IN RE WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS

MDL No. 1566. Nos. 2:03-CV-01431-PMP-PAL, 2:04-CV-00465-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-00243-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-00437-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-00110-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-01169-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-01331-PMP-PAL, 2:06-CV-00233-PMP-PAL, 2:06-CV-01351-PMP-PAL, 2:07-CV-01019-PMP-PAL, 2:07-CV-00987-PMP-PAL, 2:05-CV-01300-PMP-PAL.

661 F.Supp.2d 1172 (2009)

In re WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, Texas-Ohio Energy, Inc. v. Centerpoint Energy, Inc., et al. Fairhaven Power Company v. Encana Corporation, et. al. Abelman Art Glass v. Encana Corporation et al. Utility Savings & Refund Services, LLP, et al. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc., et al. Ever-Bloom, Inc., et al. v. AEP Energy Services, Inc., et al. J.P. Morgan Trust Co., N.A. v. Williams Companies, Inc., et al. Learjet, Inc., et al. v. Oneok, Inc., et al. Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al. v. Oneok, et al. Arandell Corp., et al. v. Oneok, et al. Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al. v. Oneok, et al. Multiut Corporation v. Dynegy, Inc., et al.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

October 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abelman Art Glass, pro se.

Ever-Bloom, Inc., pro se.

Maximum Nursery, Inc., pro se.

Texas-Ohio Energy, Inc., pro se.

Alan J. Mandel, Alan J. Mandel, Ltd., Skokie, IL, Ira P. Gould, Greenberg Trauring, LLP, Chicago, IL, Sylvie K. Kern, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg, San Francisco, CA, Charles A. Moore, Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, Houston, TX, Kathleen S. Rogers, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Michael P. Lehmann, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll P.L.L.C., San Francisco, CA, Matthew C. Hans, S. Jay Dobbs, Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, St. Louis, MO, Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart, Kansas City, MO, Matthew Corcoran, Melvin Goldstein, Goldstein & Associates, Washington, DC, Philip M. Ballif, Durham Jones & Pinegar, Salt Lake City, UT, Alexander T. Pendelton, Robert L. Gegios, William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Dennis D. Palmer, Jennifer Gille Bacon, Kathleen A. Hardee, Russell S. Jones, Jr., Cathy J. Dean, Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart, P.C., R. Lawrence Ward, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC, Kansas City, MO, Donald D. Barry, Barry Law Offices, L.L.C., Eric I. Unrein, Davis, Unrein, Biggs & Head, L.L.P., Topeka, KS, Gary D. McCallister, Gary D. McCallister & Associates, LLC, Chicago, IL, Gregory L. Musil, Shughart Thompson & Kilroy, Overland Park, KS, Sylvie K. Kern, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg, San Francisco, CA, Von S. Heinz, Lewis & Roca, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Thomas H. Brill, Law Office of Thomas H. Brill, Mission Hills, KS, Sarah Jane Gillett, Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr., Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Learjet, Inc., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, Sinclair Oil Corporation, Topeka Unified School District 501, BBD Acquisition Co., Arandell Corp., Heartland Regional Medical Center, Prime Tanning Corporation, Missouri Public Service Commission, Merrick's Inc., Multiut Corporation, Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., Sargento Foods, Inc., Ladish Co., Inc., Reorganized Fli, Inc., Newpage Wisconsin System Inc., Ever-Bloom, Inc., Fairhaven Power Company.

Sherry A. Knutson, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Khai Lequang, William Molinski, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Martin M. Loring, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, Kansas City, MO, Glen G. Reid, Jr., Robert E. Craddock, Jr., Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Memphis, TN, Michelle B. Goodman, Steven A. Ellis, Mark E. Haddad, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Bruce A. Schultz, Madison, WI, Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Thomas P. Schult, Berkowitz, Oliver, Williams, Shaw & Eisenbrandt, LLP, James Richard Eiszner, Lori Renee Schultz, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Kristen Bird, Marshall M. Searcy, Roxanna Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Joel B. Kleinman, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC, Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Charles A. Moore, Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, Houston, TX, Michael J. Kass, John M. Grenfell, Michael J. Kass, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA, Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Diego, CA, Barry S. Hyman, Samantha C. Norris, William M. Hannay, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, James W. Richgels, Quarles & Brady, LLP, Madison, WI, Kelly H. Twigger, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Heather L. Cupp, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Amelia A Fogleman, John Henry Rule, Mason G. Patterson, Craig A. Fitzgerald, Scott R. Rowland, Oliver S. Howard, Gable & Gotwals, Sarah Jane Gillett, Brandon B. Rule, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, OK, William R. Urga, Jolley Urga Wirth Woodbury & Standish, J. Randall Jones Harrison, Kemp & Jones, LLP Jennifer Dorsey, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Richard P. Levy, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Coral Energy Resources, LP, Sempra Energy Corp., Dynegy Holding Co., Inc., Dynegy INC. Holding Company, Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., West Coast Power LLC, EPNG Mojave, Inc., Mojave Pipeline Company, Mojave Pipeline Operating Company, Oneok Energy Marketing & Trading Company, LP, Oneok, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Energy Services Company Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, Williams Companies, Inc., West Coast Power LLC, Williams Power, Aquila Merchant Services, Inc. Aquila, Inc., Kansas Gas Marketing Company, Oneok Energy Services Company, L.P., CMS Enterprises Group, Inc., CMS Marketing, Service & Trading Company, CMS Energy, Dynegy GP Inc. Dmt Holding, LP, DMT G.PG. LLC, Xcel EGrantednergy Inc., El Paso Corporation, El Paso Marketing LP.


ORDER

PHILIP M. PRO, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings That All Antitrust Claims are Barred by the Commodity Exchange Act (Doc. # 1360), filed on September 26, 2008. Plaintiffs filed an Opposition (Doc. # 1402) on October 27, 2008. Defendants filed a Reply (Doc. # 1433) on November 24, 2008.

I. BACKGROUND

These cases are part of a consolidated Multidistrict Litigation arising...

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