Opinion
Civil Action No. H-01-3624, H-01-3645 and Consolidated Cases
April 24, 2002
ORDER GRANTING EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO STAY DISCOVERY IN BULLOCK v. ARTHUR ANDERSON LLP
Pending before the Court are Arthur Andersen's Emergency Motion to Stay Discovery and to Enjoin Fleming from Seeking a Temporary Injunction in Bullock v. Arthur Andersen LLP (Instrument No. 493) and Jeffrey K. Skilling's Motion for Emergency Injunctive Relief Staying Discovery in Bullock v. Arthur Andersen, LLP, et al. (Instrument No. 504). Defendant Andrew S. Fastow has joined in Andersen's motion to enjoin Fleming from seeking a temporary injunction in Bullock (Instrument No. 536); Kenneth L. Lay has joined Andersen's request for stay and injunction and Defendants LJM Cayman, L.P., Chewco Investments, L.P., and Michael J. Kopper have joined in the motions to stay discovery filed by Andersen and by Skilling and have moved to quash a discovery subpoena filed by the Bullock plaintiffs in that case.
The Court ordered the Bullock plaintiffs to respond to Andersen's motion by noon on April 24, 2002. The Bullock plaintiffs have responded to Andersen's and Skilling's motions with their own motions to quash the motions for emergency injunctive relief and motion to delay consideration. (Instruments No. 509 and No. 535).
The Court intends to rule on the Andersen and Skilling motions as well as those filed by Fastow, Lay and by LJM Cayman, L.P., Chewco Investments, L.P., and Michael J. Kopper by Monday, April 29, 2002. If Fleming and Associates, on behalf of the Bullock Plaintiffs, wishes to add anything to its previously filed responses to the Andersen and Skilling motions, it should have it on file before five o'clock p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2002.