CAMPBELL HARRISON & DAGLEY L.L.P. v. HILL

Civil Action Nos. 3:12-CV-4599-L, 3:07-CV-2020-L

CAMPBELL HARRISON & DAGLEY L.L.P. and CALLOWAY, NORRIS, BURDETTE AND WEBER, PLLC, Plaintiffs, v. ALBERT G. HILL III and ERIN HILL, et al., Defendants. ALBERT G. HILL, III, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM SCHILLING, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G Hill, III, Plaintiff, represented by John Da Grosa Smith , Smith LLC, Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Autry W Ross , Yetter Coleman LLP, Christian J Ward , Yetter Coleman LLP, Diana Laquey , West & Associates LLP, Emil Lippe, Jr , Law Offices of Lippe & Associates, Eric P Chenoweth , Yetter Warden & Coleman LLP, Gregory S Coleman , Yetter Coleman LLP, Kristina M Jones , Smith LLC, Michael Mowla , Michael Mowla PLLC & Richard B Farrer , Yetter Coleman LLP.

Stephen Malouf, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, David W Evans , Law Offices of David Evans, Jonathan Andrew Nockels , Malouf & Nockels LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Lisa Blue, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Lisa A Blue , Baron & Blue, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Baron & Blue, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Lisa A Blue , Baron & Blue, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Law Offices of Stephen F. Malouf, PC, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, David W Evans , Law Offices of David Evans, Jonathan Andrew Nockels , Malouf & Nockels LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Aldous Law Firm, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Charla G Aldous , Aldous Law Firm, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, Brent R Walker , Aldous Law Firm & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Charla Aldous, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, Charla G Aldous , Aldous Law Firm & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Charla Aldous, PC, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Charla G Aldous , Aldous Law Firm, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, Brent R Walker , Aldous Law Firm & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

THH Properties Limited Partnership, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jason Poe , Ayers Warren Shelton & Williams LLC, Lee H Ayres , Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams LLC & S Todd Parks , Walters Balido & Crain.

D&B Thompson Investments, LP, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jason Poe , Ayers Warren Shelton & Williams LLC, Lee H Ayres , Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams LLC & S Todd Parks , Walters Balido & Crain.

Thompson-Huffman Limited Partnership, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jason Poe , Ayers Warren Shelton & Williams LLC, Lee H Ayres , Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams LLC & S Todd Parks , Walters Balido & Crain.

Melrose Properties, LLC, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jason Poe , Ayers Warren Shelton & Williams LLC, Lee H Ayres , Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams LLC & S Todd Parks , Walters Balido & Crain.

William Schilling, Defendant, represented by George W Bramblett, Jr , Haynes & Boone LLP, Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP, David J Beck , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, David A Dodds , Haynes & Boone LLP, Joseph W Wagner, Jr , Haynes & Boone LLP & Murray Fogler , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP.

Ivan Irwin, Jr, Defendant, represented by Harry M Reasoner , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Michael L Raiff , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP & William D Sims, Jr , Vinson & Elkins.

Albert G Hill, Jr, Defendant, represented by J Keith Benedict , A G Hill Partners LLC, Gregory S Coleman , Yetter Coleman LLP, James C Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Michael L Raiff , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Richard B Farrer , Yetter Coleman LLP, Robert H Thomas , Strasburger & Price & Peter Michael Jung , Strasburger & Price, LLP.

Alinda H Wikert, Defendant, represented by Donald E Godwin , Godwin PC, Bruce W Bowman, Jr , Godwin PC, Israel R Silvas , Godwin Lewis PC, Jenny L Martinez , Godwin Lewis PC, Robert J McGuire , Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC & W Ira Bowman , Godwin Lewis PC.

Lyda Hill, Defendant, represented by Bruce W Bowman, Jr , Godwin PC, Kirk T Florence , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Jennifer L Graf , Crouch & Ramey LLP, Mary E Haught , Ikard & Golden PC & Russell A Devenport , McDonald Sanders.

