Brown v. Access Midstream Partners, L.P. et al

Filing 98

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry)(1)the Suessenbachs motion to consolidate the above-captioned matters, filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-0591, (Doc. 46), is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE;(2)the motion to appoint Michael D. Donovan , Noah Axler, and the Law Firm of Donovan Axler, LLC, as Interim Class Counsel in the Brown case, filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-0591, (Doc. 50), is GRANTED;(3)the motion to appoint Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, (Kessler Topaz), as Interim Clas s Counsel and Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, (Rosenn Jenkins), as Interim Liaison Counsel, filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-0591, (Doc. 54), is DENIED; and(4)the motion to appoint Kessler Topaz as Interim Class Counsel and Rosenn Jenkins as Interim Liaison Counsel, filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-1197, (Doc. 15), is GRANTED with respect to the Suessenbach case only.Signed by Honorable Malachy E Mannion on 3/31/15. (bs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JAMES L. BROWN, on behalf
:
of himself and all others similarly
situated,
:
Plaintiffs

:

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-0591

:
(JUDGE MANNION)

ACCESS MIDSTREAM
:
PARTNERS, L.P., CHESAPEAKE
ENERGY CORP., and DOMENIC J. :
DELL’OSSO, JR.,
:
Defendants
:

THE SUESSENBACH FAMILY
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, JAMES
S. SUESSENBACH, individually
and on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, and
GINA M. SUESSENBACH,
individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,

:
:
:

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-1197

:
(JUDGE MANNION)
:

Plaintiffs
:
v.
:
ACCESS MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,
L.P., and CHESAPEAKE ENERGY :
CORPORATION,
:
Defendants
:
ORDER
In accordance with the memorandum issued this same day, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
(1)

the Suessenbachs’ motion to consolidate the above-

captioned matters, filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-0591,
(Doc. 46), is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE;
(2)

the motion to appoint Michael D. Donovan, Noah Axler,
and the Law Firm of Donovan Axler, LLC, as Interim Class
Counsel in the Brown case, filed in Civil Action No. 3:140591, (Doc. 50), is GRANTED;

(3)

the motion to appoint Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check,
LLP, (“Kessler Topaz”), as Interim Class Counsel and
Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, (“Rosenn Jenkins”), as
Interim Liaison Counsel, filed in Civil Action No. 3:140591, (Doc. 54), is DENIED; and

(4)

the motion to appoint Kessler Topaz as Interim Class
Counsel and Rosenn Jenkins as Interim Liaison Counsel,
filed in Civil Action No. 3:14-1197, (Doc. 15), is
GRANTED with respect to the Suessenbach case only.

s/ Malachy E. Mannion
MALACHY E. MANNION
United States District Judge
Date: March 31, 2015
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