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Hinds County v. Wachovia Bank N.A.

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Jul 29, 2013
291 F.R.D. 73 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)

Summary

granting leave to amend more than five years into litigation

Summary of this case from Agropong v. Memon

Opinion

For Hinds County, Mississippi, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated State and municipal entities, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Roland Gustaf Riopelle, LEAD ATTORNEY, Sercarz & Riopelle, L.L.P., New York, NY; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Seth D. Ard, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, Jeffrey L. Spector, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Jack A. Simms, Jonathan M. Shaw, Matthew Friedrich, PRO HAC VICE, Tanya S. Chutkan, William A. Isaacson, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Magda Maria Jimenez, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP(NYC), New York, NY; Michael E. Moskovitz, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Precious Tyrone Martin, PRO HAC VICE, Office of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, Elmsford, NY.

For City of Oakland, County of Alameda, Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Daniel Edward Seltz, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP(Hudson St.), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Eric B. Fastiff, Joseph Richard Saveri, PRO HAC VICE, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; G. Scott Emblidge, James A. Quadra, Sylvia Sokol, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA; Steven E. Fineman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY.

For Central Bucks School District, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, 4, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Solomon B. Cera, PRO HAC VICE, Charles Andrew Dirksen, Joseph M. Barton, Pamela A. Markert, Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener, LLP, San Francisco, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, PRO HAC VICE, William G. Caldes, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Megan E. Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Robert Gerard Eisler, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA (DE), Wilmington, DE; Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN.

For City of Baltimore, Maryland, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Gregory Scott Asciolla, LEAD ATTORNEY, Labaton Sucharow LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Jay L. Himes, LEAD ATTORNEY, Office of the Attorney General, New York State, New York, NY; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Robin Ann Van Der Meulen, LEAD ATTORNEY, Labaton & Sucharow LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, William Christopher Carmody, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey L. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Megan E. Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Robert Gerard Eisler, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA (DE), Wilmington, DE; Steven Joesph Greenfogel, PRO HAC VICE, Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC, Philadelphia, PA.

For State of Mississippi, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Matthew Friedrich, PRO HAC VICE, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Megan E. Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Robert Gerard Eisler, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA (DE), Wilmington, DE.

For Bucks County Water And Sewer Authority, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Seth D. Ard, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, Jeffrey L. Spector, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Megan E. Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Pamela A. Markert, Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert Gerard Eisler, Hausfeld L.L.P. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Solomon B. Cera, PRO HAC VICE, Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener, LLP, San Francisco, CA; William Christopher Carmody, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For Fresno County Financing Authority, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Daniel Edward Seltz, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP(Hudson St.), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Michael E. Moskovitz, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL.

For University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Mississippi, Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Arun Srinivas Subramanian, William Christopher Carmody, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey L. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL.

For Mississippi Department of Transportation, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Arun Srinivas Subramanian, William Christopher Carmody, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey L. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Jonathan M. Shaw, PRO HAC VICE, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL.

For City of Riverside, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL; Steven Joesph Greenfogel, PRO HAC VICE; Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC, Philadelphia, PA.

For The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside, The Public Financing Authority of the City of Riverside, Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL.

For All Plaintiffs, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Joel Cary Meredith, Meredith & Associates, Philadephia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Robert Gerard Eisler, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA (DE), Wilmington, DE; Steven Joesph Greenfogel, PRO HAC VICE, Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC, Philadelphia, PA; William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For Kendal On Hudson, Inc., Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Michael E. Moskovitz, William H. London, PRO HAC VICE, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL.

For Plaintiffs, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Gregory Scott Asciolla, LEAD ATTORNEY, Labaton Sucharow LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Jay L. Himes, LEAD ATTORNEY, Office of the Attorney General, New York State, New York, NY.

