Norton v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Filing 13

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Regarding Corporate Disclosure Statement. Re: ECF 10 . Southwest to file response by 2/12/2025. Signed by Judge Nathanael M. Cousins on 1/29/2025. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/29/2025)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 ROBERT NORTON, United States District Court Northern District of California Plaintiff, 12 v. 13 14 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., Case No. 24-cv-07727-NC ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Re: ECF 10 Defendant. 15 16 17 Defendant Southwest Airlines Co. filed a Corporate Disclosure Statement for this 18 matter pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 and Local Rule 7.1-1 on January 19 28, 2025. ECF 10. The disclosure states, in part, “The Vanguard Group . . . [has] filed a 20 Form 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that [it] owns 10% or 21 more of Southwest’s shares.” ECF 10 at 1. 22 To better assess any recusal issues, the Court requests that Southwest provide 23 additional detail regarding Vanguard’s aggregate ownership or management of 24 Southwest’s shares. Such elaboration may include Vanguard’s specific percentage of 25 ownership interest in Southwest shares; whether that percentage of ownership is 26 considered a controlling share; whether Vanguard maintains any representation on 27 Southwest’s board or leadership bodies; how dispersed Vanguard’s holdings of 28 Southwest’s shares are between Vanguard’s subsidiaries; and any other information 1 2 Southwest may deem informative for the Court to consider. Southwest must provide the Court with this information by February 12, 2025. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 7 Dated: January 29, 2025 _____________________________________ NATHANAEL M. COUSINS United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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