IN RE LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO.

Bankruptcy No. 09-10023 (REG). Adversary No. 09-01038 (REG).

402 B.R. 571 (2009)

In re LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Debtors. Lyondell Chemical Company, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CenterPoint Energy Gas Services Inc., et al., Defendants.

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

February 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susman Godfrey, LLP by Vineet Bhatia, Esq. (argued), David Peterson, Esq., Houston, TX, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP by George A. Davis, Esq., Israel Dahan, Esq., New York, NY, Proposed Counsel for Debtors.

Brown Rudnick, LLP by Edward S. Weisfelner, Esq., New York, NY, by Steven D. Pohl, Esq. (argued), Boston, MA, Proposed Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP by Melvin A. Brosterman, Esq. (argued), Mark A. Speiser, Esq., Harold A. Olsen, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., Hess Corporation, Hess Energy Services Company, LLC, and Hess Energy Trading Company, LLC.

Locke Lorde Bissell & Liddell, LLP by Patricia Williams Prewitt, Esq., Houston, TX, by Allen C. Wasserman, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, by Omer F. Kuebel, III, Esq., New Orleans, LA, Co-Counsel for Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade, Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership, and ConocoPhillips Co.

Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP by Kenneth N. Klee, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for ConocoPhillips Company.

Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, PC by Alan E. Marder, Esq., Jil Mazer-Marino, Esq., Garden City, NY, Co-Counsel for Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade and Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP by Jonathan P. Guy, Esq. (argued), Washington, D.C., by Alyssa D. Englund, Esq., Courtney M. Rogers, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Koch Supply & Trading, LP, Koch Supply & Trading, sarl, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, and Deutsche Asset Management.

Saul Ewing, LLP by John J. Jerome, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for GATX Corporation.

Halperin Battaglia Raicht, LLP by Alan D. Halperin, Esq., Neil W. Cohen, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP by Richard S. Toder, Esq., Andrew D. Gottfried, Esq. (argued), Matthew W. Olsen, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Wachovia Bank, National Association.

Jones Day by Steven C. Bennett, Esq., Erica M. Ryland, Esq., Ross S. Barr, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. and Cokinos Natural Gas Company.

Cokinos, Bosien & Young, PC by Gregory M. Cokinos, Esq., Houston, TX, Counsel for CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. and Cokinos Natural Gas Company.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP by Oscar N. Pinkas, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Anadarko Energy Services Company and Houston Pipe Line Company, LP.

Porter & Hedges, LLP by John F. Higgins, Esq., James Matthew Vaughn, Esq., Houston, TX, Counsel for Anadarko Energy Services Company and Houston Pipe Line Company, LP.

Whiteford Taylor & Preston, LLP by Brent C. Strickland, Esq., Baltimore, MD, Counsel for CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP by Phillip D. Anker, Esq., Mitchel Appelbaum, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Aspen Technology, Inc.

Bingham McCutchen LLP by Jeffrey S. Sabin, Esq., Steven Wilamowsky, Esq. (argued), Jared R. Clark, Esq., Stephanie Mai, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for The Liverpool Limited Partnership and Elliott International, LP.

Ungaretti & Harris LLP by R. Scott Alsterda, Esq., Theodore E. Harman, Esq., Chicago, IL, Counsel for Nalco Company.

Duane Morris LLP by William H. Schrag, Esq., William C. Heuer, Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Utility Center Massvlakte Leftbank B.V.

Andrews Kurth LLP by Lynne M. Fischman Uniman, Esq. (argued), Paul N. Silverstein, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, Counsel to Columbus Hill Overseas, Ltd. and Columbus Hill Partners, LP.

Seward & Kissel LLP by John R. Ashmead, Esq. (argued), Dale C. Christensen, Jr., Esq., New York, NY, Counsel for Wilmington Trust Company as Successor Indenture Trustee for the 2015 Notes.


BENCH DECISION1 ON MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS

ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this adversary proceeding under the umbrella of the chapter 11 cases of Lyondell Chemical Co. ("Lyondell") and its affiliates, the Debtors seek preliminary injunctions, of two types:

(1) enjoining creditors of the Debtors in this case, until confirmation, from pursuing remedies—including, and perhaps especially, the commencement...

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