For East Bay Delta Housing & Finance Agency, Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Eric B. Fastiff, PRO HAC VICE, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For Haywood County, Tennessee, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; John Douglas Richards, Michael Morris Buchman, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For Fairfax County, Virginia, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jill M. Manning, PRO HAC VICE, Jayne A. Peeters, LEAD ATTORNEY, Allan Steyer, D. Scott Macrae, Henry A. Cirillo, Margaret K Aleks, Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Sharon Kunjumon Robertson, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C., New York, NY; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Christopher J. Cormier, PRO HAC VICE, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (DC), Washington, DC; Christopher L. Lebsock, PRO HAC VICE, Jon T. King, Michael P. Lehmann, Hausfeld LLP(SF), San Francisco, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Laurence S. Berman, PRO HAC VICE, Howard J. Sedran, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Maria Saveri, William John Heye, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Megan E. Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, PRO HAC VICE, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Ricahrd A. Koffman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC; Robert Gerard Eisler, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA (DE), Wilmington, DE; Steven Joesph Greenfogel, PRO HAC VICE; Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC, Philadelphia, PA.

For Mayor and City Counsel of Baltimore, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): H. Lee Godfrey, LEAD ATTORNEY, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Marc M. Seltzer, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA; William Christopher Carmody, LEAD ATTORNEY, Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For County of Alameda, California, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; G. Scott Emblidge, James A. Quadra, Sylvia Sokol, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For City of Fresno, California, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Daniel Edward Seltz, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP(Hudson St.), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Erica W. Harris, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey LLP (TX), Houston, TX; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For City of Stockton, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Aron K. Liang, PRO HAC VICE, Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Steven N. Williams, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY.

For City of Los Angeles, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Aron K. Liang, PRO HAC VICE, Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Steven N. Williams, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; Louise H Renne, PRO HAC VICE, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For County of Contra Costa, County of San Mateo, Consolidated Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; Nanci E. Nishimura, Steven N. Williams, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA.

For County of San Diego, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; Nanci E. Nishimura, Steven N. Williams, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Louise H Renne, PRO HAC VICE, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For Los Angeles World Airports, Redevelopment Agency of the City of Stockton, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Consolidated Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Nanci E. Nishimura, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA.

For County of Tulare, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Nanci E. Nishimura, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Louise H Renne, PRO HAC VICE, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For Sacramento Suburban Water District, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For State of West Virginia, ex rel, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Rudolph L. DiTrapano, LEAD ATTORNEY, DiTrapano Barrett & DiPiero, Charleston, WV; Christopher B. Hall, PRO HAC VICE, COOK, HALL & LAMPROS, LLP, Atlanta, GA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Joshua Israel Barrett, Sean Patrick McGinley, PRO HAC VICE, DiTrapano, Barrett, & DiPiero, P.L.L.C., Charleston, WV.

For Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For City Of San Jose, City of Redwood City, City of Richmond, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Francisco, San Jose Redevelopment Agency, Consolidated Plaintiffs (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For Peconic Landing at Southhold, Inc., Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Barbara J. Hart, Scott Vincent Papp, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, NY; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; Peter J. Phillips, Lucas & Mercanti, LLP, New York, NY.

For Utah Housing Corporation, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Billie J. Siddoway, PRO HAC VICE, Timothy C. Houpt, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough (SLC), Salt Lake City, UT.

For National Westminster Bank PLC, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Harry Simeon Davis, Mark David Richardson, Michael Everett Swartz, Taleah Esperanza Jennings, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (NY), New York, NY; J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, minneapolis, MN.

For Societe Generale SA, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Matthew D. Ingber, Paula Garrett Lin, Steven Wolowitz, LEAD ATTORNEY, Mayer Brown LLP (NY), New York, NY; Michael Orth Ware, LEAD ATTORNEY, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Richard Marc Steuer, LEAD ATTORNEY, Mayer Brown LLP(DC), Washington, DC; J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN.

For XL Asset Funding Company LLC, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN; Laurence T. Sorkin, Thorn Rosenthal, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY.

For Sound Capital Management, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): John W. Lundquist, LEAD ATTORNEY, Nicole M. Moen, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN.

For Security Capital Assurance Ltd., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Bryan Paul Kessler, LEAD ATTORNEY, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (919 Third Ave), New York, NY.

For Financial Security Assurance Inc., Dexia S.A., Defendants (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Charles F. Rule, LEAD ATTORNEY, Joseph J Bial, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Gregory Arthur Markel, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (NYC), New York, NY; J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN.

For JP Morgan Chase Bank, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Janelle Louise Filson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Bear Sterns Companies, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Janelle Louise Filson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Wells Fargo & Co., Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Christopher Michael Viapiano, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Washington DC), Washington, DC; Stephanie G Wheeler, William Compton Hughes, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), New York, NY.

