IN RE LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY

Case No. 09-10023 (REG) Jointly Administered, Adv. Pro. No. 10-05525 (REG).

In re: LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Chapter 11, Debtors. EDWARD S. WEISFELNER, AS LITGATION TRUSTEE OF THE LB LITGATION TRUST, Plaintiff, v. HOFMANN, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

September 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Weisfelner, as Litigation Trustee of the LB Litigation Trust, Plaintiff, represented by May Orenstein , Brown Rudnick LLP, Steven D. Pohl , Brown Rudnick LLP, Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross , Brown Rudnick, LLP.

Alfred R Hoffmann Charles Schwab & Co Inc Cust IRA Contributory, Defendant, represented by Sandra D. Grannum , Davidson & Grannum, LLP.

Alpine Associates, Defendant, represented by Norman A. Bloch , Thompson Hine, LLP, Shaun McElhenny , Thompson Hine LLP, Simon Miller , Thompson Hine, LLP, Joseph W. Muccia , Thompson Hine LLP, Jeanette Rodriguez , Thompson Hine LLP.

Arbor Place Limited Partnership, Defendant, represented by William A. Rome , Hoffman & Pollok.

Bear Stearns & Co. F/A/O Gabelli Associates, Defendant, represented by Vincent R. Cappucci , Entwistle & Cappucci, LLP.

Bear Stearns & Co. F/A/O Gabelli Associates, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. Entwistle , Entwistle & Cappucci LLP.

First NY Securities/Britally Capital A/K/A First New York Securities, LLC, Defendant, represented by Ari J. Savitzky , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

BellSouth Healthcare S&P 400 A/K/A BellSouth Corporation Representable Employees Health Care Trust-Retirees, Defendant, represented by Hanna Baek , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.

Cato Enterprises LLC Arbitrage Account, Defendant, represented by Craig Scott Hilliard , Stark & Stark, P.C..

Clerics - COB Great Lakes Advisors Robert E. Erickson C.S.V Provincial Treasurer A/K/A Clerics of St. Viator, Defendant, represented by Aviram Fox , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Rachel E Yarch , Kopon Airdo, LLC.

Douglas Light & Judith Light Trustees of the Douglas M. & Judith A. Light Rev U/A Dated 02/06/1995, Defendant, represented by Bradley S. Defoe , Varnum LLP.

David S Macallaster Charles Schwab & Co Inc Cust IRA Contributory, Defendant, represented by David B. Galle , Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP.

Denis Patrick Kelleher, Esq. PLLC, Defendant, represented by Denis Patrick Kelleher , Clayman & Rosenberg LLP.

Diane L Abbey, Defendant, represented by Karin E. Fisch , ABBEY SPANIER RODD & ABRAMS, LLP.

Doft & Co., Inc. Firm Account, Defendant, represented by Philip D. Anker , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Donald M Balcuns Living Trust Donald M Balcuns and Jennie Anne Balcuns, Defendant, represented by James B. Glucksman , James B. Glucksman, Esq., Jonathan S. Pasternak , DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP.

Elisabeth H. Doft, Defendant, represented by Peter J. Macdonald , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.

HTB Investments LLC, Defendant, represented by James Matthew Vaughn , Porter & Hedges, L.L.P..

IRA FBO Vello A Kuuskraa DB Securities Inc Custodian, Defendant, represented by Arthur Jay Steinberg , King & Spalding LLP.

Jesus Chagoya & Rose Mary Chagoya JT Ten, Defendant, represented by John F. Higgins , Porter & Hedges, L.L.P..

John M Fox & Marcella F Fox Jt Ten, Defendant, represented by Jeffrey C. Pond .

Joseph Iavicoli Charles Schwab & Co Inc Cust IRA Rollover, Defendant, represented by Kari Yeomans , Yeomans Law Firm.

KDC Merger Arbitrage Fund, L.P., Defendant, represented by Guy Petrillo , Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, Tatyana Trakht , Petrillo Klein LLP.

Maryl I Ebrite Trustee Maryl I W Ebrite Revocable Trust, Defendant, represented by Scott W Foley , Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler.

Neil T Eigen & Patricia S Eigen Jt Ten, Defendant, represented by Eduardo J. Glas , Tseitlin & Glas, P.C..

Ohio Carpenters Midcap, Defendant, represented by John Winship Read , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Kelsey M. Toulouse , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

OP&F/Intech, Defendant, represented by Daniel R. Swetnam , Ice Miller LLP.

Ray R Irani Trustee Ray R Irani Decl of Trust U/A, Defendant, represented by Joseph P. Moodhe , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Lorna G. Schofield , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Tricia Bozyk Sherno , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Zheng Wang , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

Ronald E Wyman Trustee of the Donald E Wyman Revocable Trust U/A Dated 01/17/2006, Defendant, represented by Bradley A. Kletscher , Barna Guzy & Steffen, Ltd., Adam Silverstone , Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP.

Sandra G Montrone, Defendant, represented by Deborah A. Notinger , Notinger Law, PLLC.

