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