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Case 1 :04-cv-01389-JJF Document 53 Filed 05/31 /2005 Page 1 of 2
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May 31, 2005
Via Hand Delivery and Electronic Mail
The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court
844 King Street, Room 4124
Lock Box 27
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: Magten Asset Management Corp. v. NorthWestern Cogporation,
Civil Action N0. 04·l389 QJJFI {consolidated)
Dear Judge Farnan:
Along with the Bayard Firm, we are counsel to the Plan Committee,
successor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and appointed in the chapter
11 case of NorthWestern Corporation ("NOR"), chapter ll case no. 03-12872 (JLP),
pursuant to Section 7.9 of NOR’s Second Amended and Restated Plan of Reorganization
under Chapter ll ofthe Bankruptcy Code.
With regard to the briefing schedule for the above-referenced appeal, we
write this letter in support of counsel for NOR’s letters dated May 24, 2005 and May 26,
2005 requesting that this Court resolve NOR’s motion to dismiss dated March 10, 2005
(the "Motion to Dismiss"), before briefing on the underlying appeal goes forward. The
Plan Committee agrees that resolution of the Motion to Dismiss based on the equitable
mootness ofthe appeal will dispose of this matter and obviate the need for further
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Case 1:04-cv-01389-JJF Document 53 Filed 05/31/2005 Page 2 of 2
PAUL, Weiss, Rii=i, V/HARTON a CLARRJSON LLP
The Honorable Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
May 31, 2005
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briefing. Thus, the Plan Committee supports NOR in its request that the Court set a
schedule which provides that the parties and the Court address the Motion to Dismiss
before parties are required to submit their briefs on the merits of the underlying appeal.
We are available at the Court’s convenience should Your Honor have any
questions regarding this matter.
Respectfully submitted,

cc: Bonnie Steingait, Esq. (via e-mail and facsimile)
Mark S. Kenney, Esq. (via e-mail and facsimile)
Kathleen M. Miller, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
Charlene D. Davis, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
lan Connor Bifferato, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
Elio Battista, Jr., Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
David L. Finger, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
Jesse H. Austin, III, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
Scott D. Cousins, Esq. (via e·mail and facsimile)
Steven Reisman, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
Neil Glassman, Esq. (via e—mail and facsimile)
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