PETERSON v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 10-cv-4518 (KBF).

DEBORAH D. PETERSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.) et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN et al., Defendants.

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

June 18, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Other
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudine Dunningan, Lead Plaintiff, represented by Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP & Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Deborah D. Peterson, Personal Representative of the Estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.), Plaintiff, represented by Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, James Patrick Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP, Patrick Louis Rocco , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice & Susan M. Davies , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP.

Terry Abbott, John Robert Allman, Ronny Kent Bates, James Baynard, Jess W. Beamon, Alvin Burton Belmer, Richard D. Blankenship, John W. Blocker, Joseph John Boccia, Jr., Leon Bohannon, John Bonk, Jr., John Norman Boyett, William Burley, Paul Callahan, Mecot Camara, Bradley Campus, Johnnie Cesar, Robert Allen Conley, Charles Dennis Cook, Johnny Len Copeland, David Cosner, Kevin Coulman, Rick Crudale, Russell Cyzick, Michael Devlin, Nathaniel Dorsey, Timothy Dunnigan, Brian Earle, Danny R. Estes, Richard Andrew Fluegel, Michael D. Fulcher, Sean Gallagher, George Gangur, Randall Garcia, Harold Ghumm, Timothy Giblin, Michael Gorchinski, Richard Gordon, Davin M. Green, Thomas Hairston, Mark Anthony Helms, Stanley G. Hester, Donald Wayne Hildreth, Richard Holberton, Dr. John Hudson, Edward Iacovino, Jr., Paul Innocenzi, III, James Jackowski, Nathaniel Walter Jenkins, Edward Anthony Johnston, Steven Jones, Thomas Adrian Julian, Thomas Keown, Daniel Kluck, James C. Knipple, Freas H. Kreischer, III, James Langon, Michael Scott LaRiviere, Steven LaRiviere, Richard Lemnah, Joseph R. Livingston, III, ("Joel"), Paul D. Lyon, Jr., John Macroglou, Samuel Maitland, Jr., Charlie Robert Martin, David Massa, John McCall, James E. McDonough, Timothy R. McMahon, Richard Menkins, III, Ronald Meurer, Joseph Peter Milano, Joseph Moore, Harry Douglas Myers, David Nairn, John Arne Olson, Joseph Albert Owens, Connie Ray Page, Ulysses Gregory Parker, John L. Pearson, Thomas S. Perron, John Arthur Phillips, Jr., William Roy Pollard, Victor Mark Prevatt, James Price, Patrick Kerry Prindeville, Diomedes J. Quirante, Warren Richardson, Louis J. Rotondo, Michael Caleb Sauls, Charles Jeffrey Schnorf, Scott Lee Schultz, Peter Scialabba, Gary Randall Scott, Larry H. Simpson, Jr., Kirk Hall Smith, William Scott Sommerhof, Stephen Eugene Spencer, William Stelpflug, Horace Renardo Stephens, Jr., Craig Stockton, Jeffrey Stokes, Eric D. Sturghill, Devon Sundar, Thomas Paul Thorstad, Stephen Tingley, Donald H. Vallone, Jr., Eric Glenn Washington, Dwayne Wigglesworth, Rodney J. Williams, Scipio Williams, Jr., Johnny Adam Williamson, William Ellis Winter, Donald Elberan Woollett, Craig Wyche, Jeffrey D. Young, Marvin Albright, Pablo Arroyo, Anthony Banks, Rodney Darrell Burnette, Frank Comes, Glenn Dolphin, Frederick Daniel Eaves, Lilla Woollett Abbey, James Abbott, Elizabeth Adams, Eileen Prindeville Ahlquist, Miralda Alarcon, (Judith Maitland), Anne Allman, DiAnne Margaret Allman, ("Maggie"), Robert Allman, Margaret E. Alvarez, Kimberly F. Angus, Donnie Bates, Johnny Bates, Laura Bates, Margie Bates, Monty Bates, Thomas Bates, Jr., Estate of Mary Abbott, Estate of Theodore Allman, Charles Frye, Truman Dale Garner, Larry Gerlach, Orval Hunt, Joseph P. Jacobs, Brian Kirkpatrick, Burnham Matthews, Timothy Mitchell, Lovelle Darrell Moore, Jeffrey Nashton, John Oliver, Paul Rivers, Stephen Russell, Dana Spaulding, Craig Joseph Swinson, Michael Toma, Danny Wheeler, Thomas