For Ambac Financial Group, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Brian N. Lasky, LEAD ATTORNEY, Danzig Fishman & Decea, White Plains, NY; Robert P. LoBue, Timothy Alan Waters, LEAD ATTORNEY, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

For MBIA, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Kevin James Perra, Ronald Steve Rauchberg, LEAD ATTORNEY, Proskauer Rose LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Citigroup Inc., Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., Defendants (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Brian M. Lutz, LEAD ATTORNEY, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, NY.

For JPMorgan Securities, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Thomas C. Rice, LEAD ATTORNEY, Joseph Franklin Wayland, Peri Lauren Zelig, Peter Coyne Thomas, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For George K. Baum & Co., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): William Perry Brandt, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO; Michael Gordon Biggers, Bryan Cave LLP (NY).

For PFM Group, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Alec P. Ostrow, Stevens & Lee, New York, NY.

For PFM Asset Management LLC, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Constantine D. Pourakis, LEAD ATTORNEY, Alec P. Ostrow, Stevens & Lee, PC, New York, NY.

For Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Anne Catharine Lefever, Mark Robert Hellerer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NY), New York, NY; Steven R. Schindler, Schindler Cohen & Hochman, New York, NY.

For Transamerica Life Insurance Company, formerly known as, Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Anthony David Gill, LEAD ATTORNEY, DLA Piper U.S. LLP (NJ), Florham Park, NJ; John Vukelj, LEAD ATTORNEY,David Victor Sack, DLA Piper U.S. LLP (NY), New York, NY; Robert J. Mathias, LEAD ATTORNEY, DLA Piper LLP, East Palo Alto, CA; Quincy Montgomery Crawford, DLA Piper U.S. LLP (MD), Baltimore, MD.

For PFM Investment, LLC, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Constantine D. Pourakis, LEAD ATTORNEY, Stevens & Lee, PC, New York, NY; Alec P. Ostrow, Stevens & Lee, New York, NY.

For UBS Securities, LLC, UBS Securities, UBS AG, UBS Financial Services Inc., Defendants (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Jesse T. Smallwood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC.

For JP Morgan Chase & Co., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Thomas C. Rice, LEAD ATTORNEY, Joseph Franklin Wayland, Peri Lauren Zelig, Peter Coyne Thomas, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Natixis Funding Corp., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Howard Jeffrey Rubin, LEAD ATTORNEY, James R. Levine, Jason Andrew Roth, Rachel Anne Owens, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo Manuel Gonzalez, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For CDR Financial Products, also known as CDR, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Richard William Beckler, LEAD ATTORNEY, Howrey LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Adam Stewart Katz, Bradley Drew Simon, Simon & Partners, LLP, New York, NY; Lashon K. Kell, PRO HAC VICE, Venable LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For AIG Matched Funding Corp., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Christopher Michael Egleson, LEAD ATTORNEY, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld ( 1 Battery Pk.), New York, NY.

For GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Anthony D Boccanfuso, Craig A. Stewart, Douglas Lewis Wald, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY; John Arak Freedman, Laura Cofer Taylor, Arnold & Porter, LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For Investment Management Advisory Group, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Timothy E. Hoeffner, DLA Piper U.S. LLP ( Philadelphia ), Philadelphia, PA.

For J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Peri Lauren Zelig, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc., Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Craig A. Stewart, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY; Laura Cofer Taylor, Arnold & Porter, LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): David Victor Sack, DLA Piper U.S. LLP (NY), New York, NY; Quincy Montgomery Crawford, DLA Piper U.S. LLP (MD), Baltimore, MD.

For Bayerische Landesbank, Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Mark Robert Hellerer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For CDR Financial Products, Consolidated Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Bradley Drew Simon, LEAD ATTORNEY, Adam Stewart Katz, Simon & Partners, LLP, New York, NY; Richard William Beckler, LEAD ATTORNEY, Howrey LLP (DC), Washington, DC; J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, minneapolis, MN; Lashon K. Kell, PRO HAC VICE, Venable LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For Piper Jaffray & Co., Consolidated Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): F. Matthew Ralph, Kirsten E. Schubert, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP (MN), Minneapolis, MN.

