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DIAMOND CONSORTIUM, INC. v. MANOOKIAN

Civil Action No. 4:16-CV-00094.

DIAMOND CONSORTIUM, INC.; DAVID BLANK, v. BRIAN MANOOKIAN; CUMMINGS MANOOKIAN, PLC; THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC; BRIAN CUMMINGS; MARK HAMMERVOLD; HAMMERVOLD, PLC.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division.

May 31, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 18 U.S.C. § 1962
Cause: 18 U.S.C. § 1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Nature of Suit: 470 Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond Consortium, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Bruce William Steckler , Steckler Law Group.

Diamond Consortium, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Braden Michael Wayne , SettlePou, Coyt Randal Johnston , Johnston & Tobey, Howard Jay Klatsky , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP, Laura Kirstine Rogers , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP, Roger D. Sanders , Sanders O'Hanlon, Motley & Young, Stefani S. Eisenstat , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP, Stefanie Major McGregor , Godwin PC, Stuart Lee Cochran , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP & Thomas Wayne Fee , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP.

David Blank, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce William Steckler , Steckler Law Group, Coyt Randal Johnston , Johnston & Tobey, Howard Jay Klatsky , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP, Laura Kirstine Rogers , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP, Roger D. Sanders , Sanders O'Hanlon, Motley & Young, Stefani S. Eisenstat , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP, Stuart Lee Cochran , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP & Thomas Wayne Fee , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP.

Brian Manookian, Defendant, represented by Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & Brian Manookian , Cummings Manookian.

Cummins Manookian, PLC, Defendant, represented by Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP.

The Dallas Morning News, Inc, Defendant, represented by Paul C. Watler , Jackson Walker LLP, Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & James Carlos McFall, III , Jackson Walker LLP.

Brian Cummings, Defendant, represented by Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, Brian Cummings , Cummings Manookian & Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP.

Mark Hammervold, Defendant, represented by Varant Yegparian , Schiffer Odom Hicks & Johnson PLLC, Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & Mark Andrew Hammervold , Hammervold PLC.

Hammervold, PLC, Defendant, represented by Varant Yegparian , Schiffer Odom Hicks & Johnson PLLC & Mark Andrew Hammervold , Hammervold PLC.

Cummins Manookian, PLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP.

Brian Manookian, Counter Claimant, represented by Christopher John Schwegmann , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, Andres Correa , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP & Brian Manookian , Cummings Manookian.

Diamond Consortium, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Braden Michael Wayne , SettlePou, Bruce William Steckler , Steckler Law Group, Coyt Randal Johnston , Johnston & Tobey, Howard Jay Klatsky , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP, Roger D. Sanders , Sanders O'Hanlon, Motley & Young, Stefani S. Eisenstat , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP, Stefanie Major McGregor , Godwin PC, Stuart Lee Cochran , Steckler Gresham Cochran LLP & Thomas Wayne Fee , Fee Smith Sharp & Vitullo, LLP.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On May 19, 2017, the Court held a hearing regarding several discovery disputes. The Court took under advisement Plaintiffs' request to depose James Rice ("Rice") and James Pepe ("Pepe"). Rice and Pepe are two of Defendant Cummings Manookian's paralegals...

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