Sanford Saul Wadler, Defendant, represented by Robert N. H. Christmas , Nixon Peabody LLP.

Southern California Edison NUC, Defendant, represented by Thomas R. Slome , Meyer. Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C..

VA Birth Related Inj-Great Lakes Adv, Defendant, represented by Conrad Chiu , Pryor Cashman LLP.

Vincent Mark Rafanelli Trustee V Mark Rafanelli Living Trust U/A Dated 07/07/2004, Defendant, represented by Ross E. Firsenbaum , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Jeremy S. Winer , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.

Virginia L. Lyon, Defendant, represented by Robert E. Bartkus , McCusker Anselmi Rosen & Carvelli, PC.

Working Womans Home Association, Defendant, represented by Courtney E. Scott , Tressler LLP.

Sumitomo Trust & Banking, Defendant, represented by Jordan E. Stern , Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP.

Scotia Capital Inc., Defendant, represented by Jessica Rachel Wheeler , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

Primevest Financial Services, Defendant, represented by William Hao , Alston & Bird LLP, James F. Moyle , MOYLE LLC.

State Teachers Retirement System, Defendant, represented by Ronald Scott Beacher , Pryor Cashman LLP.

William Luke & Agnes Boswell, Defendant, represented by Charles E. Reynolds , Santen & Hughes.

Touradji Diversified Master Fund Ltd., Defendant, represented by Ana M. Alfonso , Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP.

Harvest AA Capital LP and Harvest Capital LP, Defendant, represented by David J. Karp , Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, Brian T. Kohn , Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

Tinicum Partners, L.P., Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Gold , Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C..

Trust 1, Defendant, represented by Bonnie Steingart , Fried, Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.

Individual 7, Defendant, represented by Jessica A. Engerer , Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC, Fred K. Herrmann , Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC, P. Warren Hunt , Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC.

Individual 10, Defendant, represented by Margarita Y. Ginzburg , Day Pitney LLP, Scott A. Zuber , Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

Non-Profit 1, Defendant, represented by Robert I. Cantor , Cantor, Epstein & Mazzola, LLP.

Individual 18, Defendant, represented by Robert Kolodney , Kane Kessler, P.C..

Mutual Fund 5, Defendant, represented by Alan W. Kornberg , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Financial Advisor 3, Defendant, represented by James K. Haney , Wong Fleming, P.C., Jacqueline K Matthews , Baker & Hostetler, Anthony M. Sharett , Baker Hostetler.

Mutual Fund 8, Defendant, represented by Alexander R. Bilus , Dechert LLP, William K. Dodds , Dechert LLP, Michael S. Doluisio , Dechert LLP, Scott Cameron Kessenick , Dechert LLP, Stuart T. Steinberg , Dechert LLP.

Pension Fund 4, Defendant, represented by Patrick Sibley , Pryor Cashman LLP.

Pension Fund 6, Defendant, represented by Clement John Colucci , New York State Department of Law, Robert Scannell , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Paulina Stamatelos , New York State Office of the Attorney General.

Fund 33, Defendant, represented by Harry Frischer , Proskauer Rose LLP, David S Mordkoff , Proskauer Rose LLP, Stephen Leonard Ratner , Proskauer Rose LLP.

Allen Arbitrage LP, Defendant, represented by Leo T. Crowley , illsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP.

Teacher's Retirement System of Georgia and Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Defendant, represented by Julie Adams Jacobs , Georgia Department of Law.

Taliesin Capital Partners LP, Defendant, represented by Dianne F. Coffino , Covington & Burling LLP, Andrea J. Gildea , Covington & Burling LLP.

LMA SPC, Defendant, represented by Eugene R. Licker , Loeb & Loeb LLP.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Richard W. Reinthaler , Winston & Strawn LLP.

ZLP Master Opportunity Fund Ltd., Defendant, represented by Hugh M. McDonald , Dentons US LLP.

Equity Overlay Fund LLC, Defendant, represented by Robert Honeywell , K&L Gates LLP, Richard Steven Miller , Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Ryan M. Tosi , K&L Gates LLP.

Plasma Physics Corp., Defendant, represented by Jonathan S. Bodner , Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., Dina Gielchinsky , ASK LLP.

Skylands Special Investment LLC, Defendant, represented by Robert Gretch , Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

VTrader Pro, LLC, Defendant, represented by Richard M. Asche , Litman, Asche & Gioiella LLP.

Wabash Harvest Partners LP, Defendant, represented by David K. Momborquette , Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

Rangeley Capital Partners, LP, Defendant, represented by Mark J. Hyland , Seward & Kissel LLP.

Track Data Corporation, Defendant, represented by Robert P Bramnik , Duane Morris LLP.

The Northern Trust Company, Defendant, represented by Christopher P. Hall , DLA Piper.


DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF DEFENDANT CLASS

In this adversary proceeding under the umbrella of the chapter 11 case of debtor Lyondell Chemical Company and its affiliates, in which the plaintiff Trustee of the LB Litigation Trust (the successor to the Lyondell estate) seeks to recover...

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