Heather V Washburne, Defendant, represented by Stewart H Thomas , Hallett & Perrin PC & Tom M Dees, III , Hallett & Perrin, P.C..

Elisa M Summers, Defendant, represented by Stewart H Thomas , Hallett & Perrin PC & Tom M Dees, III , Hallett & Perrin, P.C..

William Herbert Hunt, Defendant, represented by Brian Patrick Shaw , Woodward & Shaw.

Brett Ringle, Defendant, represented by Stephen D Susman , Susman Godfrey, Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP, David J Beck , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, David A Dodds , Haynes & Boone LLP, George W Bramblett, Jr , Haynes & Boone LLP, Murray Fogler , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, Stephen Shackelford, Jr , Susman Godfrey LLP & Thomas W Paterson , Susman Godfrey.

John W Creecy, Defendant, represented by Stephen D Susman , Susman Godfrey, Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP, David J Beck , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, David A Dodds , Haynes & Boone LLP, George W Bramblett, Jr , Haynes & Boone LLP, Murray Fogler , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, Stephen Shackelford, Jr , Susman Godfrey LLP & Thomas W Paterson , Susman Godfrey.

Margaret Keliher, Defendant, represented by Murray Fogler , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP, David J Beck , Beck Redden & Secrest LLP, David A Dodds , Haynes & Boone LLP, Eric T Stahl , Law Offices of Frank L Branson, Frank L Branson, III , The Law Offices of Frank L Branson PC, George W Bramblett, Jr , Haynes & Boone LLP, Gilbert I Low , Orgain Bell & Tucker & Quentin Brogdon , Crain Lewis Brogdon LLP.

The Aldous Law Firm, Respondent, represented by Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP, Brent R Walker , Aldous Law Firm & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

R. Dean Gresham, Respondent, represented by R Dean Gresham , Payne Mitchell Law Group, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Ellen Flowers, Movant, represented by Ryan Kent McComber , Figari & Davenport & A Erin Dwyer , Figari & Davenport, LLP.

Joyce Waller, Movant, represented by Michael P Lynn , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox LLP, Kent D Krabill , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox LLP & Richard A Smith , Richard Smith, P.C..

Michael V Bourland, Movant, represented by David J Goodman , Bourland Wall & Wenzel PC, William R Korb, Jr , Bourland Wall & Wenzel PC & Eric J Millner , Bourland Wall & Wenzel PC.

Joyce E. Waller, Movant, represented by Robert H Mow, Jr , K&L Gates, Alison R Ashmore , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Danny S Ashby , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP & Jennifer Bellow Landry , K&L Gates LLP.

Stewart H Thomas, Movant, represented by C Shawn Cleveland , Jones Day, Emily Coleman McCall , Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP & Matthew D Orwig , Jones Day.

Tom M Dees, III, Movant, represented by Matthew D Orwig , Jones Day, Emily Coleman McCall , Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP & C Shawn Cleveland , Jones Day.

Shamoun & Norman, LLP, represented by Daniel D Tostrud , Cobb Martinez Woodward PLLC, Jonathan Jay Cunningham , Shamoun & Norman LLP, Amanda Marie Hoffmann , Fidelity National Law Group, Angela Marie Hough , Hermes Sargent Bates LLP & C Gregory Shamoun .

PBL Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P., Movant, represented by Lawrence S Fischman , Glast Phillips & Murray PC & Troy David Phillips , Glast Phillips & Murray.

Wilmington Trust NA, Movant, represented by Richard Kevin Spencer , Spencer Law PC & Zachary E Johnson , Spencer Law PC.

Guardian Ad Litem, Guardian Ad Litem, represented by Michael K Hurst , Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank LLP, Dena DeNooyer Stroh , Murchison Oil & Gas Inc & John F Guild , Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank.

Ron Cresswell, Interested Party, represented by William Andrew Barr , Locke Lord LLP & Sarah Nichols Wariner , Benson Siebenhausen PLLC.