D. Young, Thomas C. Bates, Sr., Mary E. Baumgartner, Anthony Baynard, Barry Baynard, Emerson Baynard, Philip Baynard, Thomasine Baynard, Timothy Baynard, Stephen Baynard, Wayne Baynard, Anna Beard, Mary Ann Beck, Alue Belmer, Annette Belmer, Clarence Belmer, Colby Keith Belmer, Denise Belmer, Donna Belmer, Faye Belmer, Kenneth Belmer, Luddie Belmer, Shawn Biellow, Mary Frances Black, Donald Blankenship, Jr., Donald Blankenship, Sr., Alice Blocker, Douglas Blocker, John R. Blocker, Robert Blocker, James Boccia, Joseph Boccia, Sr., Patricia Boccia, Raymond Boccia, Richard Boccia, Ronnie Boccia, (Veronica), Leticia Boddie, Angela Bohannon, Anthony Bohannon, Carrie Bohannon, David Bohannon, Edna Bohannon, Leon Bohannon, Sr., Ricki Bohannon, Billie Jean Bolinger, Joseph Boulos, Lydia Boulos, Estate of Mary Blackenship, Marie Boulos, Rebecca Bowler, Lavon Boyett, Theresa U. Roth Boyett, William A. Boyett, Estate of Norman E. Boyett, Jr., Damion Briscoe, Christine Brown, Rosanne Brunette, Mary Lynn Buckner, Myra Burley, Kathleen Calabro, Rachel Caldera, Estate of Claude Burley, Estate of William Douglas Burley, Susan Schnorf Breeden, Avenell Callahan, Michael Callahan, Patricia Calloway, "Patsy Ann", Elisa Rock Camara, Theresa Riggs Camara, Candace Campbell, Clare Campus, Elaine Capobianco, Florene Martin Carter, Phyllis A. Cash, Theresa Catano, Bruce Ceasar, Franklin Ceasar, Frederick Ceasar, Robbie Neil Ceasar, Sybil Ceasar, Christine Devlin Cecca, Tammy Chapman, James Cherry, Sonia Cherry, Adele H. Chios, Jana M. Christian, Sharon Rose Christian, Susan Ciupaska, Leshune Stokes Clark, Rosemary Clark, Mary Ann Cobble, Karen Shipp Collard, Jennifer Collier, Melia Winter Collier, Deborah M. Coltrane, James N. Conley, Jr., Roberta Li Conley, Charles F. Cook, Elizabeth A. Cook, Alan Tracy Copeland, Betty Copeland, Blanche Corry, Harold Cosner, Jeffrey Cosner, Leanna Cosner, Cheryl Cossaboom, Bryan Thomas Coulman, Christopher J. Coulman, Dennis P. Coulman, Lorraine M. Coulman, Robert D. Coulman, Charlita Martin Covington, Amanda Crouch, Marie Crudale, Eugene Cyzick, Lynn Dallachie, Lynn Smith Derbyshire, Theresa Desjardins, Christine Devlin, Daniel Devlin, Gabrielle Devlin, Richard Devlin, Sean Devlin, Rosalie Milano Donahue, Ashley Doray, Rebecca Doss, Chester Dunnigan, Elizabeth Ann Dunningan, Michael Dunningan, William Dunningan, Janice Thorstad Edquist, Mary Ruth Ervin, Estate of Marva Lynn Cosner, Estate of Mary A. Cook, Barbara Estes, Charles Estes, Frank Estes, Angela Dawn Farthing, Arlington Ferguson, Lori Fransler, Estate of James Gallagher, Estate of Jediah Ghumm, Hilton Ferguson, Linda Sandback Fish, Nancy Brocksbank Fox, Tia Fox, Tammy Freshour, Ruby Fulcher, Barbara Gallagher, Brian Gallagher, James Gallagher, Jr., Kevin Gallagher, Michael Gallagher, Dimitri Gangur, Mary Gangur, Jess Garcia, Ronald Garcia, Roxanne Garcia, Russell Garcia, Violet Garcia, Suzanne Perron Garza, Jeanne Gattegno, Arlene Ghumm, Ashley Ghumm, Bill Ghumm, Edward Ghumm, Hildegard Ghumm, Jesse Ghumm, Leroy Ghumm, Moronica Ghumm, Donald Giblin, Jeanne Giblin, Michael Giblin, Tiffany Giblin, Valerie Giblin, William Giblin, Thad Gilford-Smith, Rebecca Gintonio, Dawn Goff, Christina Gorchinski, Judy Gorchinski, Kevin Gorchinski, Valerie Gorchinski, Alice Gordon, Joseph Gordon, Estate of Norris Gordon, Estate of Samuel Hudson, Linda Gordon, Paul Gordon, Andrea Grant, Deborah Graves, Deborah Green, Liberty Quirante Gregg, Alex Griffin, Catherine E. Grimsley, Megan Grummer, Lyda Woollett Guz, Darlene Hairston, Tara Hanrahan, Mary Clyde Hart, Jeffrey Haskell, Brenda Haskill, Kathleen S. Hedge, Christopher Todd Helms, Marvin R. Helms, Clifton Hildreth, Julia Hildreth, Mary Ann Hildreth, Michael Wayne Hildreth, Donald Holberton, Patricia Lee Holberton, Thomas Holberton, Tangie Hollifield, Debra Horner, Elizabeth House, Joyce A. Houston, Tammy Camara Howell, Lisa H. Hudson, Lorenzo Hudson, Lucy Hudson, Ruth