Opinion
MDL 1446, CIVIL ACTION NO. H-01-3624 AND CONSOLIDATED CASES, CIVIL ACTION NO. H-03-5332, CIVIL ACTION NO. H-03-5333, CIVIL ACTION NO. H-03-5334, CIVIL ACTION NO. H-03-5335
December 4, 2003
ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION
Pursuant to the December 12, 2001 order of consolidation (#17) and the Court's September 30, 2003 memorandum and order (#1714) entered in lead case H-01-3624, Newby v. Enron Corp. et al., the above referenced cases, H-03-5332, H-03-5333, H-03-5334, and H-03-5335, removed for a third time, now based on jurisdiction "related to" Enron's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) and 1452, by newly added Third-Party Defendants sued for contribution as "responsible third parties" under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 33.011 and Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 38(a) and asserting potential claims for indemnification from the debtor's estate, are hereby CONSOLIDATED into H-01-3624.
J.P. Morgan Chase, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Chase Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Investment Corp. (now known as J.P. Morgan SBIC LLC), JPMorgan Chase Bank (now known as J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.), Citigroup, Inc., Citibank N.A., Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (f/k/a Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.), Pershing LLC (f/k/a Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrett Securities Corp.), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CISC Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith (a/k/a Merrill Lynch Co.).