IN RE NATURAL GAS COMMODITY LITIGATION

No. 03 Civ. 6186(VM).

358 F.Supp.2d 336 (2005)

In re: NATURAL GAS COMMODITY LITIGATION

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

February 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Persky, Craig L. Briskin, Vaishali Shetty, Goodkind, Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, for Cornerstone Propane Partners, L.P., Dominick Viola, Jr.

Christopher J. Gray, Law Office of Christopher J. Gray, P.C., New York, NY, Christopher Lovell, Lovell, Stewart, Halebian, L.L.P., New York, NY, Gary S. Jacobson, Lovell & Stewart, L.L.P., New York, NY, Louis F. Burke, Louis F. Burke, P.C., New York, NY, Bernard Persky, Craig L. Briskin, Vaishali Shetty, Goodkind, Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, for Roberto E. Calle Gracey.

Gregory Copeland, Holly Roberts, J. Michael Baldwin, James Hail, Mark Robeck, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Paul Anthony Ragsua, Baker Botts LLP, New York, NY, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Reliant Energy Services, Inc.

Blossom Kan, John L. Hendricks, Orrin L. Harrison, III, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, for Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, L.L.C.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Mark R. Hellerer, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, New York, NY, Michael J. Kass, Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Dynegy Marketing and Trade.

Mark R. Hellerer, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, New York, NY, Michael J. Kass, Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, for Dygeny Holdings, Inc., Dygeny, Inc.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Aquila Energy Marketing Corp., Aquila Merchant Service, Inc., Does 1-100.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Steven J. Routh, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for AEP Energy Service, American Electric Power Co., Inc.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, Stephanie J. Goldstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY, for El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., El Paso Corp.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jeffrey M. Shohet, Mark H. Hamer, Noah A. Katsell, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, San Diego, CA, Stanley J. Panikowski, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, San Diego, CA, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Williams Energy Marketing and Trading Co., Williams Companies, Inc.

Peter Joseph Kadzik, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Duke Energy Corp.

Banks Brown, Patrick S. Sinclair, Robert E. Rice, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York, NY, J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for CMS Energy Corp.

Melvin Arnold Brosterman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, New York, NY, for Sempra Energy.

Richard P. Swanson, Thelen, Reid & Priest, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Enserco Energy, Inc.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Robert A. Sacks, Sullivan & Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for WD Energy Services, Encana Corp.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jill Diane Fairbrother, Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, Kenneth M. Raisler, Sullivan & Cromwell, L.L.P., New York, NY, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Energy-Koch Trading, L.P.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Kenneth Conboy, Latham and Watkins, L.L.P., New York, NY, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Koch Industries Inc.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Mary Anne Sullivan, William H. Johnson, Hogan and Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Cook Inlet Energy Supply, L.L.C.

Mary Anne Sullivan, William H. Johnson, Hogan and Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Inupiat Energy Corp.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Robert A. Jaffe, Kutak, Rock, L.L.P., New York, NY, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Midamerican Energy Co.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Richard T. Marooney, Jr., King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for MIECO, Inc.

David G. Hetzel, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, LLP, New York, NY, Dennis Kerrigan, Jr., Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Idaho Power Co., Idacorp., Inc.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Patrick M. McGuirk, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, New York, NY, Steven M. Bierman, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Woods, New York, NY, Thomas K. Cauley, Chicago, IL, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Cinergy Services, Inc., Cinergy Corp.

Michael J. Kass, Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, for West Coast Power, LLC.

Steven M. Bierman, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, New York, NY, for Cinergy Marketing & Trading LP.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, Peter J. Kadzik, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky LLP, Washington, DC, for Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.

Felice Beth Galant, Robert D. Owen, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, NY, J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Artson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Coral Energy Holding, L.P., Coral Energy Reources L.P.

J. Michael Baldwin, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diana L. Weiss, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York, NY, for John Does 1-100.

Richard P. Swanson, Thelen, Reid & Priest, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Calpine Energy Services, L.P.

Robert C. Micheletto, Jones Day, New York, NY, for E Prime, Inc.

Karen Michele Crupi-Fritzgerald, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, New York, NY, for Oneok Energy Marketing and Trading Co., L.P., Oneok, Inc.

Jerome S. Hirsch, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, Peter E. Greene, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., New York, NY, Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flome, New York, NY, for Western Gas Resources, Inc.

Alia Lyerly Smith, Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLO, New York, NY, Nathan Siegel, Levine, Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Intelligence Press.

Matthew A. Leish, Victor A Kovner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY, for McGraw-Hill Companies.


DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

By motion dated November 23, 2004 (the "Motion"), Western Gas Resources, Inc. ("Western"), has sought dismissal of the Amended Class Action Complaint dated September 22, 2004 ("Amended Complaint") filed against it by Roberto Calle Gracey and Dominick Viola (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated.1 Western argues that the heightened...

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