Tentative Agenda - US District Court - Eastern District of Louisiana

IN RE: OIL SPILL by the OIL RIG
“DEEPWATER HORIZON” in the
GULF OF MEXICO, on
APRIL 20, 2010
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
ALL ACTIONS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
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MDL NO. 2179
SECTION: J
JUDGE BARBIER
MAG. JUDGE SHUSHAN
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TENTATIVE AGENDA
STATUS CONFERENCE
DECEMBER 16, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
1. Recently Issued Orders
a. Dec. 9, 2011, Rec. Doc. 4845 (Order granting in part and denying in part
Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss the Local Government Entity Master Complaint
and certain other cases within Pleading Bundle “C”)
2. CTO Report and Transfer Status
3. Status of State Cases
4. Status of 10-MDL-2185
5. Report on Written and Deposition Discovery
6. Report on Vessels of Opportunity Cases
7. Insurance Coverage Cases
8. Status of BOP and Capping Stack Testing
9. Status of Cement Testing
10. Status of Motions in Limine

11. Pending Motions (Oral Argument will be held on items (c) and (d) at the end of the
Status Conference)
a. Motions for Leave to File Short Form Joinders into Limitation Action after
Monition Date (Rec. Docs. 4465 and 4542).
b. MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC’s Motion to Substitute BP E&P, Inc. as Cross-Claim
Plaintiff in Amended Cross-Claims (Rec. Doc. 4591).
c. Transocean’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment against BP to Enforce BP’s
Contractual Obligations (Rec. Doc. 4457) and BP’s Cross-Motion for Summary
Judgment (Rec. Doc. 4827).
d. Cameron’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denying All Claims Asserted by
Transocean and Declaring Obligations of Transocean to Indemnify and Defend
Cameron (Rec. Doc. 4524).
12. Next Status Conference is Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. C.S.T.
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