United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2002

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In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES LITIGATION. Mark Newby, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Andrew S. Fastow, Kenneth L. Lay, and Jeffrey J. Skilling, Defendants. Seth Abrams and Steven Frank, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, and Arthur Andersen LLP, Defendants. Robert J. Casey, II and Ruth I. Horton, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Frank Wilson, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. J. Michael Gottesman, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Avigayil Greenberg, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Robert Christianson, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Ernest Gottdiener, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Muriel P. Kaufman, IRA, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth Lay, Andrew Fastow, Richard Causey, Jeffrey Skilling, Mark Frevert, Cliff Baxter, and Lou Pai, Defendants. John P. McCarthy Money Purchase Plan, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Henry H. Steiner, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Michael Koroluk, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. James Brill, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Elmar A. Busch, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Warren Pinchuck, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Mahin S. Mashayekh, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Barbara D. Lee, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Danielle M. Karcich, and UGMA with Andrew J. Karcich, Parent and Natural Guardian on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Naomi Raphael, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Victor Ronald Frangione, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. John Odam, Peggy Odam, Fred A. Rosen, Marian Rosen, Hal Moorman, and Milton Tate, Trustees for Moorman Tate Moorman & Urquhart Money Purchase Plan & Trust, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Andrew S. Fastow, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey J. Skilling, Ronnie C. Chan, John H. Duncan, Wendy L. Gramm, Robert K. Jaedicke, Charles A. Lemaistre, John Mendelsohn, Paul V. Ferraz Pereira, Frank Savage, John Wakeham, Herbert S. Winokur, Jr., Ben Glisan, Kristina Mordaunt, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Frank Anthony Cammarata, III, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. George Nicoud, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, Arthur Andersen L.L.P., James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, Lou L. Pai, Robert A. Belfer, Norman P. Blake, Jr., Ronnie C. Chan, John H. Duncan, Wendy L. Gramm, Robert K. Jaedicke, Charles A. Lemaistre, Joe H. Foy, Joseph M. Kirko, Ken L. Harrison, Mark E. Koenig, Steven J. Kean, Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche, Michael S. McConnell, Jeffrey McMahon, Cindy K. Olson, J. Mark Metts, and Joseph W. Sutton, Defendants. Kenneth Franklin, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Susan Copley, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. James J. Daly, As Trustee of the James J. Daly IRA Rollover and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Amalgamated Bank, As Trustee for the Longview Collective Investment Fund, Longview Core Bond Index Fund, and Certain Other Trust Accounts, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, Lou L. Pai, Robert A. Belfer, Norman P. Blake, Jr., Ronnie C. Chan, John H. Duncan, Wendy L. Gramm, Robert K. Jaedicke, Charles A. Lemaistre, Joe H. Foy, Joseph M. Hirko, Ken L. Harrison, Mark E. Koenig, Steven J. Kean, Rebecca P. Mark-Jusbasche, Michael S. McConnell, Jeffrey McMahon, Cindy K. Olson, J. Mark Metts, Joseph W. Sutton, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Sidney Kessous, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, J. Clifford Baxter, Richard B. Buy, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. William Coy and Candy Mounter, Individually and on Behalf of All Similarly Situated Stockholders of Enron Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Arthur Andersen LLP, David Duncan, D. Stephen Goddard, Jr., John Niemann, William Swanson, Dean Swick, and Tom Elsenbrook, Defendants. Mark T. Spathes, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Pulsifer & Associates, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Andrew