NEWBY v. ENRON CORP.

No. 02-20486.

338 F.3d 467 (2003)

Mark NEWBY, et al., Plaintiffs, Jane Bullock; John Barnhill; Don Reiland; Scott Borchart; Michael Mies; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Dr. Robert Stark; Sudie Stark; Delbert H. Stark, Jr.; Henry Boehm, M.D.; Virginia Lake; et al., Appellants, v. ENRON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Andrew S. Fastow; Kenneth L. Lay; Jeffrey J. Skilling; Arthur Andersen L.L.P.; David B. Duncan; D. Stephen Goddard, Jr.; Thomas H. Bauer, Defendants-Appellees. Jane Bullock; John Barnhill; Don Reiland; Scott Borchart; Michael Mies; Virginia Acosta; Jim Hevely; Mike Bauby; Robert Moran; Jack Turner; Marilyn Turner; Hal Moorman, Co-Trustee for Moorman, Tate, Moorman & Urquhart Money Purchase Plan and Trust; Milton Tate, Co-Trustee for Moorman, Tate, Moorman & Urquhart Money Purchase Plan and Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Dr. Robert Stark; Sudie Stark; Delbert H. Stark, Jr.; Henry Boehm, M.D.; Virginia Lake; et al., Appellants, v. Arthur Andersen L.L.P., et al., Defendants, Debra A. Cash; Roger Willard, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Sean Jez (argued), George M. Fleming, Sylvia Gerald Davidow, Fleming & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig Smyser (argued), Asim M. Bhansali, Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka, Houston, TX, John W. Keker, Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, CA, for Fastow.

James E. Coleman, Jr., Bruce William Collins, Diane M. Sumoski, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX, for Lay.

Jeffrey William Kilduff, O'Melveny & Myers, McLean, VA, Bruce Hiler, Robert Michael Stern, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, for Skilling.

Sharon Katz, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Andrew Lee Ramzel, Rusty Hardin & Associates, Houston, TX, for Arthur Andersen LLP.

Barry Grattan Flynn, Law Offices of Barry G. Flynn, Houston, TX, for Duncan.

Michael D. Warden, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, for Goddard.

George William Shepherd, Cruse, Scott, Henderson & Allen, Houston, TX, for Goddard and Cash.

Scott B. Schreiber, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Clayton C. Cannon, Stumpf, Craddock, Massey & Pulman, Houston, TX, for Bauer.

Amelia Toy Rudolph, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for Willard.

Before DAVIS, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

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