US District Court Civil Docket as of 11/09/2010
Retrieved from the court on
November 15, 2011

U.S. District Court
Southern District Of
Texas (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #:
4:10-cv-03043


Ludlow v. BP PLC et al
Assigned to: Judge Keith P Ellison

Related Case: 

4:10-md-02185

 

Case in other court:

 Louisiana Western, 6:10-cv-00818

Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act


Date Filed:
08/25/2010
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Nature of Suit: 850 Securities/Commodities
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

 

Plaintiff

 

Robert Ludlow
individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated

represented by

James P Roy
Domengeaux Wright et al
556 Jefferson St
PO Box 3668
Lafayette, LA 70502
337-233-3033
Fax: 337-233-2796
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Aron K Liang
Cotchett Pitre and Carthy
840 Malcolm Rd
Ste 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-697-6000
Email: aliang@cpmlegal.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph W Cotchett
Cotchett Pitre et al
840 Malcolm Rd
Ste 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-697-6000
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mark C Molumphy
Cotchett Pitre et al
840 Malcolm Rd
Ste 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-697-6000
Email: mmolumphy@cpmlegal.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Nancy L Fineman
Cotchett Pitre et al
840 Malcolm Rd
Ste 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-697-6000
Email: nfineman@cpmlegal.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 


V.

 

 

Defendant

 

 

BP PLC

represented by

Thomas W Taylor
Andrews and Kurth
600 Travis
Suite 4200
Houston, TX 77002
713-220-4200
Fax: 713-220-4285
Email: ttaylor@andrewskurth.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

George Denegre , Jr
Liskow & Lewis
701 Poydras St
Ste 5000
New Orleans, LA 70139-5099
504-556-4133
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

B P America Inc

represented by

Thomas W Taylor
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Anthony Hayward

represented by

Russell Keith Jarrett
Liskow & Lewis
One Shell Square
701 Poydras St
Ste 5000

New Orleans, LA 70139

504-556-4133
Fax: 504-556-4108
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Andy Inglis

represented by

Russell Keith Jarrett
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Carl-Henric Svanberg

represented by

Russell Keith Jarrett
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

H Lamar McKay

represented by

Russell Keith Jarrett
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

William Castell

represented by

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Paul Anderson

represented by

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Antony Burgmans

represented by

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Cynthia Carroll

represented by

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Defendant

 

 

Erroll B Davis, Jr

represented by

George Denegre , Jr
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Movant

 

 

Alan R Higgs

represented by

Eric J O'Bell
Attorney at Law
3500 North Hullen St
Metairie, LA 70002

504-456-8677
Fax: 504-456-8624
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Movant

 

 

Thomas P DiNapoli
Comptroller of the State of
New York

represented by

Eric R Nowak
Harrell and Nowak
650 Poydras St
Ste 2107

New Orleans, LA 70130

504-522-7885
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

Movant

 

 

Richard A Cordray
Ohio Attorney General

represented by

Eric R Nowak
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

 

 

 

Date Filed

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Docket Text

05/21/2010

1 

COMPLAINT against Paul Anderson, BP America Inc., BP, Plc, Antony Burgmans, Cynthia Carroll, William Castell, Erroll B. Davis, Jr, Anthony Hayward, Andy Inglis, H. Lamar McKay, Carl-Henric Svanberg with Jury Demand (Filing fee to be paid by cash, check, or credit card in person in a division of the court) filed by Robert Ludlow. (Attachments: # 1 Part 2 of Complaint, # 2 Exhibits Part 1 of Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibits Part 2 of Exhibit A, # 4 Civil cover sheet)(aty,Roy, James) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

2 

MOTION for Joseph W. Cotchett to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee to be paid by cash, check, or credit card in person in a division of the court) by Robert Ludlow. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of good standing, # 2 Text of proposed order)(aty,Roy, James) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

3 

MOTION for Mark C. Molumphy to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee to be paid by cash, check, or credit card in person in a division of the court) by Robert Ludlow. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of good standing, # 2 Text of proposed order)(aty,Roy, James) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

4 

MOTION for Aron K. Liang to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee to be paid by cash, check, or credit card in person in a division of the court) by Robert Ludlow. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of good standing, # 2 Text of proposed order)(aty,Roy, James) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

5 

MOTION for Nancy L. Fineman to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee to be paid by cash, check, or credit card in person in a division of the court) by Robert Ludlow. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of good standing, # 2 Text of proposed order)(aty,Roy, James) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

  

FILING FEE RECEIVED: on behalf of Robert Ludlow in the amount of $350.00, receipt number 64635003866 (crt,Davenport, M) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

  

RECEIVED Pro Hac Vice fee for Joseph W. Cotchett, Mark C. Molumphy, Aron K. Liang and Nancy L. Fineman to appear on behalf of Robert Ludlow in the amount of $100.00, receipt number 64635003865 (crt,Davenport, M) (Entered: 05/21/2010)

05/21/2010

  

CASE Assigned to Judge Richard T Haik, Sr and Magistrate Judge C Michael Hill. (crt,Thigpen, M) (Entered: 05/25/2010)