For UBS AG (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, minneapolis, MN; Jesse T. Smallwood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC.

For Winters & Co. Advisors LLC, Consolidated Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, minneapolis, MN; Marc Elliott Masters, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Los Angeles, CA.

For Wachovia Bank N.A., Consolidated Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Christopher Michael Viapiano, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Washington DC), Washington, DC; J David Jackson, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, minneapolis, MN; Stephanie G Wheeler, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), New York, NY.

For Bank of America, Consolidated Defendant (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Shannon M. Kasley, LEAD ATTORNEY, King & Spalding LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Kana Ellis Caplan, King & Spalding LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Kevin R. Sullivan, King & Spalding llp, washington, dc; Patricia L. Maher, King & Spalding LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For James W. Giddens, for the SIPA Liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Trustee (1:08-cv-02516-VM-GWG): Sarah Loomis Cave, LEAD ATTORNEY, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, In Re (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Marc M. Seltzer, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA.

For Hinds County, Mississippi, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated State and municipal entities, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Roland Gustaf Riopelle, LEAD ATTORNEY, Sercarz & Riopelle, L.L.P., New York, NY; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Jack A. Simms, Jonathan M. Shaw, Matthew Friedrich, PRO HAC VICE, William A. Isaacson, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Magda Maria Jimenez, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For Berkeley County, South Carolina, Charleston County School District, South Carolina, City of Chicago, Illinois, City of Fall River, Massachusetts, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): Christopher J. Cormier, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (DC), Washington, DC; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Jonathan Watson Cuneo, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan M. Shaw, PRO HAC VICE, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Michael D. Hausfeld, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Richard A. Koffman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC; Tanya S. Chutkan, LEAD ATTORNEY, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN.

For Fairfax County, Virginia, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Christopher J. Cormier, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (DC), Washington, DC; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Jon T. King, LEAD ATTORNEY, Hausfeld LLP(SF), San Francisco, CA; Jonathan Watson Cuneo, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan M. Shaw, PRO HAC VICE, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Michael D. Hausfeld, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Richard A. Koffman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC; Tanya S. Chutkan, LEAD ATTORNEY, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Laurence S. Berman, PRO HAC VICE, Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Christopher L. Lebsock, Cohen, Milstein, Haufeld, & Toll, P.L.L.C (SF), San Francisco, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Henry A. Cirillo, Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael P. Lehmann, Hausfeld LLP (SF), San Francisco, CA; Robert Gerard Eisler, Hausfeld L.L.P. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For State of Mississippi, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Christopher J. Cormier, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (DC), Washington, DC; Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Jonathan Watson Cuneo, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan M. Shaw, Jack A. Simms, Matthew Friedrich, PRO HAC VICE, William A. Isaacson, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Michael D. Hausfeld, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Hausfeld, LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Ricahrd A. Koffman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC; Tanya S. Chutkan, LEAD ATTORNEY, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (D.C.), Washington, DC; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Magda Maria Jimenez, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Robert Gerard Eisler, Hausfeld L.L.P. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For County of Alameda, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Andrew Scirica Kingsdale, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF), San Francisco, CA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Eric B. Fastiff, Joseph Richard Saveri, PRO HAC VICE, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; G. Scott Emblidge, James A. Quadra, Sylvia Sokol, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA.

For Central Bucks School District, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey L. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Pamela A. Markert, Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert Gerard Eisler, Hausfeld L.L.P. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For City of Baltimore, Maryland, Bucks County Water And Sewer Authority, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jeffrey B. Gittleman, LEAD ATTORNEY, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Arun Srinivas Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP (NYC), New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Dylan J. McFarland, Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey L. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA; Robert Gerard Eisler, Hausfeld L.L.P. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For Plaintiff Class, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For City of Fresno, California, Fresno County Financing Authority, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eric B. Fastiff, PRO HAC VICE, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For State of West Virginia, ex rel., Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Joshua Israel Barrett, Sean Patrick McGinley, LEAD ATTORNEYS, PRO HAC VICE, DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPero, P.L.L.C., Charleston, WV; Rudolph L. DiTrapano, LEAD ATTORNEY, DiTrapano Barrett & DiPiero, Charleston, WV; Christopher B. Hall, PRO HAC VICE, COOK, HALL & LAMPROS, LLP, Atlanta, GA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; William G. Caldes, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For City of Stockton, City of Los Angeles, Contra Costa County, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For County of San Diego, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY.

