SAMSON RESOURCES v. VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY

Nos. CIV 09-0863 JB/LAM, CIV 09-0865 JB/KBM.

449 B.R. 120 (2011)

SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY; Samson Lone Star, LLC; and Samson Contour Energy E & P, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY COMPANY; NCRA/National Cooperative Refinery Association; Husky Marketing and Supply Company; Chevron Texaco LP; Teppco Crude GP, LLC; Cimarron Transmission Company; Interstate Petroleum Corporation; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated; Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc.; Oasis Transportation and Marketing Corporation; Plains Marketing GP, Inc.; Plains Marketing, L.P.; Shell Oil Company; BP Oil Supply Company; J. Aron & Company; Sunoco Logistics Partners, LP; Conocophillips Company; and Coffeyville Resource Refining & Marketing, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

May 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adriann Ragsdale , Phillip T. Brewer , Roswell, NM, Chad J. Kutmas , Gary M. McDonald , James P. McCann , William H. Spitler , McDonald, McCann & Metcalf, LLP, Tulsa, OK, for the Plaintiffs.

Ian D. McKelvy , Sanders, Bruin, Coll & Worley, P.A., Roswell, NM, Ariadne Montare , John Zavitsanos , Timothy C. Shelby , Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, PC, Houston, TX, for Defendants Plains Marketing GP, Inc., and Plains Marketing, L.P.

Michael H. Feldewert , Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Michael M. Parker , Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, San Antonio, TX, Dennis Cameron , Lisa Silvestri , Tyson Schwerdtfeger , Gable Gotwals , Tulsa, OK, for Defendant Valero Marketing and Supply Company.

Christopher A. McElgunn , Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, LLC, Wichita, Kansas, Rodney L. Schlagel , Sherrill K. Filter , Butt, Thornton & Baeh, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant NCRA/National Cooperative Refinery Association.

Michael B. Campbell , Campbell Trial Law, LLC, Santa Fe, NM, Michael H. Feldewert , Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Alan M. Unger , Michael G. Burke , Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Husky Marketing and Supply Company.

Robert E. Sabin , John S. Nelson , Lee M. Rogers, Jr. , Atwood, Malone, Turner & Sabin, PA, Roswell, NM, for Defendant Teppco Crude GP, LLC.

Andrew G. Schultz , Catherine T. Goldberg , Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, New MX, Mark L. Desgrosseilliers , Somble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Wilmington, DE, for Defendant Cimarron Transmission Company.

Gordon H. Rowe, III , Rowe Law Firm, PC, Albuquerque, NM, Robert T. Cosgrove , Burns, Wall Smith and Mueller, P.C., Denver, CO, for Defendant Interstate Petroleum Corporation.

Andrew G. Schultz , Catherine T. Goldberg , Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, New MX, for Defendant Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated.

Dennis Cameron , Lisa Silvestri , Tyson Schwerdtfeger , Gable Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, Seth Campbell McMillan , Walter J. Melendres , Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc.

David Zalman , Melissa E. Byroade , Thomas B. Kinzler , Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY, Michael H. Feldewert , Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant BP Oil Supply Company.

Derek V. Larson , Stevan Douglas Looney , Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant J. Aron & Company.

Eric N. Macey , Christopher S. Moore , Courtney D. Tedrowe , Novack and Macey, LLP, Chicago, IL, Paul Melendres , Melendres & Melendres, Albuquerque, NM, Jennifer P. Knox , Claudia Z. Springer , Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Sunoco Logistics Partners, LP.

Michael B. Campbell , Campbell Trial Law, LLC, Santa Fe, NM, Michael H. Feldewert , Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant Conocophillips Company.

Clifford K. Atkinson , Douglas A. Baker , Atkinson, Thal & Baker, PC, Derek V. Larson , Stevan Douglas Looney , Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, NM, Boaz S. Morag , Matthew M. Bunda , Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Coffeyville Resource Refining & Marketing, LLC.

Michael H. Feldewert , Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Defendants Chevron Texaco LP and Shell Oil Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES O. BROWNING, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Parties' Stipulation of Relevant Jurisdictional Facts and Authorities, filed April 5, 2011 (Doc. 167). The Court held a hearing on March 29, 2011. The primary issue is whether this matter implicates bankruptcy jurisdiction. The Court concludes that bankruptcy jurisdiction exists to hear this matter, and refers the consolidated cases...

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