05/25/2010

6 

SUMMONS ISSUED as to Paul Anderson, B P America Inc, B P P L C, Antony Burgmans, Cynthia Carroll, William Castell, Erroll B Davis, Jr, Anthony Hayward, Andy Inglis, H Lamar McKay, Carl-Henric Svanberg. (crt,Thigpen, M) (Entered: 05/25/2010)

05/26/2010

7 

ORDER granting 2 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for appearance of Joseph W Cotchett for Robert Ludlow. Signed by Magistrate Judge C Michael Hill on 5/26/10. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 05/28/2010)

05/26/2010

8 

ORDER granting 3 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for appearance of Mark C Molumphy for Robert Ludlow. Signed by Magistrate Judge C Michael Hill on 5/26/10. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 05/28/2010)

05/26/2010

9 

ORDER granting 4 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for appearance of Aron K Liang for Robert Ludlow. Signed by Magistrate Judge C Michael Hill on 5/26/10. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 05/28/2010)

05/26/2010

10 

ORDER granting 5 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for appearance of Nancy L Fineman for Robert Ludlow. Signed by Magistrate Judge C Michael Hill on 5/26/10. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 05/28/2010)

06/14/2010

11 

COPY of Plaintiffs Robert Ludlow's Revised Motion for Transfer and Consolidation of Related Actions to the Western District of Louisiana filed with Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation In Re: BP Securities Litigation MDL No. ____ (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support of Motion, # 2 Revised Certificate of Service) (crt,Reeves, T) (Entered: 06/22/2010)

06/14/2010

12 

COPY of Declaration of Mark C Molumphy in Support of Motion for Transfer and Consolidation of Related Actions to the Western District of Louisiana filed with Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation In Re: BP Securities Litigation MDL No. ____ (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits A-B, # 2 Exhibits C-D, # 3 Exhibit E-I) (crt,Reeves, T) (Entered: 06/22/2010)

06/24/2010

20 

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Rebecca F Doherty. Judge Richard T Haik, Sr no longer assigned to case. Signed by Judge Richard T Haik, Sr on 6/22/2010. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

06/28/2010

13 

COPY of Notice of Presentation or Waiver of Oral Argument dated June 24, 2010 forwarded to Clerk, U S Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Ligitation re: MDL No 2185 In re: B P P L C Securities Litigation. (crt,Williams, L) (Entered: 06/30/2010)

07/06/2010

14 

LETTER to Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation In Re: BP Securities Litigation MDL No. 2185 transmitting copy of Yuen's and Ahn's Opposition to Ludlow's Motion for Transfer and Consolidation of Related Actions to Western District of LA with exhibits (Attachments: # 1 Brief in Opposition to Transfer to WD/LA) (crt,Reeves, T) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/16/2010

15 

LETTER to Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation In Re: BP Securities Litigation MDL No. 2185 transmitting copy of Yuen's and Ahn's Memorandum in Reply to Defendant BP's Response to Plaintiff Ludlow's Motion for Transfer and Consolidation of Related Actions to Western District of LA (Attachments: # 1 Brief in Reply to BP's Response to Ludlow Motion to Transfer) (crt,Reeves, T) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/20/2010

16 

FILED IN ERROR - COUNSEL REQUESTED TO RESUBMIT. MOTION to Consolidate Case with Case Number 10:903 and Appointing Alan Higgs as Lead Plaintiff and Approving His Selection of LEad and Liaison Counsel by Alan R. Higgs. (Attachments: # 1 Text of proposed order, # 2 Memorandum / Brief, # 3 Declaration of Eric J. O'Bell, # 4 Exhibits A, # 5 Exhibits B, # 6 Exhibits C, # 7 Exhibits D, # 8 Exhibits E)(aty,O'Bell, Eric) Modified to reflect filed in error on 7/22/2010. See document 18 Motion. (Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/20/2010

17 

MOTION to Appoint Counsel (Motion of the Ludlow Plaintiffs For (1) Appointment as Lead Plaintiffs; and (2) Approval of Lead Plaintiffs' Choice of Counsel) by Robert Ludlow. Motions referred to C Michael Hill. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum / Brief, # 2 Declaration of Mark C. Molumphy in Support of Motion and Exhibits A-H, # 3 Text of proposed order)(aty,Molumphy, Mark) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/20/2010

18 

MOTION to Consolidate Case with Case Number 10:903 and Appointing Alan R. Higgs as Lead Plaintiff and Approving His Selection of Lead and Liaison Counsel by Alan R. Higgs. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum / Brief, # 2 Certificate of Service, # 3 Text of proposed order, # 4 Declaration of Eric J. O'Bell, # 5 Exhibits A, # 6 Exhibits B, # 7 Exhibits C, # 8 Exhibits D, # 9 Exhibits E)(aty,O'Bell, Eric) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/20/2010