Hudson, William J. Hudson, Estate of Susan Thorstad Hudson, Nancy Tingley Hurlburt, Cynthia Perron Hurston, Estate of John D. Knipple, Estate of Pauline Knipple, Estate of Synovure Jones, Elizabeth Iacovino, Deborah Innocenzi, Kristin Innocenzi, Mark Paul Innocenzi, IV, John Jackowski, Sr., John Jackowski, Jr., Victoria Jacobus, Elaine James, Nathalie C. Jenkins, Stephen Jenkins, Rebecca Jewett, Linda Martin Johnson, Ray Johnson, Rennitta Stokes Johnson, Sherry Johnson, Charles Johnston, Edwin Johnston, Mary Ann Johnston, Zandra LaRiviere Johnston, Alicia Jones, Corene Martin Jones, Kia Briscoe Jones, Mark Jones, Ollie Jones, Sandra D. Jones, Robin Copeland Jordan, Susan Scott Jordan, Joyce Julian, Karl Julian, Nada Jurist, Adam Keown, Bobby Keown, Sr., Bobby Keown, Jr., Darren Keown, William Keown, Mary Joe Kirker, Kelly Kluck, Michael Kluck, John R. Knipple, Shirley L. Knox, Doreen Kreischer, Freas H. Kreischer, Jr., Cynthia D. Lake, Estate of Clarence Lemnah, Estate of Richard G. LaRiviere, Eugene LaRiviere, Janet LaRiviere, John M. LaRiviere, Lesley LaRiviere, Michael LaRiviere, Nancy LaRiviere, Richard LaRiviere, Robert LaRiviere, William LaRiviere, Wendy L. Lange, James Langon, III, Cathy L. Lawton, Heidi Crudale LeGault, Etta Lemnah, Fay Lemnah, Harold Lemnah, Marlys Lemnah, Robert Lemnah, Ronald Lemnah, Estate of Joseph R. Livingston, Joseph R. Livingston, IV, Robin M. Lynch, Earl Lyon, Francisco Lyon, June Lyon, Maria Lyon, Paul D. Lyon, Sr., Valerie Lyon, Heather Macroglou, Kathleen Devlin Mahoney, Kenty Maitland, Leysnal Maitland, Samuel Maitland, Sr., Shirla Maitland, Virginia Boccia Marshall, John Martin, Pacita Martin, Renerio Martin, Ruby Martin, Shirley Martin, Mary Mason, Cristina Massa, Estate of Campbell J. Nairn, Estate of Thomas McCall, Edmund Massa, Joao Massa, "John", Ramiro Massa, Mary McCall, Valerie McCall, Gail McDermott, Julia A. McFarlin, George McMahon, Michael McMahon, Patty McPhee, Gregory Menkins, Margaret Menkins, Richard H. Menkins, Jay T. Meurer, John Meurer, Michael Meurer, John Thomas Meurer, Mary Lou Meurer, Penny Meyer, Angela Milano, Peter Milano, Jr., Earline Miller, Henry Miller, Patricia Miller, Helen Montgomery, Betty Moore, Harry Moore, Kimberly Moore, Mary Moore, Melissa Lea Moore, Elizabeth Phillips Moy, Debra Myers, Geneva Myers, Harry A. Myers, Billie Ann Nairn, Campbell J. Nairn, Jr., William P. Nairn, Richard Norfleet, Deborah O'Connor, Estate of Barbara D. Prindeville, Estate of Bertha Olson, Estate of James Owens, Estate of Sigurd Olson, Pearl Olaniji, Karen L. Olson, Randal D. Olson, Roger S. Olson, Ronald J. Olson, David Owens, Deanna Owens, Frances Owens, Steven Owens, Connie Mack Page, Judith K. Page, Lisa Menkins Palmer, Geraldine Paolozzi, Maureen Pare, Henry James Parker, Sharon Parker, Sonia Pearson, Brett Perron, Deborah Jean Perron, Michelle Perron, Ronald R. Perron, Muriel Persky, Sandra Petrick, Sharon Conley Petry, Donna Vallone Phelps, Harold Phillips, John Arthur Phillips, Sr., Donna Tingley Plickys, Margaret Aileen Pollard, Stacey Yvonne Pollard, Lee Hollan Prevatt, Victor Thornton Prevatt, John Price, Joseph Price, Kathleen Tara Prindeville, Michael Prindeville, Paul Prindeville, Sean Prindeville, Estate of Godofredo Quirante, Estate of Larry L. Scott, Belinda J. Quirante, Edgar Quirante, Milton Quirante, Sabrina Quirante, Susan Ray, Laura M. Reininger, Alan Richardson, Clarence Richardson, Eric Richardson, Lynette Richardson, Vanessa Richardson, Philiece Richardson-Mills, Melrose Ricks, Belina Quirante Riva, Barbara Rockwell, Linda Rose Rooney, Tammi Ruark, Marie McMahon Russell, Alicia Lynn Sanchez, Andrew Sauls, Henry Caleb Sauls, Riley A. Sauls, Margaret Medler Schnorf, Richard Schnorf, (brother), Richard Schnorf, (father), Robert Schnorf, Beverly Schultz, Dennis James Schultz, Dennis Ray Schultz, Frank Scialabba, Jacqueline Scialabba, Samuel Scott Scialabba, Jon Christopher Scott, Kevin James Scott, Mary