OXFORD v. WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.

No. Civ.A. 1:99-CV-648.

137 F.Supp.2d 756 (2001)

Robert OXFORD III, and Joseph D. Johnson, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

February 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Michael Jamail, Wayne A. Reaud, Reaud Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, H. Jerome Gette, Brad Eugene Brewer, Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Gette, Dallas, TX, Gilbert Irvine Low, Orgain, Belle & Tucker, Beaumont, TX, Nels J. Ackerson, James R. Baarda, David A. Cohen, The Ackerson Group, Washington, DC, Henry J. Price, Price, Potter, Jackson & Mellowitz, Indianapolis, IN, Marc Fiedler, Roger C. Johnson, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, Washington, DC, Richard M. Hagstrom, John B. Massopust, Zelle, Hoffman, Voelbel & Gette, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Lawrence Louis Germer, Germer & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, William Robert Pakalka, Gerard G. Pecht, Anne M. Rodgers, Stephen K. Carroll, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Holdings of Delaware, Inc., Williams Communications Group, Inc., Williams Communications Solutions, LLC, Williams Telecommunication Systems, Inc., and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Fred Lee Butler, Adams & Reese, Houston, TX, David Handzo, Elizabeth Appel Blue, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, Kevin P. Gallagher, Thomas F. O'Neill, III, MCI Worldcom, Inc., Washington, DC, for MCI Worldcom, Inc., Worldcom Network Services, Inc., MFS Communications Co., Inc., MFS Network Technologies, Inc., MFS Telecom, Inc., MFS Datanet, Inc., Metropolitan Fiber Systems of Dallas, Inc., Metropolitan Fiber Systems of Houston, Inc., and UUnet Technologies, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

Before the Court are Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand [13], Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Defendants Transco and Solutions [23], and Defendants' Motion to Set the Order of Determination of Pending Motions [32-1]. The Motion to Set the Order seeks to have the Motion to Dismiss considered before the Motion to Remand. Whether Defendants Transco and Solutions were fraudulently joined will determine whether this case may be...

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