Supreme Court

Case: 22-0300    
22-0300
04/15/2022
Multidistrict Litigation
IN RE HURRICANE ZETA LITIGATION 
 
Appellate Briefs
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Description▲▼RemarksDocument
06/10/2022Multidistrict Litigation letter received  Letter from Chief Justice Hecht stating: "Pursuant to Administrative Rule 13.6(a) and effective immediately, the Honorable Rabeea Sultan Collier, active district judge, is authorized to serve as a pretrial judge upon assignment by the Panel on Multi-District Litigation in the above-referenced case."
05/18/2022Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed  Schlumberger Limited and M-I L.L.C.'s Joinder Motion to Transfer and Motion to Stay filed by attorney James Nye
05/13/2022Multidistrict Litigation Reply filedMovant Transocean's Reply in Support of Motion to Transfer filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
05/02/2022MDL Response to Motion for TransferRespondent Response to Transocean's Motion to Transfer filed by attorney Russell S. Post
04/22/2022Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filedOther than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Joinder in Motion to Transfer and Motion for Stay filed on behalf of BOE Exploration & Production LLC by attorney Charles Mouton
04/21/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing Movant Transocean's Reply in Support of Motion for Immediate Stay filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
04/21/2022Multidistrict Litigation supplemental Respondent Plaintiffs' Supplement to Response to Motion for Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Asgard General by attorney Andrew Gould
04/19/2022MDL Response filed Respondent Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Asgard General by attorney Andrew R. Gould
04/19/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing Respondent Plaintiffs' Notice of Appearance of Counsel filed by attorney Andrew R. Gould
04/15/2022Multidistrcit Litigation Motion to TransferMovant Transoceans' Motion to Transfer and for Stay filed on behalf of Defendants Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH and Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, Asgard US filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
Case Events
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Disposition▲▼RemarksDocument
06/14/2022Multidistrict Litigation Motion to Transfer disposedFiling granted Motion to Transfer granted.  Designation of Pretrial Court and Pretrial Judge issued.
06/14/2022Appointment of Pretrial Judge   Order issued stating: "We appoint Judge Rabeea Collier as the Pretrial Judge and designate the 113th District Court of Harris County, Texas, as the MDL Pretrial Court."
(6/14/2022 12:55:22 PM) 220300 Order Appointing Pretrial Judge and Pretrial Court 06-14-2022.pdf
06/10/2022Multidistrict Litigation letter received  Letter from Chief Justice Hecht stating: "Pursuant to Administrative Rule 13.6(a) and effective immediately, the Honorable Rabeea Sultan Collier, active district judge, is authorized to serve as a pretrial judge upon assignment by the Panel on Multi-District Litigation in the above-referenced case."
05/18/2022Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed  Schlumberger Limited and M-I L.L.C.'s Joinder Motion to Transfer and Motion to Stay filed by attorney James Nye
05/13/2022Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  Transocean's Reply in Support of Motion to Transfer filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
05/02/2022MDL Response to Motion for Transfer  Response to Transocean's Motion to Transfer filed by attorney Russell S. Post
04/22/2022Letter sent to parties from Supreme Court - See Remarks  Letter sent to parties requesting that the response the motion to transfer is due May 3, 2022 and the reply to the response is due May 16, 2022.
04/22/2022MDL Motion to Stay disposedFiling granted Order granting Motion to Stay stating: "After considering the Motion for Immediate Stay filed on April 18, 2022, by Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, and Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, Asgard US (collectively “Transocean”), as well as the Plaintiffs’ Response to the Motion for Immediate Stay and the Plaintiffs’ Supplement to the Response to the Motion for Immediate Stay, along with Transocean’s Reply in Support of the Motion for Immediate Stay, the MDL Panel grants the Stay.
All trial court proceedings in the cases listed in the Appendix A to Transocean’s Motion to Transfer and attached to Transocean’s Motion for Immediate Stay are stayed until further order of the MDL Panel."
(4/22/2022 5:37:14 PM) 220300 MDL Motion to Stay_Granted_04-22-22.pdf
04/22/2022Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed  Joinder in Motion to Transfer and Motion for Stay filed on behalf of BOE Exploration & Production LLC by attorney Charles Mouton
04/21/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Transocean's Reply in Support of Motion for Immediate Stay filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
04/21/2022Multidistrict Litigation supplemental   Plaintiffs' Supplement to Response to Motion for Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Asgard General by attorney Andrew Gould
04/19/2022MDL Response filed   Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Asgard General by attorney Andrew R. Gould
04/19/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Plaintiffs' Notice of Appearance of Counsel filed by attorney Andrew R. Gould
04/18/2022Motion to Stay filed before the MDL Panel  Transocean's Motion for Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, and Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, Asgard US filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
04/15/2022Multidistrcit Litigation Motion to Transfer  Transoceans' Motion to Transfer and for Stay filed on behalf of Defendants Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH and Triton Voyager Asset Leasing GmbH, Asgard US filed by attorney S. Lee Whitesell
Calendars
Set Date▲▼Calendar Type▲▼Reason Set▲▼Remarks▲▼
No Calendar.
Parties
Party▲▼Party Type▲▼Representative▲▼
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Driling Inc.MovantMr. Todd G. Crawford
Mr. S. Lee Whitesell II
Deepwater Asgard Crew PlaintiffsRespondentMr. Kurt B. Arnold
Mr. Andrew R. Gould
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