For County of San Mateo, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eugene A. Spector, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): James Brian Morales, LEAD ATTORNEY, SF Redevelopment Agency, San Francisco, CA; Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For City of Redwood City, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Roy Charles Abrams, LEAD ATTORNEY, Attorney at Law, San Mateo, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For City of Richmond, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Everett Jenkins, LEAD ATTORNEY, City of Richmond, City Attorney, Richmond, CA; Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, San Francisco Airport Office Center, Burlingame, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For East Bay Municipal Utility District, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Craig Stephen Spencer, LEAD ATTORNEY, Office of General Counsel East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA; Derek Todd McDonald-Juresa, LEAD ATTORNEY, Attorney at Law, Oakland, CA; Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, San Francisco Airport Office Center, Burlingame, CA; Jylana Collins, LEAD ATTORNEY, City of Richmond Office of City Attorney, Richmond, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For City Of San Jose, The San Jose Redevelopment Agency, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): J. Richard Doyle, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Office of the City Attorney, San Jose, Ca; Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, San Francisco Airport Office Center, Burlingame, CA; Louise H Renne, PRO HAC VICE, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA; Nora Valerie Frimann, LEAD ATTORNEY, Office of the City Attorney, San Jose, CA; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

For Mississippi Department of Transportation, University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Southern Mississippi, Plaintiffs (1:08-md-01950-VM): David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Jeffrey L. Spector, PRO HAC VICE, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C. (PA), Philadelphia, PA.

For Active Retirement Community, Inc., Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Barbara J. Hart, Peter Dexter St. Philip, Jr., Scott Vincent Papp, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, NY; David R. Woodward, PRO HAC VICE, Heinrichson, Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Deborah A. Rogozinski, Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY; Joseph W. Cotchett, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, San Francisco Airport Office Center, Burlingame, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA.

For Los Angeles Unified School District, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Joseph Winters Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre and McCarthy San Francisco Airport Office Center, Burlingame, CA; Louise H Renne, PRO HAC VICE, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, CA; Nanci E. Nishimura, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA.

For Peconic Landing at Southhold, Inc., Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Barbara J. Hart, Peter Dexter St. Philip, Jr., Scott Vincent Papp, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, NY; Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LEAD ATTORNEY, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, New York, NY.

For East Bay Delta Housing & Finance Agency, Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Eric B. Fastiff, PRO HAC VICE, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For Utah Housing Corporation, Consolidated Plaintiff (1:08-md-01950-VM): Timothy C. Houpt, LEAD ATTORNEY, Billie J. Siddoway, PRO HAC VICE, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough (SLC), Salt Lake City, UT.

For Bank of America N.A., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Richard T. Marooney, Jr., LEAD ATTORNEY, Kana Ellis Caplan, King & Spalding LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Kevin R. Sullivan, King & Spalding llp, Washington, DC; Patricia L. Maher, Shannon M. Kasley, King & Spalding LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Thomas C. Rice, LEAD ATTORNEY, Janelle Louise Filson, Joseph Franklin Wayland, Peter Coyne Thomas, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY; Annette C. Rizzi, Meiselman, Packman, Nealon, Scialabba & Baker P.C.(WPl), White Plains, NY.

For CDR Financial Products, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Adam Stewart Katz, Bradley Drew Simon, Simon & Partners, LLP, New York, NY.

For GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): John Arak Freedman, Arnold & Porter, LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For George K. Baum & Co., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): John Vincent McDermott, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Denver, CO; Christopher Calderon Javillonar, Bryan Cave, LLP (MO), Kansas City, MO; Michael William Byrne, Michael D. Hoke, PRO HAC VICE, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (CO), Denver, CO; William Perry Brandt, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO.

For Investment Management Advisory Group, Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Timothy E. Hoeffner, DLA Piper U.S. LLP ( Philadelphia ), Philadelphia, PA.

For JP Morgan Chase & Co., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Joseph Franklin Wayland, Janelle Louise Filson, Peter Coyne Thomas, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY; Thomas C. Rice, LEAD ATTORNEY, Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY; Annette C. Rizzi, Meiselman, Packman, Nealon, Scialabba & Baker P.C.(WPl), White Plains, NY; Ryan Anthony Kane, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY.

For Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Joseph D. Edmondson, Jr., LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Foley & Lardner LLP (DC), Washington, DC; Dana Christina Rundlof, Foley & Lardner, LLP, New York, NY.

For Morgan Stanley, Defendant: Shepard Goldfein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For National Westminster Bank PLC, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Harry Simeon Davis, Peter Coyne Thomas, Michael Everett Swartz, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Taleah Esperanza Jennings, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (NY), New York, NY; Jay N. Fastow, LEAD ATTORNEY, Dickstein Shapiro LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For Natixis Funding Corp., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Howard Jeffrey Rubin, LEAD ATTORNEY, Bruce Martin Ginsberg, James R. Levine, Paul Francis Corcoran, Peggy Senyie Chen, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo Manuel Gonzalez, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Piper Jaffray & Co., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): J David Jackson, LEAD ATTORNEY, F. Matthew Ralph, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP (MN), Minneapolis, MN; Kirsten E. Schubert, PRO HAC VICE, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP (MN), Minneapolis, MN.

For Societe Generale SA, Defendant: Matthew D. Ingber, Paula Garrett Lin, Steven Wolowitz, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Mayer Brown LLP (NY), New York, NY; Michael Orth Ware, LEAD ATTORNEY, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Richard Marc Steuer, LEAD ATTORNEY, Mayer Brown LLP(DC), Washington, DC.

For Sound Capital Management, Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Nicole M. Moen, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN.

For Trinity Funding Co., LLC, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): John Arak Freedman, Arnold & Porter, LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For UBS AG, UBS Financial Services Inc., Defendants (1:08-md-01950-VM): Jesse T. Smallwood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC.

For Wachovia Bank N.A., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): David Bruce Tulchin, LEAD ATTORNEY, Stephanie G Wheeler, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC), New York, NY.

For Winters & Co. Advisors, LLC, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Marc Elliott Masters, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Los Angeles, CA.

For Bank of America, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Kevin R. Sullivan, King & Spalding llp, washington, dc; Kana Ellis Caplan, King & Spalding LLP (NYC), New York, NY; Patricia L. Maher, Shannon M. Kasley, King & Spalding LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For JP Morgan Chase Bank, Bear Sterns Companies, Inc., Defendants (1:08-md-01950-VM): Annette C. Rizzi, Meiselman, Packman, Nealon, Scialabba & Baker P.C.(WPl), White Plains, NY; Janelle Louise Filson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Evan A. Davis, LEAD ATTORNEY, Victor L. Hou, Cleary Gottlieb, New York, NY.

For Natixis Funding Corp., f/k/a IXIS Funding Corp., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Howard Jeffrey Rubin, James R. Levine, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo Manuel Gonzalez, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For CDR, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Bradley Drew Simon, LEAD ATTORNEY, Adam Stewart Katz, Simon & Partners LLP, New York, NY; Richard William Beckler, LEAD ATTORNEY, Howrey LLP (DC), Washington, DC.

For National Westminster Bank Plc, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Mark David Richardson, Michael Everett Swartz, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Syncora Guarantee Inc., Syncora Holdings Ltd., Defendants (1:08-md-01950-VM): Elliot Greenfield, LEAD ATTORNEY, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Mark Robert Hellerer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Kevin R. Sullivan, King & Spalding llp, washington, dc.

For JPMorgan Securities, Inc., Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Thomas C. Rice, LEAD ATTORNEY, Peter Coyne Thomas, Ryan Anthony Kane, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For Natixis S.A., f/k/a Ixis CIB, f/k/a CDC Finance-CDC IXIS, Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Gustavo Manuel Gonzalez, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For General Electric Capital Corporation, Trinity Plus Funding Co., LLC, Defendants (1:08-md-01950-VM): Craig A. Stewart, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY; Douglas Lewis Wald, John Arak Freedman, Laura Cofer Taylor, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC.

For Westdeutsche Landesbank, Consolidated Defendant (1:08-md-01950-VM): Alejandra De Urioste, Anthony Mathias Candido, Clifford Chance US, LLP (NYC), New York, NY; James Drew Miller, Clifford Chance US, LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

For James W. Giddens, for the SIPA Liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Trustee (1:08-md-01950-VM): Sarah Loomis Cave, LEAD ATTORNEY, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (NY), New York, NY.