Ann Scott, Sheria Scott, Stephen Allen Scott, Jacklyn Seguerra, Bryan Richard Shipp, James David Shipp, Tara Smith, Estate of Angela Josephine Smith, Janice Shipp, Maurice Shipp, Pauline Shipp, Raymond Dennis Shipp, Russell Shipp, Susan J. Sinsioco, Bobbie Ann Smith, Shirley L. Smith, Tadgh Smith, Terrence Smith, Timothy B. Smith, Jocelyn J. Sommerhof, John Sommerhof, William J. Sommerhof, Douglas Spencer, Joseph Stelpflug, Estate of Nelson Stokes Sr., Kathy Nathan Stelpflug, Laura Barfield Stelpflug, Peggy Stelpflug, Horace Stephens, Sr., Joyce Stephens, Keith Stephens, Dona Stockton, Richard Stockton, Irene Stokes, Nelson Stokes, Jr., Richard Stokes, Robert Stokes, Gwenn Stokes-Graham, Marcus D. Sturghill, Marcus L. Sturghill, Jr., NaKeisha Lynn Sturghill, Doreen Sundar, Margaret Tella, Susan L. Terlson, Mary Ellen Thompson, Adam Thorstad, James Thorstad, James Thorstad, Jr., James Thorstad, Sr., John Thorstad, Ryan Thorstad, Betty Ann Thurman, Barbara Tingley, Richard L. Tingley, Russell Tingley, Keysha Tolliver, Mary Ann Turek, Karen Valenti, Anthony Vallone, Donald H. Vallone, Timothy Vallone, Denise Voyles, Ila Wallace, Kathyrn Thorstad Wallace, Richard J. Wallace, Barbara Thorstad Warwick, Linda Washington, Vancine Washington, Kenneth Watson, Diane Whitner, Darrin A. Wigglesworth, Daryl Wigglesworth, Henry Wigglesworth, Mark Wigglesworth, Robyn Wigglesworth, Sandra Wigglesworth, Shawn Wigglesworth, Dianne Stokes Williams, Gussie Martin Williams, Janet Williams, Rhonda Williams, Ronald Williams, Johnny Williamson, Jamaal Muata Ali, Ruth Williams, Scipio J. Williams, Wesley Williams, Delma Williams-Edwards, Jewelene Williamson, Tony Williamson, Barbara Wiseman, Phyllis Woodford, Joyce Woodle, Beverly Woolett, Paul Woolett, Melvina Stokes Wright, Patricia Wright, Glenn Wyche, John Wyche, John F. Young, John W. Young, Judith Carol Young, Sandra Rhodes Young, Joanne Zimmerman, Stephen Thomas Zone, Patricia Thorstad Zosso, Margaret Angeloni, Jesus Arroyo, Milagros Arroyo, Olympia Carletta, Kimberly Carpenter, Christopher Comes, Frank Comes, Sr., Joan Comes, Patrick Comes, Deborah Crawford, Barbara Davis, Alice Warren Franklin, Megan Gerlach, Patricia Gerlach, Travis Gerlach, Arminda Hernandez, Margaret Hlywiak, Joseph Hlywiak, Paul Hlywiak, Peter Hlywiak, Jr., Peter Hlywiak, Sr., Cynthia Lou Hunt, Rosa Ibarro, Estate of Alex W. Nashton, Estate of James Otis Moore, Estate of Johnney S. Moore, Andrew Scott Jacobs, Daniel Joseph Jacobs, Danita Jacobs, Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Grace Lewis, Lisa Magnotti, Wendy Mitchell, Alie Mae Moore, Marvin S. Moore, Jonnie Mae Moore-Jones, Ashley E. Oliver, Kayley Oliver, Michael John Oliver, Patrick S. Oliver, Paul Oliver, Riley Oliver, Tanya Russell, Wanda Russell, Estate of Ingrid M. Swinson, Estate of Kenneth J. Swinson, Estate of Marlis Molly Wheeler, Scott Spaulding, Mary Stilpen, Kelly Swank, Daniel Swinson, Dawn Swinson, Teresa Swinson, William Swinson, Bronzell Warren, Jessica Watson, Audrey Webb, Andrew Wheeler, Benjamin Wheeler, Brenda June Wheeler, Jonathan Wheeler, Kerry Wheeler, Jill Wold, Estate of Nora Young, Estate of Robert Young & James Young, Plaintiffs, represented by Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP & Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Jeffrey Joseph Boulos, John Hlywiak, Estate of Edward Iacovino Sr., Bernadette Jaccom, Jose Massa, "Joe", Manuel Massa, Jr., Darren Menkins, Ann Smith-Ward & Estate of Donald Stockton, Plaintiffs, represented by Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP & Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Maurice Edward Hukill, Cynthia Smith, Donna Marie Smith, Erma Smith, Holly Smith, Ian Smith, Janet Smith, Joseph K. Smith, III, Joseph K. Smith, Jr., Keith Smith & Kelly B. Smith, Plaintiffs, represented by Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP & Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP.

