UNION CARBIDE CORP. v. MONTELL N.V.

No. 95 Civ. 0134(SAS).

9 F.Supp.2d 405 (1998)

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, individually and on behalf of and as the successor in interest of Seadrift Polypropylene Company, Plaintiff, v. MONTELL N.V.; Montell Polyolefins; Montell North America Incorporated; Montell USA Incorporated; Technipol S.r.l.; Montedison S.p.A.; Montell Finance USA, Inc.; Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, p.l.c.; the Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c.; Shell Petroleum N.V.; the Shell Petroleum Company Limited; Shell Petroleum Inc.; Shell Oil Company; Shell Polypropylene Company; Shell Canada Limited; Shell International Chemical Company Limited; and Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Herfort, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

William C. Slusser, J. Michael Baldwin, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Michael A. Lippert, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., New York, NY, Steven M. Edwards, Davis, Scott, Weber & Edwards, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendants Shell Oil Company and Shell Polypropylene Company.

William C. Pelster, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Scot B. Hutchins, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Robert G. Stachler, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinatti, OH, for Defendant Montedison S.p.A.

Rory O. Millson, Max. R. Shulman, Katherine B. Forrest, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY, for All Other Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Union Carbide Corporation ("UCC") filed a Fourth Amended Complaint on September 24, 1996, asserting a variety of tort, contract and antitrust claims arising out of its business dealings with defendant Shell Oil Company ("SOC") in the 1980's and early 1990's. On May 27, 1998, defendants made seven separate motions seeking summary judgment on ten of UCC's claims. The majority of one of these motions...

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