Free Motion for Protective Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-01494-JJF

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION and LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, Defendant. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. PAUL HASTINGS JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP, Defendant. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. MIKE J. HANSON & ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

C.A. No. 04-1494-JJF

C.A. No. 04-1256-JJF

C.A. No. 05-0499-JJF

DEFENDANT NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION'S MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER NorthWestern Corporation ("NorthWestern"), defendant in the above-captioned action styled Magten Asset Management Corp. et al. v. NorthWestern Corp., C.A. 04-1494-JJF, by and through its counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

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Case 1:04-cv-01494-JJF

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LLP, hereby moves, pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for a Protective Order limiting discovery in connection with the above-captioned actions, for the reasons set forth in NorthWestern's Memorandum of Law and accompanying Affidavit of Joseph D. Pizzurro, both filed contemporaneously herewith. Dated: Wilmington, Delaware February 2, 2006 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP By : /s/ Victoria W. Counihan Victoria Counihan (No. 3488) Dennis Meloro (No. 4435) The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street Suite 1200 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel: (302) 661-7000 Fax: (302) 661-7360 -andCURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE LLP Joseph D. Pizzuro, Esq. Steven J. Reisman, Esq. Nancy E. Delaney, Esq. Miriam K. Harwood, Esq. 101 Park Avenue New York, New York 10178-0061 Tel: (212) 696-6000 Fax: (212) 697-1559 Counsel for Defendant NorthWestern Corporation

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