Jeffrey Wilbur James, Keith Laise, Jerryl Shropshire, Anne Deal, Doris Hester, Sharon A. Hilton, Estate of Michael Moore, Helen M. Pearson, John L. Pearson, Sr., Juliana Rudkowski, Christy Williford Stelpflug, Leona Mae Vargas, Michael Winter, Jason Russell, Clydia Shaver & Cecilia Stanley, Plaintiffs, represented by Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP & Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP.

Annette R. Livingston, Plaintiff, represented by Richard David Greenfield , Greenfield & Goodman LLC, Daniel Cobrinik , Daniel Cobrinik, P.C., Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, Ira Neil Richards , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP & Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Deborah D. Peterson, Plaintiff, represented by Annureet Kaur Grewal , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP, Edward Brian MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, James Patrick Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP, Patrick Louis Rocco , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, Susan M. Davies , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP & Thomas Fortune Fay , Fay Law Group P.A..

AMANDA WULTZ, Plaintiff, represented by Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP.

John J. Santos, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander Mark Levy , Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group & Stella Beth Goldstein , Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group.

Stanley Sporkin, Movant, represented by Shalom Jacob , Dechert, LLP & Alan Harry Katz , Locke Lord LLP.

Clearstream Banking, S.A., Defendant, represented by Jennifer Gillian Newstead , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., Karen E. Wagner , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P. & Benjamin S. Kaminetzky , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P..

Clearstream Banking, S.A., Garnishee, represented by Jennifer Gillian Newstead , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P. & Karen E. Wagner , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P..

Anna Beer, Harry Beer, Estelle Carroll, Phyllis Maisel, David Kirschenbaum, Isabelle Kirschenbaum, Jason Kirschenbaum, Joshua Kirschenbaum & Danielle Lynn Teitlebaum, Respondents, represented by Curtis Campbell Mechling , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP & James Lawrence Bernard , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Estate of Daniel Wultz, SHERYL WULTZ, YEKUTIEL WULTZ & AMANDA WULTZ, Intervenor Plaintiffs, represented by Jaime David Sneider , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP.

Paul Martinez, Sr., ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC.

Alice M. Hirn & Alexandra Rain Cormier, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Lynne Michol Spencer, Angel Alvarado, Pedro Alvarado, Jr., Minerva Alvarado, Dennis Jack Anderson, Michael Harris, Deborah True, Eloise F. Selbe, James Selbe, Belinda Skarka, Ifaline Thompson, Edward J. Brooks, Patricia A. Brooks, Wanda Ford, Sherry Lynn Fiedler, Evans Hairston, Felicia Hairston, Julia Bell Hairston, Meredith Ann Hukill, Mitchell Charles Hukill, Virginia Ellen Hukill, Carl A. Kirkwood, Jr., Betty Laise, Bill Laise, Bill Macgroglou, Lorraine Macgroglou, Kathy McDonald, Edward W. McDonough, Sean McDonough, Anna Marie Simpson, Larry Simpson, Sr., Renee Eileen Simpson, Sally Jo Wirick, Geraldo Alvarado, Marta Alvarado, Yolanda Alvarado, Zoraida Alvarado, Cheryl Bass, Catherine Bonk, Kevin Bonk, Thomas Bonk, Timothy Brooks, Marion DiGiovanni, Marilou Fluegel, Robert Fluegel, Thomas A Fluegel, Bennie Harris, Rose Harris, Melissa Hukill, Monte Hukill, Storm Jones, Penni Joyce, Carl Kirkwood, Sr., Jeff Kirkwood, Shirley Kirkwood, Patricia Kronenbitter, Kris Laise, James Macgroglou, Edward J McDonough, Marcy Lynn Parson, Donald R. Pontillo, Douglas Pontillo, Deborah Rhosto, Don Selbe, John E. Selbe, Robert Simpson, Allison Thompson, Johnny Thompson, Willy G. Thompson, Janice Valore, Orlando M. Valore, Jr., Orlando Michael Valore, Sr. & Terance J. Valore, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Keith Martin Fleischman , The Fleischman Law Firm.

