SOUTHERN UNION CO. v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORP.

No. CV-99-1294-PHX-ROS.

281 F.Supp.2d 1117 (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 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N Warner Lee, Esq, William B. McManus, Esq, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite PA, Robert E. B. Allen, Esq, Charles Steven Price, Esq, Barry R. Sanders, Esq, Allen Price & Padden PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Eric D. Herschmann, Jessica Mann, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, New York, NY, 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, Thomas Anton Mauet, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff.

Michael J O'Connor, Esq, Richard R Thomas, Esq, Douglas F Behm, Michael Scott McCoy, Esq, Michael J Farrell, Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Seth Aronson, Esq, Marc F Feinstein, Patrick Lynch, Floy E Andrews, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 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, NY, Thomas R Sheets, Southwest Gas Corporation, Las Vegas, NV, Paul J Cleary, Scott R Rowland, Boone Smith Davis Hurst & Dickman, Tulsa, OK, Steve Morris, Kristina Pickering, Morris Pickering & Sanner, Las Vegas, NV, Mark M Deatherage, Esq, Michael K Kennedy, Esq, Tom Henze, Esq, Gallagher & Kennedy PA, Phoenix, AZ, John J Swenson, Esq, Richard Joseph Doren, Esq, Thomas E Holliday, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, John Henry Rule, Oliver Sterling Howard, Thomas James Kirby, David E Keglovits, Amelia A Fogleman, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, David J Damron, Esq, Shannon M Ivanyi, Victoria P Skinner, Sanders & Parks PC, Michael A Beale, Esq, Keith Thomas Slack, Esq, Beale Micheaels & Slack PC, Samuel Brett Benham, Phoenix, AZ, C Stanley Hunterton, Hunterton & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, Michael P Anthony, Esq, Carson Messinger Elliott, Laughlin & Ragan PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, Michael W Sillyman, Esq, Brian Jay Schulman, Kutak Rock LLP, Scottsdale, AZ, Edward Jeffrey Walsh, Esq, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Barry Richard, Greenberg Traurig PA, Tallahassee, FL, Louis A Stahl, Esq, Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Michael D Kimerer, Esq, Thomas V Rawles, Esq, Kimerer & Derrick PC, Phoenix, AZ, Michael L Piccarreta, Esq, Piccarreta & Davis PC, Tucson, AZ, Mark M Deatherage, Esq, Tom Henze, Esq, Phoenix, AZ, John Henry Rule, Oliver Sterling Howard, Thomas James Kirby, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, David G Derickson, Esq, William Ridgeway Harrison, David G Derickson PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants.


Opinion

SILVER, District Judge.

On December 18, 2002, the jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff Southern Union Company ("Southern Union" or "SUG") against Defendant James Irvin ("Irvin" or "Commissioner Irvin"). This Order summarizes and explains a number of evidentiary rulings made during trial and the Court's decision to deny Irvin's Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict. In particular, on December...

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