla Exploration Company, Arkoma Production Company, Jerrell Jones, Michael V. McCoy, Billy Harrell, Sheffield Nelson, Mac McLarty, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Sam I. Bratton, Jr., Patricia S. Qualls, Julius D. Kearney, and Jerrell Clark, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, N.D.

August 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry C. Post, Murphy, Post, Thompson, Arnold & Skinner, Batesville, Ark., Harvey L. Bell, Stephen P. Bilheimer, Bell, Bilheimer & Associates, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., J. Michael Rediker, Thomas L. Krebs, Ritchie & Rediker, Birmingham, Ala., Kenneth F. McCallion, James W. Johnson, Goodkind, Labaton & Rudoff, New York City, John M. Belew, Batesville, Ark., for plaintiffs.

N.M. Norton, Jr., Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., Joseph L. McEntee, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Ill., Stephen C. Engstrom, Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Dudley, Samuel A. Perroni, Perroni, Rauls & Looney, P.A., Marcia Barnes, Deborah Ruth Stallings, Jack, Lyon & Jones, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., Richard W. Cass, Gary D. Wilson, Arthur F. Matthews, Roger W. Yoerges, Andrew B. Weissman, James Lee Buck, II, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., Theodore C. Skokos, Skokos, Coleman & Rainwater, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

This action presents, in essence, the question whether a private lawsuit under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) (1984), and other federal statutory provisions identified hereinafter, may be instituted against Arkla, Inc., Arkla Exploration Company, Arkoma Production Company, Jerrell Jones, Michael V. McCoy, Billy Harrell, Sheffield...

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