Carlos Acosta, Maria Acosta, Tova Ettinger, Estate of Binyamin Kahane, Estate of Irma Franklin, Estate of Meir Kahane, Irving Franklin, Ethel J. Griffin, Baruch Kahane, Libby Kahane, Norman Kahane, Sonia Kahane, Ciporah Kaplan, Estate of Judith Greenbaum, Steven M. Greenbaum, Alan Hayman & Shirlee Hayman, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Curtis Campbell Mechling , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP & James Lawrence Bernard , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Alan C. Anderson, Michael Anderson, Thelma Anderson, James Bland, Ruth Ann Bland, Stephen Boyd Bland, Dudley Decker, Ida Decker, Johnnie Decker, Sidney Decker, Ronald Duplanty, Estate of Frank Bland, Estate of Laura Virginia Copeland, Carolyn Mudd, Estate of Benjamin E. Fuller, Estate of Sean F. Ester, Keith Estler, Louis Estler, Jr., Mary Ellen Estler, Elaine Allen, Ernest C. Fuller, Holly Gibson, John Gibson, Maurice Gibson, Estate of Michael Hastings, Estate of Paul Hein, Joyce Hastings, Christopher Hein, Jo Ann Hein, Victor J. Hein, Karen Hein-Sullivan, Jacqueline M. Kunysz, Estate of Bruce Hollingshead, Estate of John Hendrickson, Estate of Michael Robert Massman, Nicole Gomez, John Hendrickson, Tyson Hendrickson, Melinda Hollingshead, Renard Manley, Deborah Ryan, Estate of Louis Melendez, Angela Massman, Kristopher Massman, Lydia Massman, Douglas Jason Melendez, Zaida Melendez, Patricia Lou Smith, Estate of Billy San Pedro, Estate of Juan C. Rodriguez, Estate of Michael Mercer, Johnny Melendez, Johnny Jr. Melendez, Sarah Mercer, Robin Nicely, Samuel Palmer, Louisa Punonet, Robert Rucker, Patty Barnett, Estate of James Surch, Cesar San Pedro, Guillermo San Pedro, Javier San Pedro, Sila V. San Pedro, Thurnell Shields, Emanuel Simmons, Will Surch, Jeanette Dougherty, Bradley Ulick, Estate of Eric Walker, Marilyn Peterson, Tena Walker-Jones, Anson Edmond, Arnold Edmond, Hazel Edmond, Estate of Obrian Weekes, Ronald E. Walker, Ronald Walker, Jr., Galen Weber, Kelly Bachlor, Wendy Edmond, Estate of Dennis Lloyd West, Estate of John Weyl, Faith Weekes, Ianthe Weekes, Keith Weekes, Meta Weekes, Kathy West, Morgan W. Rowan, Sharon J. Rowan, Nelson Weyl, Angela E. Barile, Joseph A. Barile, Michael Barile, Andrea Ciarla, John Becker, John Brown, Rowel Brown, Sulba Brown, Vara Brown, David Burns, Eugene Burns, Rodney E. Burns, Daniel Cuddeback, Jr., Daniel Cuddeback, Sr., John R. Cuddeback, Marvine McBride, Ann Marie Moore, Jeannie Scaggs, LaJuana Smith, The Estate of Anthony Brown, Angela Yoak, Louise Gaddo Blatter, Barbara Cuddeback, Robert Dean, Michael Episcopo, Peter Gaddo, Randy Gaddo, Timothy Gaddo, The Estate of William R. Gaines, Jr., Michael A. Gaines, William R. Gaines, Sr., Gloria Hamilton, Carolyn Spears, James S. Spears, Mark Spears, Eveyln Sue Spears Elliot, The Estate of Virgel Hamilton, Carol Weaver, Loretta Brown, Bruce Hastings, Kathy Hodges, Mary Jean Hodges, Maynard Hodges, Cindy Holmes, Daniel Joy, Sean Kirkpatrick, Daniel Kremer, Joseph T. Kremer, Shana Saul, Jacqueline Stahrr, Betty Lewis, Jerry L. Lewis, Scott M. Lewis, The Estate of Christine Kremer, The Estate of David A. Lewis, The Estate of Thomas Kremer, Teresa Gunterh, Alphonso Martinez, Daniel Martinez, Michael Martinez, Paul Martinez, Jr., Tomasita L. Martinez, Esther Martinez Parks, Susanne Yeoman, Joyce Clifford, John Opatovsky, Jean Givens Owen, Steven G. Owen, Albert Page, Janet Page, David Penosky, Joseph Penosky, Christian R. Rauch, The Estate of Burton Wherland, The Estate of Jeffrey Bruce Owen, The Estate of Michael Lee Page, Sarah Wherland, Sharon Davis, Charles F. West, Charles H. West, Rick West, Gregory Wherland, Kimmy Wherland & Paul Martinez, Sr., ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC.

Robin Brock, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC & Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice.

Estate of Michael Heiser, Francis Heiser, Gary Heiser, Estate of Justin R. Wood, Estate of Leland TimonthyHaun, Ibis S. Haun, Senator Haun, Milagritos Perez-Dalis, Richard W. Wood, Anthony W. Cartrette, Lewis W. Cartrette, Denise M. Eichstaedt, Estate of Earl F. Cartrette, Jr, Estate of Millard D. Campbell, James V. Wetmore, Sandra M. Wetmore, Kathleen M. Wood, Shawn M. Wood, Bessie A. Campbell, Che G. Colson, Estate of Joseph E. Rimkus, Estate of Kevin J. Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Kevin Johnson, a minor, Nicholas A. Johnson, a minor, Shyrl L. Johnson, Estate of Brent E. Marthaler, Herman C. Marthaler, III, Katie L. Marthaler, Matthew Marthaler, Sharon Marthaler, Anne M. Rimkus, James R. Rimkus, Estate of Joshua E. Woody, Estate of Thanh Van Nguyen, Kirk Marthaler, Christopher R. Nguyen, Dawn Woody, Catherine Adams, John E. Adams, Michael T. Adams, Patrick D. Adams, Bernadine R. Beekman, George M. Beekman, Estate of Christopher Adams, Estate of Kendall Kitson, Jr., Estate of Peter J. Morgera, Kendall K. Kitson, Kendall K. Kitson, Jr., Nancy Kitson, Nancy A. Kitson, Steve K. Kitson, Tracy M. Smith, Jonica L. Woody, Timothy Woody, Daniel Adams, Estate of Christopher Lester, Cecil H. Lester, Cecil H. Lester, Jr., Jessica F. Lester, Lawrence Taylor, Elizabeth Wolf, Estate of Patrick Fennig, Catherine Fennig, Paul D. Fennig, Starlina D. Taylor, Vicki L Taylor, Thaddeus C. Fennig, Michael Morgera, Thomas Morgera & Estate of Brian McVeigh, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy H. Birnbaum , DLA Piper.

Bridget Brooks & Marie R. Campbell, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice & Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice.

Laura E. Johnson, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, Timothy H. Birnbaum , DLA Piper & Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP.

William Adams, Estate of Jeremy Taylor, Judy Lester, Mary Young & Mark Fennig, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Barbara L. Seniawski , DLA Piper US LLP, Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy H. Birnbaum , DLA Piper.

