SOUTHERN UNION CO. v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORP.

No. CV991294-PHXROS.

281 F.Supp.2d 1090 (2003)

SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, a California corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

August 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Herschmann, Jessica Mann, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, New York City, Tom Q. Ferguson, Shelly L. Dalrymple, Sam P. Daniel, Jr., Doerner Saunders Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, OK, Christina Carlson Dodds, Daniel W. Bishop, II, Daniel W. Bishop II PC, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Michael J. O'Connor, Esq., Douglas F. Behm, Michael ScottMcCoy, Michael J. Farrell, Jennings Strouss & Salmon, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Seth Aronson, Esq., Marc F. Feinstein, Patrick Lynch, Floy E. Andrews, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Michael R. Klein, Steven F. Cherry, Howard M. Shapiro, David P. Donovan, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Michael J. Bowe, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, New York City, Thomas R. Sheets, Southwest Gas Corporation, Steve Morris, Kristina Pickering, Morris Pickering & Sanner, Las Vegas, NV, Paul J. Cleary, Scott R. Rowland, Boone Smith David Hurst & Dickman, Tulsa, OK, for Defendants.


Order

SILVER, District Judge.

On December 18, 2002, after a jury trial of nearly two months, the jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff Southern Union Company against Arizona Corporation Commissioner James Irvin, the only remaining Defendant at the conclusion of trial, and assessed a punitive damages award of $60,000,000. Southern Union prevailed on two causes of action, intentional interference with business...

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