19 

MOTION Appoint Lead Plaintiff, MOTION to Appoint Counsel, MOTION to Consolidate Case with Case Number 10-903 Relief requested not described in LR7.4.1 by Thomas P. DiNapoli, Richard A. Cordray. Motions referred to C Michael Hill. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum / Brief in Support of Motion, # 2 Declaration of Julie G. Reiser in Support of Motion, # 3 Exhibits A (Press Release), # 4 Exhibits B (Loss Charts), # 5 Exhibits C (Joint Declaration), # 6 Exhibits D (Certifications), # 7 Exhibits E (CMST Firm Resume), # 8 Exhibits F (Berman DeValerio Firm Resume), # 9 Text of proposed order)(aty,Nowak, Eric) (Entered: 07/20/2010)

07/20/2010

17 

MOTION to Appoint as Lead Plaintiff by Robert Ludlow. Motions referred to C Michael Hill. ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRY as document 17 Motion to Appoint Counsel was electronically filed without selecting all reliefs requested in pleading. (crt,Kennedy, T) Modified to add document number on 7/23/2010. (Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

07/20/2010

  

Motions Transferred regarding 17 MOTION to Appoint Counsel (Motion of the Ludlow Plaintiffs For (1) Appointment as Lead Plaintiffs; and (2) Approval of Lead Plaintiffs' Choice of Counsel), 17 MOTION to Appoint as Lead Plaintiff. Motions referred to Rebecca F Doherty. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

07/20/2010

18 

MOTION to Appoint Counsel, MOTION to Appoint as Lead Plaintiff by Alan R Higgs. Motions referred to C Michael Hill. ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRY as document 18 Motion to Consolidate was electronically filed without selecting all reliefs requested in pleading. (crt,Kennedy, T) Modified to add document number on 7/23/2010. (Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

07/20/2010

  

Motions Transferred regarding 18 MOTION to Appoint Counsel MOTION to Appoint as Lead Plaintiff. Motions referred to Rebecca F Doherty. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

07/20/2010

  

Motions Transferred regarding 19 MOTION Appoint Lead Plaintiff MOTION to Appoint Counsel MOTION to Consolidate Case with Case Number 10-903 Relief requested not described in LR7.4.1. Motions referred to Rebecca F Doherty. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/23/2010)

07/21/2010

  

NOTICE of Corrective Action to Eric J O'Bell on behalf of Alan R Higgs regarding 16 FILED IN ERROR - COUNSEL REQUESTED TO RESUBMIT. MOTION to Consolidate Case with Case Number 10:903 and Appointing Alan Higgs as Lead Plaintiff and Approving His Selection of Lead and Liaison Counsel. Action taken: Edited entry to reflect Filed in Error. Counsel has resubmitted the filing with the correct pdf document as 18 Motion. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/22/2010)

07/26/2010

21 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER by Paul Anderson, B P America Inc, B P P L C, Antony Burgmans, Cynthia Carroll, William Castell, Richard A Cordray, Erroll B Davis, Jr, Thomas P DiNapoli, Anthony Hayward, Alan R Higgs, Andy Inglis, Robert Ludlow, H Lamar McKay, Carl-Henric Svanberg. (aty,Denegre, George) (Entered: 07/26/2010)

07/30/2010

22 

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by B P America Inc, B P P L C. (aty,Denegre, George) (Entered: 07/30/2010)

07/30/2010

23 

STIPULATION AND ORDER. Signed by Judge Rebecca F Doherty on 7/30/2010. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 07/30/2010)

08/10/2010

24 

NOTICE from Clerk of Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation enclosing copy of Transfer Order in MDL No 2185, In Re: BP PLC Securities Litigation, advising case will be transferred to Southern District of Texas upon assignment of number and request of record. (crt,Dunford, T) (Entered: 08/11/2010)

08/24/2010

25 

ORDER FOR MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION TRANSFER directing transfer to Southern District of Texas, In Re: BP plc Securities Litigation, MDL # 2185. Record electronically transmitted to receiving court. Case Terminated. All future pleadings should be filed with the newly assigned court. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from receiving court) (crt,Reeves, T) (Entered: 08/25/2010)

08/25/2010

26 

Case transferred in electronically from Louisiana Western. Case Number 6:10-cv-00818 (ltien) (Entered: 08/25/2010)

10/26/2010

27 

NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas W. Taylor on behalf of B P America Inc, BP PLC, filed. (Taylor, Thomas) (Entered: 10/26/2010)

11/04/2010

28 

MOTION for Marc De Leeuw to Appear Pro Hac Vice by B P America Inc, BP PLC, filed. Motion Docket Date 11/26/2010. (Taylor, Thomas) (Entered: 11/04/2010)

11/09/2010

29 

MOTION for Richard C. Pepperman, II to Appear Pro Hac Vice by B P America Inc, BP PLC, filed. Motion Docket Date 11/30/2010. (Taylor, Thomas) (Entered: 11/09/2010)

11/09/2010

30 

MOTION for Daryl A. Libow to Appear Pro Hac Vice by B P America Inc, BP PLC, filed. Motion Docket Date 11/30/2010. (Taylor, Thomas) (Entered: 11/09/2010)

 

 

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