Jeremy Levin & Dr. Lucille Levin, ThirdParty Defendants, represented by Suzelle Moss Smith , Howarth & Smith & Don Howarth , Howarth and Smith, pro hac vice.

Specialty Claims Investments LLC, Applicant, represented by Susan F. DiCicco , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

Estate of Terrance Rich, Bryan Harris, Jane L'Heureux, John E. L'Heureux, Kerry L'Heureux, Elizabeth Murphy, Mary Wells & Armando J. Ybarra, Counter Claimants, represented by Steven Karl Barentzen , The Law Office of Steven Barentzen, Theodore Scot Allison , Karr & Allison, PC, pro hac vice & John W. Karr , Karr & Allison P.C., pro hac vice.

Thomas Alan Shipp, Robert Louis Coulman & Barbara Thorstad, ADR Providers, represented by Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP.

colleen l delaney, ADR Provider, represented by Nathan M. Crystal , Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal, LLC.

RD Legal Capital, LLC, Miscellaneous, represented by David K. Willingham , Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC & Michael Dietz Roth , Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC, pro hac vice.

Cedars Funding LLC, Miscellaneous, represented by James E. Anderson , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC, Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC, Miscellaneous, represented by Roger E. Zuckerman , Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP & William J. Murphy , Murphy & Shaffer LLC.

Jay Glenn, Interested Party, represented by Edward Dolido , Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Jeffrey Scott Chubak , Storch Amini & Munves PC & Steven Gary Storch , Storch, Amini & Munves P.C..

Esq. Annie P Kaplan, Interested Party, represented by Michelle Chen , Williams & Connolly LLP.

Thomas Fortune Fay, Interested Party, represented by Chantale Fiebig , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

David J. Cook, Interested Party, represented by Max Folkenflik , Folkenflik & McGerity.

Steven R. Perles, Interested Party, pro se.

Abkir Associates, LLC, Intervenor, represented by Scott Christopher Speier , The Speier Law Firm, LLC.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervenor, represented by David Stuart Jones , U.S. Attorney's Office & Elizabeth Tulis , United States Attorney's Office.

Colleen M. Delaney, Intervenor, represented by Nathan M. Crystal , Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal, LLC.

James Owens, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Annie Pennock Kaplan , Fay Kaplan Law, P.A..

Jeremy Levin & Dr. Lucille Levin, Cross Claimants, represented by Suzelle Moss Smith , Howarth & Smith & Don Howarth , Howarth and Smith, pro hac vice.

Carlos Acosta & Maria Acosta, Cross Defendants, represented by James Lawrence Bernard , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Catherine Adams, Daniel Adams, John E. Adams, Michael T. Adams, Patrick D. Adams, William Adams, Bernadine R. Beekman, George M. Beekman, Bessie A. Campbell, Anthony W. Cartrette, Lewis W. Cartrette, Che G. Colson, Denise M. Eichstaedt, Estate of Brent E. Marthaler, Estate of Brian McVeigh, Estate of Christopher Adams, Estate of Christopher Lester, Estate of Earl F. Cartrette, Jr, Estate of Jeremy Taylor, Estate of Joseph E. Rimkus, Estate of Joshua E. Woody, Estate of Justin R. Wood, Estate of Kendall Kitson, Jr., Estate of Kevin J. Johnson, Estate of Leland TimonthyHaun, Estate of Michael Heiser, Estate of Millard D. Campbell, Estate of Patrick Fennig, Estate of Peter J. Morgera, Estate of Thanh Van Nguyen, Catherine Fennig, Mark Fennig, Paul D. Fennig, Ibis S. Haun, Senator Haun, Francis Heiser, Gary Heiser, Bruce Johnson, Kevin Johnson, a minor, Laura E. Johnson, Nicholas A. Johnson, a minor, Shyrl L. Johnson, Kendall K. Kitson, Kendall K. Kitson, Jr., Nancy A. Kitson, Nancy Kitson, Steve K. Kitson, Cecil H. Lester, Cecil H. Lester, Jr., Jessica F. Lester, Judy Lester, Herman C. Marthaler, III, Katie L. Marthaler, Kirk Marthaler, Matthew Marthaler, Sharon Marthaler, Christopher R. Nguyen, Milagritos Perez-Dalis, Anne M. Rimkus, James R. Rimkus, Tracy M. Smith, Lawrence Taylor, Starlina D. Taylor, Vicki L Taylor, James V. Wetmore, Sandra M. Wetmore, Elizabeth Wolf, Kathleen M. Wood, Richard W. Wood, Shawn M. Wood, Dawn Woody, Jonica L. Woody, Timothy Woody & Mary Young, Cross Defendants, represented by Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy H. Birnbaum , DLA Piper.