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Interested Party, represented by William Andrew Barr , Locke Lord LLP & Sarah Nichols Wariner , Benson Siebenhausen PLLC.

XTO Energy Inc., Interested Party, represented by Mitchell M Murphy , Winstead PC & Jeffrey C King , Windstead PC.

Jonathan Nockels, Interested Party, represented by Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Brent Walker, Interested Party, represented by Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

David Evans, Interested Party, represented by Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Gresham PC, Interested Party, represented by R Dean Gresham , Payne Mitchell Law Group, Alan S Loewinsohn , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP & Kerry F Schonwald , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary LLP.

Daniel L Jackson, Receiver, represented by Talmage Boston , Winstead PC.

Larry E. Jacobs, Trustee, Pro Se.

Peggy Allison, Trustee, represented by Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP.

Danny Bowlin, Trustee, represented by Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP.

Chester Donnally, Trustee, represented by Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP.

Legacy Trust Company, L.T.A., Trustee, represented by Carrie Lee Huff , Haynes & Boone LLP.

Regions Bank, represented by Toni Scott Reed , Strasburger & Price.

Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP, Intervenor, represented by Thomas C Wright , Wright & Close LLP, Howard L Close , Wright & Close LLP, Jessica Zavadil , Wright & Close LLP, Kathleen S Rose , Wright & Close LLP, Kenneth Jason Fair , Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP, Mary C Burdette , Calloway Norris Burdette & Weber, Patrick Boone McAndrew , Wright & Close LLP, Robert W Calloway , Calloway Norris Burdette & Weber, Robin L Harrison , Campbell Harrison & Dagley & Suzanne E Goss , Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP.

Calloway, Norris, Burdette & Weber, PLLC, Intervenor, represented by Thomas C Wright , Wright & Close LLP, Howard L Close , Wright & Close LLP, Jessica Zavadil , Wright & Close LLP, Justin M Campbell, III , Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP, Kathleen S Rose , Wright & Close LLP, Kenneth Jason Fair , Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP, Patrick Boone McAndrew , Wright & Close LLP, Robin L Harrison , Campbell Harrison & Dagley & Suzanne E Goss , Campbell Harrison & Dagley LLP.

Blind Faith Speculation, LLC, Intervenor, represented by Troy David Phillips , Glast Phillips & Murray & Lawrence S Fischman , Glast Phillips & Murray PC.

Lyda Hill, Counter Claimant, represented by Kirk T Florence , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Mary E Haught , Ikard & Golden PC & Russell A Devenport , McDonald Sanders.

Albert G Hill, III, Counter Defendant, represented by Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Christian J Ward , Yetter Coleman LLP & Richard B Farrer , Yetter Coleman LLP.

Alinda H Wikert, Counter Claimant, represented by Donald E Godwin , Godwin PC, Bruce W Bowman, Jr , Godwin PC, Israel R Silvas , Godwin Lewis PC, Jenny L Martinez , Godwin Lewis PC, Robert J McGuire , Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC & W Ira Bowman , Godwin Lewis PC.

Albert G Hill, III, Counter Defendant, represented by Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Christian J Ward , Yetter Coleman LLP & Richard B Farrer , Yetter Coleman LLP.

Heather V Washburne, Counter Claimant, represented by Stewart H Thomas , Hallett & Perrin PC & Tom M Dees, III , Hallett & Perrin, P.C..

Elisa M Summers, Counter Claimant, represented by Stewart H Thomas , Hallett & Perrin PC & Tom M Dees, III , Hallett & Perrin, P.C..

Albert G Hill, III, Counter Defendant, represented by Stephen F Malouf , Malouf & Nockels LLP, Christian J Ward , Yetter Coleman LLP & Richard B Farrer , Yetter Coleman LLP.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Before the Court are Albert G. Hill, III ("Hill III") and Erin Hill's Motion to Disqualify Magistrate Judge or Withdraw Referral ("Motion for Recusal") (Doc. 144), filed September 9, 2015, in Civil Action No. 3-12-CV-4599-L (the "4599 Action"); and Albert...

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