For City of Oakland, Intervenor (1:08-md-01950-VM): Eric B. Fastiff, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, Andrew Scirica Kingsdale, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; G. Scott Emblidge, James A. Quadra, Sylvia Sokol, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Joseph Richard Saveri, PRO HAC VICE, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA.


OPINION DECISION AND ORDER

Victor Marrero, United States District Judge.

By letter dated June 11, 2013, Plaintiff, the State of West Virginia (" West Virginia" ), requested leave to file a second amended complaint that would: (a) reflect the name of West Virginia's new Attorney General; (b) modify the allegations to account for facts developed since the filing of the first amended complaint; (c) remove defendants that have been dismissed; and (d) reinstate West Virginia's claims against GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. (" GE Funding" ) and add GE-related entities Trinity Plus Funding Co., LLC and Trinity Funding Co., LLC as named defendants (collectively with GE Funding, the " GE Entities" ). The Court construes West Virginia's letter as a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint.

This Court previously dismissed West Virginia's claims against GE Funding on April 28, 2011 after determining that West Virginia failed to state a claim. See Decision and Order at 31, Apr. 29, 2011, Dkt. No. 1315. The Court granted the dismissal " subject to reinstatement of the claims upon a sufficient showing by West Virginia during the course of discovery of facts supporting a plausible inference that GE Funding participated in the alleged conspiracy." Id. at 31-32.

Since that time, three former GE Funding employees have been prosecuted for conspirational conduct related to West Virginia's claims against GE Funding. See United States v. Carollo, No. 10 Cr. 653 (S.D.N.Y.) (the " Carollo Trial" ). On May 11, 2012, all three were found guilty by a jury of participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States Government. Appeals in that case are pending. GE Funding argues that by waiting for more than a year after the Carollo Trial, West Virginia has engaged in impermissible dilatory conduct. West Virginia contends that, because appeals in the Carollo Trial are still pending, it cannot be faulted for choosing to review both trial transcripts and the appellate briefs before seeking to amend its complaint.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 (" Rule 15" ), a party seeking to amend its complaint over an opposing party's objection must obtain leave of court to do so. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). Prior to trial, leave to file an amended complaint " shall be freely given" in the absence of factors such as " undue delay, bad faith, or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc." Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182, 83 S.Ct. 227, 9 L.Ed.2d 222 (1962); see also Milanese v. Rust-Oleum Corp., 244 F.3d 104, 110 (2d Cir. 2001).

II. DISCUSSION

The Court will grant leave to West Virginia to file an amended complaint. The Carollo Trial involved allegations directly relevant to West Virginia's claims against GE Funding and appeals in that case are still pending. West Virginia has not engaged in dilatory conduct by choosing to review the appellate briefs before using the facts developed during the Carollo Trial as a basis for seeking leave to amend its complaint. The GE Entities have not established any other basis for finding that West Virginia has engaged in dilatory conduct by waiting until now to seek leave to file an amended complaint.

Additionally, GE Funding would not be prejudiced by the Court's granting West Virginia leave to amend its complaint at this juncture. Although GE Funding argues that it and the GE Entities would be prejudiced by being forced to defend against West Virginia's previously dismissed claims, the Court dismissed those claims subject to reinstatement upon the showing described above, which subsequent factual developments appear to satisfy. GE Funding and the GE Entities have been aware since April 28, 2011 that West Virginia's claims could be reinstated in such an eventuality, now raised by the circumstances directly before the court. III. ORDER

For the reasons discussed above it is hereby

ORDERED that the motion (Dkt. No. 1787) of the State of West Virginia for leave to file an amended complaint is GRANTED.

SO ORDERED:


Summaries of

Hinds County v. Wachovia Bank N.A.

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Jul 29, 2013
291 F.R.D. 73 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)

granting leave to amend more than five years into litigation

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Case details for

Hinds County v. Wachovia Bank N.A.

Case Details

Full title:HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, Plaintiff, v. WACHOVIA BANK N.A., et al.…

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

Date published: Jul 29, 2013

Citations

291 F.R.D. 73 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)

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