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United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D REVISED OCTOBER 2, 2006 September 1, 2006 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III

KING, Circuit Judge: In this interpleader insurance action, defendant-appellants Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to compel arbitration and to stay the interpleader action pending arbitration pursuant to 9 U.S.C. §§ 3, 4. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. The Fiduciary Liability Policie

OPINION AND ORDER HARMON, District Judge. The above referenced class action, grounded in the Employee Retirement Income Seeurity Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., and alleging under section 409(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1109(a), breach of fiduciary duty against fiduciaries of three Enron Corporation ERISA plans,1 is before the Court on objecti

611 F.Supp.2d 654 (2009) ENRON CORP. SAVINGS PLAN, f/k/a Enron Corp., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff, v. HEWITT ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., Defendant. v. Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., f/k/a Enron Corp., an Oregon Corporation, Third-Party Defendant. Pamela M. Tittle, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corp., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. H-01-3913. United States District Court, S.D. Tex

OPINION AND ORDER MELINDA HARMON, District Judge. Pending before the Court in H-01-3913 inter alia is Plaintiffs Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. (“Enron”) and the Administrative Committee of the Enron Corp. Savings Plan’s (“Administrative Committee’s”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs’ ”) motion to compel production of documents (# 1420) responsive to Plaintiffs’ June 10, 2008 requests for produ

SMITH, Circuit Judge: This appeal concerns a variety of securities class actions stemming from the downfall of Enron Corporation. These actions have similar substantive claims, but they differ with respect to the definition of the putative class. Appellants, a subset of members of the putative class in Newby v. Enron Corp., No. H-01-CV-3624 (S.D.Tex.), timely

284 F.Supp.2d 511 (2003) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION, Pamela M. Tittle, Thomas O. Padgett, Gary S. Dreadin, Janice Farmer, Linda Bryan, John L. Moore, Betty J. Clark, Shelly Farias, Patrick Campbell, Fanette Perry, Charles Prestwood, Roy Rinard, Steve Lacey, Catherine Stevens, Roger W. Boyce, Wayne M. Stevens, Norman L. and Paula H. Young, Michael L. McCown, and Dan Schultz, on behalf of themselves and a cl

341 B.R. 141 (2006) In re ENRON CORP., et al., Reorganized Debtors. No. 01-16034 (AJG). United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York. May 2, 2006. *142 *143 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Martin J. Bienenstock, Brian S. Rosen, Martin A. Sosland, Melanie Gray, of Counsel, New York, NY, for Reorganize

*803 OPINION AND ORDER MELINDA HARMON, District Judge. Pending before the Court in the above referenced cause, transferred to this Court from the Southern District of Ohio by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in MDL 1446, is the Outside Directors’1

586 F.Supp.2d 732 (2008) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants. No. MDL-1446. Civ.A. No. H-01-3624. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. September 8, 2008. *735 Richard J. Zook, Cunningham Darlow e

OPINION AND ORDER HARMON, District Judge. Pending before the Court in the above referenced cause are two motions inter alia: (1) Plaintiffs Public Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio (“PERS”), State Teachers’ Retirement System of Ohio (“STRS”), School Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio (“SERS”), and Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System’s (“HPRS’s”) (collectively, the “Ohio Retir

OPINION AND ORDER MELINDA HARMON, UNITED . STATES DISTRICT JUDGE The above referenced putative class action alleges violations of the following securities -fraud statutes through ■ Defendants’ scheme to optimize revenue in investment banking fees from UBS Securities LLC’s corporate client, Enron Corp. (“Enron”), at the expense and defrauding of UBS Financial Service’s brokerage retail clients, Lead Plaint

274 B.R. 327 (2002) In re ENRON CORP., et al., Debtors. No. 01-16034(AJG). United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York. January 11, 2002. *328 *329 *330 *331 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Martin J. Bienenstock, Howard Comet

314 B.R. 354 (2004) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants. DK Acquisition Partners, L.P., et al., Plaintiffs, v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., et al., Defendants. Nos. MDL 1446, CIV.A. H-01-3624, CIV.A. H-03-3393. United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

511 F.Supp.2d 742 (2005) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Plaintiff, v. Murtha Cullina, LLP, et al., Defendants. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth L. Lay, et al., Defendants. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Plaintiff, v

394 F.3d 296 Mark NEWBY, et al., Plaintiffs,Mark Newby, The Regents of the University of California, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.ENRON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.Andersen-United Kingdom, Andersen-Brazil, Arthur Andersen & Company India, Andersen Worldwide SC, Defendants-Appellees,v.Rinis Travel Service Inc. Profit Sharing Trust UA 6-1-1989, Michael J. Rinis, IRRA, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants,Settlement Class Mem

310 F.Supp.2d 819 (2004) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants The Regents of the University of California, et al., Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth L. Lay, et al., Defendants. No. MDL-1446, CIV.A. H-01-3624. United States District

540 F.Supp.2d 800 (2007) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & "ERISA" LITIGATION. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants Public Employees' Retirement System of Ohio, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Andrew S. Fastow, et al., Defendants. No. MDL-1446. Civil Action Nos. H-01-3624, H-02-4788 (COORDINATED). United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Hou

529 F.3d 631 (2008) FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEWBY & TITTLE Defendants, Represented by Liaison Counsel; Robert A. Belfer; Norman P. Blake, Jr.; Ronnie C. Chan; Wendy L. Gramm, M.D.; Robert K. Jaedicke; Charles A. Lemaistre; Joe H. Foy; Bruce G. Wilson; John Mendelson; Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira; Frank Savage; Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.; Jerome J. Meyer; John A. Urquhart; Charles E. Walker; John Wakeham, Defendants-Appellees

465 F.Supp.2d 687 (2006) In re ENRON CORPORATION SECURITIES, Derivative & "ERISA" Litigation. Mark Newby, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enron Corporation, et al., Defendants. Public Employees' Retirement System of Ohio, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Andrew S. Fastow, et al., Defendants. No. MDL-1446. Civil Action Nos. H-01-3624, H-02-4788. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division