HOOSIER ENERGY RURAL ELEC. v. JOHN HANCOCK LIFE

Case No. 1:08-cv-1560-DFH-DML.

588 F.Supp.2d 919 (2008)

HOOSIER ENERGY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Plaintiff, v. JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; OP Merom Generation I, LLC; Merom Generation I, LLC; AE Global Investments, LLC; Ambac Credit Products, LLC; Ambac Assurance Corporation and CoBank, ACB, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

November 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Hulse, James C. Joslin, Reed S. Oslan, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Erin L. Connell, Ryan L. Leitch, Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff.

Gary J. Clendening, Mallor Clendening Grodner & Bohrer, Bloomington, IN, George T. Patton, Jr., Kathleen I. Hart, Steven M. Badger, Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP, John R. Schaibley, III, Robert K. Stanley, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, Matthew J. Herrington, Michael Baratz, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, Israel Dahan, Jonathan M. Hoff, Steven Lenkowsky, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLC, New York, NY, David Roy Day, Church Church Hittle & Antrim, Fishers, IN, for Defendants.


ENTRY ON HOOSIER ENERGY'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DAVID F. HAMILTON, Chief Judge.

Introduction

This case provides a case study of some of the worst aspects of modern finance. The case arises from an elaborate transaction that combines the sometimes toxic intricacies of credit default swaps and investment derivatives with a blatantly abusive tax shelter. Investment bankers and lawyers made more than $12 million in fees for putting...

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