S. Fastow, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Richard A. Causey, Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Goldman Sachs & Company, Banc of America Securities LLC, and Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., Defendants. James Morton Elliott, IRA, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Beatrice Barkin Martial Trust and Allen Barkin, Trustee, Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Richard A. Causey, Kenneth D. Rice, and Andrew Fastow, Defendants. Dr. Robert Pearlstein, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Fathollah Hamedani, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Jerome F. Faquin, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Enron Corporation, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Staro Asset Management L.L.C., Plaintiff, v. Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Andrew S. Fastow, Defendants. Kevin Kueser, General Partner for Kevmar Holdings Limited Partnership, Individually and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Andrew S. Fastow, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Richard A. Causey, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Ariel Holdings L.L.C., Individually and on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, Richard A. Causey, James V. Derrick, Jr., J. Clifford Baxter, Mark A. Frevert, Stanley C. Horton, Kenneth D. Rice, Richard B. Buy, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Izidor Klein, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, Andrew S. Fastow, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Howard Bruce Klein, Plaintiff, v. Andrew S. Fastow, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K, Skilling, and Arthur Andersen L.L.P., Defendants. Fred A. Rosen and Marion Rosen; Houston Federation of Teachers, on behalf of its members; Annie M. Banks; Larry D. Barnett; Robert Chazen; Clifford D. Gookin, Trustee for the Clifford D. Gookin Revocable Living Trust; Carl Herrin, Todd L. Johnson, Administrator for RJS & Affiliated Companies Pension Plan; David H. Lowe; Robin Saex; John Siemer and Elizabeth Siemer, Trustees FBO The Siemer Family Trust; Anthony G. Tobin; and John E. Williams, Plaintiffs, v. Andrew S. Fastow; Kenneth L. Lay; Jeffrey J. Skilling; Robert A. Belfer; Norman P. Blake, Jr.; Richard B. Buy; Richard Causey; Ronnie C. Chan; John H. Duncan; Joe H. Foy; Wendy L. Gramm; Ken L. Harrison; Robert K. Jaedicke; Michael J. Kopper; Charles A. Lemaistre; Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche; John Mendelsohn; Jerome J. Meyer; Lou Pai; Paul V. Ferraz Pereira; Frank Savage; John A. Urquhart; John Wakeham; Charles E. Walker; Bruce Willison; Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.; Ben Glisan; Kristina Mordaunt; D. Stephen Goddard, Jr., David B. Duncan; Debra A. Cash; Roger Willard; Thomas H. Bauer; and Arthur Andersen, L.L.P., Defendants. Harold and France Ahlich; Irving Babson; John and IDA Banks; Howard and Nancy Bell; Bill and Rhonda Bragdon; Sidney Brown; Bruce and Janet Campbell; Patrick Carney; Gregg Car; Vincent and Marianne Carrella; Louis Carucci; Patrick Cunningham; James and Karen Davidson; John Davis; Peter Dorflinger; Jane Gaucher, Donald Gaucher; Ronald Gish; Johanne Graham; John Gutman; Richard Hayhoe; David Huckin; Edward Japhe; Michael Krehel; Paul Lutz; John and Jean Neighbors; William Powell; Samuel and Lillian Reiner; Christopher and Henrietta Rowe; Ralph and Jean Shapiro; Constance Theodore; George and Nickye Venters; Peter Veruki; Jane Bullock; John Barnhill; Don Reiland; Scott Borchart; Michael Mies; Virginia Acosta; Jim Hevely; Mike Bauby; Robert Moran; Jack & Marilyn Turner; and Hal Moorman & Milton Tate, Co-Trustees for Moorman, Tate Moorman & Urquhart Money Purchase Plan and Trust, Plaintiffs, v. Arthur Andersen, L.L.P.; D. Stephen Goddard, Jr.; David Duncan; Debra Cash; Roger Willard, Thomas Bauer; Andrew Falstow; Kenneth L. Lay; Jeffrey K. Skilling; Robert Belfer; Norman P. Blake, Jr.; Richard B. Buy; Richard Causey; Ronnie Chan; John Duncan; Joe Foy; Wendy Gramm; Ken Harrison; Robert K. Jaedicke; Michael J. Kopper; Charles A. Lemaistre; Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche; John Mendelsohn; Jerome J. Meyer; Lou Pai; Paul V. Ferrar Pereira; Frank Savage; John A. Urquhart; John Wakeham; Charles E. Walker; Bruce Willison; Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.; Ben Glisan; Kristina Mordaunt; Michael C. Odom; Gary B. Goolsby; and Michael M. Lowther, Defendants 2002-02-15