Elaine Allen, Alan C. Anderson, Michael Anderson, Thelma Anderson, Kelly Bachlor, Angela E. Barile, Joseph A. Barile, Michael Barile, Patty Barnett, John Becker, James Bland, Ruth Ann Bland, Stephen Boyd Bland, Louise Gaddo Blatter, Robin Brock, John Brown, Loretta Brown, Rowel Brown, Sulba Brown, Vara Brown, David Burns, Eugene Burns, Rodney E. Burns, Andrea Ciarla, Joyce Clifford, Barbara Cuddeback, Daniel Cuddeback, Jr., Daniel Cuddeback, Sr., John R. Cuddeback, Sharon Davis, Robert Dean, Dudley Decker, Ida Decker, Johnnie Decker, Sidney Decker, Jeanette Dougherty, Ronald Duplanty, Anson Edmond, Arnold Edmond, Hazel Edmond, Wendy Edmond, Michael Episcopo, Estate of Benjamin E. Fuller, Estate of Billy San Pedro, Estate of Bruce Hollingshead, Estate of Dennis Lloyd West, Estate of Eric Walker, Estate of Frank Bland, Estate of James Surch, Estate of John Hendrickson, Estate of John Weyl, Estate of Juan C. Rodriguez, Estate of Laura Virginia Copeland, Estate of Louis Melendez, Estate of Michael Hastings, Estate of Michael Mercer, Estate of Michael Robert Massman, Estate of Obrian Weekes, Estate of Paul Hein, Estate of Sean F. Ester, Keith Estler, Louis Estler, Jr., Mary Ellen Estler, Ernest C. Fuller, Peter Gaddo, Randy Gaddo, Timothy Gaddo, Michael A. Gaines, William R. Gaines, Sr., Holly Gibson, John Gibson, Maurice Gibson, Nicole Gomez, Teresa Gunterh, Gloria Hamilton, Bruce Hastings, Joyce Hastings, Christopher Hein, Jo Ann Hein, Victor J. Hein, Karen Hein-Sullivan, John Hendrickson, Tyson Hendrickson, Kathy Hodges, Mary Jean Hodges, Maynard Hodges, Melinda Hollingshead, Daniel Joy, Sean Kirkpatrick, Daniel Kremer, Joseph T. Kremer, Jacqueline M. Kunysz, Betty Lewis, Jerry L. Lewis, Scott M. Lewis, Renard Manley, Alphonso Martinez, Daniel Martinez, Michael Martinez, Paul Martinez, Jr., Paul Martinez, Sr., Tomasita L. Martinez, Angela Massman, Kristopher Massman, Lydia Massman, Marvine McBride, Douglas Jason Melendez, Johnny Melendez, Johnny Jr. Melendez, Zaida Melendez, Sarah Mercer, Ann Marie Moore, Carolyn Mudd, Robin Nicely, John Opatovsky, Jean Givens Owen, Steven G. Owen, Albert Page, Janet Page, Samuel Palmer, Esther Martinez Parks, David Penosky, Joseph Penosky, Marilyn Peterson, Louisa Punonet, Christian R. Rauch, Morgan W. Rowan, Sharon J. Rowan, Robert Rucker, Deborah Ryan, Cesar San Pedro, Guillermo San Pedro, Javier San Pedro, Sila V. San Pedro, Shana Saul, Jeannie Scaggs, Thurnell Shields, Emanuel Simmons, LaJuana Smith, Patricia Lou Smith, Carolyn Spears, James S. Spears, Mark Spears, Eveyln Sue Spears Elliot, Jacqueline Stahrr, Will Surch, The Estate of Anthony Brown, The Estate of Burton Wherland, The Estate of Christine Kremer, The Estate of David A. Lewis, The Estate of Jeffrey Bruce Owen, The Estate of Michael Lee Page, The Estate of Thomas Kremer, The Estate of Virgel Hamilton, The Estate of William R. Gaines, Jr., Bradley Ulick, Ronald E. Walker, Ronald Walker, Jr., Tena Walker-Jones, Carol Weaver, Galen Weber, Faith Weekes, Ianthe Weekes, Keith Weekes, Meta Weekes, Charles H. West, Charles F. West, Kathy West, Rick West, Nelson Weyl, Gregory Wherland, Kimmy Wherland, Sarah Wherland, Susanne Yeoman, Angela Yoak & Leonard Paul Tice, Cross Defendants, represented by Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC.

Bridget Brooks & Marie R. Campbell, Cross Defendants, represented by Dale Kerbin Cathell , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice, David B. Misler , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice & Richard Marc Kremen , DLA Piper US LLP, pro hac vice.

Estate of Binyamin Kahane, Estate of Irma Franklin, Estate of Judith Greenbaum, Estate of Meir Kahane, Tova Ettinger, Irving Franklin, Steven M. Greenbaum, Ethel J. Griffin, Alan Hayman, Shirlee Hayman, Baruch Kahane, Libby Kahane, Norman Kahane, Sonia Kahane & Ciporah Kaplan, Cross Defendants, represented by Curtis Campbell Mechling , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP & James Lawrence Bernard , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Cindy Holmes, Cross Defendant, represented by Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP & Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC.

James Owens, Cross Defendant, represented by Annie Pennock Kaplan , Fay Kaplan Law, P.A..

Jeremy Levin & Dr. Lucille Levin, Counter Claimants, represented by Suzelle Moss Smith , Howarth & Smith & Don Howarth , Howarth and Smith, pro hac vice.

Deborah D. Peterson, Cross Claimant, represented by Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP.

Clearstream Banking, S.A., Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer Gillian Newstead , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P. & Karen E. Wagner , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P..


MEMORANDUM DECISION & ORDER

Currently before the Court for approval is the Fourth Report & Recommendation of Special Master Kathleen Massey dated February 8, 2018 (the "Report"). (ECF No. 899.) The Report addresses and resolves, in sum, a dispute regarding attorneys' fees that arose between...

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