IN RE WIRELESS TELE. FEDERAL COST RECOVERY FEES LITIGATION

Nos. MDL 1559, 403MD01559.

343 F.Supp.2d 838 (2004)

In re WIRELESS TELEPHONE FEDERAL COST RECOVERY FEES LITIGATION

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Western Division.

September 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Speer, Speer Law Firm, Kansas City, MO, Edward D. Robertson, Jr., Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz, Matthew A. Clement, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, P.C., Jefferson City, MO, Stephen M. Gorny, Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz, Leawood, KS, Timothy W. Van Ronzelen, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, P.C., Jefferson City, MO, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Thomas Pirmantgen, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, P.C., Jefferson City, MO, Ann D. White, Mager White & Goldstein, Jenkintown, PA, Jayne Arnold Goldstein, Mager White & Goldstein, Coral Springs, FL, Anthony J. Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Richard D. Greenfield, Greenfield & Goodman LLC, Royal Oak, MD, Andrew S. Freidman, Bonnett Fairborn Friedman & Balint, PC, Phoenix, AZ, B.J. Wade, Glassman Edwards Wade & Wyatt. P.C., Memphis, TN, H. Sullivan Bunch, Bonnett Fairborn Friedman & Blint, PC, Phoenix, AZ, John J. Stola, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Leslie E. Hurst, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Tameka Nichol Turner-Perry, Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt, PC, Memphis, TN, Timothy G. Blood, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP-CA, San Diego, CA, William C. Wright, Bonnett Fairborn Friedman & Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, Jonathan S. Abady, Enery Celli Cuti Brinckerhoff & Abady, New York City, Colette D. Honorable, S. Gene Cauley, Steven A. Owings, Little Rock, AR, Donald Chidi Amamgbo, Amamgbo & Associates, Oakland, CA, Reginald Von Terrell, The Terrell Law Group, Richmond, CA, Remigius Chibueze, Amamgbo & Associates, PLC, Oakland, CA, Carol V. Gilden, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Anient & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, Douglas A. Millen, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Anient & Rubenstein, P.C., Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Michael E. Moskovitz, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, Elias A. Alexiades, New Haven, CT, Andrew S. Friedman, Bonnett Fairborn Friedman & Balint, PC, Phoenix, AZ, Christa L. Collins, James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., John Allen Yanchunis, Sr., James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, FL, Mark S. Fistos, Law Office of Mark S. Fistos, Esq., Tallahassee, FL, Ann Miller, Ann Miller, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Christopher M. Larmoyeux, Larmoyeux & Bone, West Palm Beach, FL, Anthony F. Fata, Miller Faucher and Cafferty, LLP, James S. Shedden, Beeler, Schad & Diamond, P.C., Chicago, IL, Joshua Lifshitz, Bull & Lifshitz, LLP, New York City, Lawrence Wiley Schad, Beeler, Schad & Diamond, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marvin Alan Miller, Miller Faucher and Cafferty, LLP, Chicago, IL, Steven J. Tomiello, Beeler, Schad & Diamond, P.C., Chicago, IL, David Pastor, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Edward L. Manchur, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Saugus, MA, Michael J. Kane, Mager White & Goldstein LLP, Jenkintown, PA, John E. Villafranco, Collier, Shannon, Scott, PLLC, Thomas E. Gilbertsen, Collier, Shannon, Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Myron M. Cherry, Myron Cherry & Associates, Gary L. Specks, Kaplan, Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, Chicago, IL, Mark C. Rifkin, Wolf, Haldenstein, et al, New York City, Mary Jane Fait, Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Dane H. Butswinkas, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, Deborah Rzasnicki Hogan, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd., Frederic R. Klein, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Mortiz, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Jefferson City, MO, James P. Madigan, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Paul A. Alexis, Boult Cummings Conners & Berry, Nashville, TN, Jane Christine Drummond, Husch & Eppenberger, Jefferson City, MO, Frederick W. Turner, Snyder & Snyder, LLP, Tarrytown, NY, Joseph George Galardi, Steel Hector & Davis Phillips Point West, West Palm Beach, FL, Seamus C. Duffy, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, Brant M. Laue, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Chadler E. Colgan, Armstrong Teasdale LLKCMO, Kansas City, MO, Daniel D. Crabtree, Stinson, Morrison, Hecker, LLOPKS, Overland Park, KS, J. Kent Lowry, Amstrong Teasdale LLP, Jefferson City, MO, James Joseph Sipchen, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago, IL, Mark D. Hinderks, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Overland Park, KS, Richard M. Waris, Pretzel & Stouffer, CHTD., Chicago, IL, William E. Hanna, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, MO, John McQuiston, II, Stokes Bartholomew Evans & Petree, PA, Memphis, TN, Lee Lauridsen, Sprint Law Department, Overland Park, KS, Michael Byrley Colgan, Glenn, Rasmussen, Fogarty & Hooker, PA, Tampa, FL, Scott A. Frick, Stokes Bartholomew Evans & Petree, PA, Memphis, TN, Alysa N. Zeltzer, Collier Shannon Scott, Washington, DC, Christopher J. Huber, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph George Galardi, Steel Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, FL, Michael R. Johns, Dover Dixon Home, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Robert L. Hickok, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas S. Stone, Little Rock, AR, William M. Bailey, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Frederick W. Turner, Brian L. Ferrall, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, Amor A. Esteban, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Jeanine M. Donohue, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Michele D. Floyd, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey LLP, San Francisco, CA, Gerald J. Caruso, Rubin & Rudman, LLP, Rebecca I. Tepper, Rubin & Rudman, LLP, Boston, MA, James McNamara, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP-CA, San Diego, CA, Laura Thompson Goettsch, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, John O'Connor, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Michael E. Waldeck, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Kansas City, MO, Cory S. Fein, Caddell & Chapman, Cynthia B. Chapman, Caddell & Chapman, Fernando de Leon, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, Kenneth E. Nelson, Nelson Law Firm, PC, Kansas City, MO, Michael A. Caddell, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, Mitchell A. Toups, Beaumont, TX, Dale Kenneth Irwin, Slough, Connealy, Irwin & Madden, LLC, Kansas City, MO, Jacqueline Sailer, Rabin, Murray & Frank, LLP, New York City, Daniel A. Ball, Goldbert Ball, P.C., Potomac, MD, Paul L. Bittner, New Albany, OH, Wireless Consumers Alliance, Inc., Del Mar, CA, Robert A. Holstein, Holstein Law Offices, LLC, Chicago, IL, Bryan D. Marcus, Bryan D. Marcus, P.C., Livonia, MI, Charles D. Chalmers, Mill Valley, CA, Samaraweera Law Office, NW Washington, DC, Utility Consumers' Action Network, San Diego, CA, Stephen Robert Clark, Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, St. Louis, MO, Bruce Keplinger, Norris & Keplinger, LLC, Overland Park, KS, Marcus Neil Bozeman, Cauley, Geller, Bowman & Rudman, LLP, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants.


ORDER

GAITAN, District Judge.

On May 26, 2004, the Court ordered that the parties submit briefs concerning the Court's jurisdiction over the remaining actions that comprise the above-entitled proceeding and also whether the Court's December 16, 2003, All Writs Act injunction should be continued, modified or discontinued.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 13, 2003, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred to this Court five actions...

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