Publication Date: 2022-03-15
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Energy | Federal Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Kelsey A. Bomar, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sabin Willett, Jonathan Albano, Christopher L. Carter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Garrett B. Moritz, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Kim, Marcus J. Green, Josef M. Klazen, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY; Michael Sherwin, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC; Laura Davis Jones, Peter J. Keane, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Rajat Rana, Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, LLP, New York, NY; Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; a. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis, Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angeles N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Julia B. Mosse, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69748
Government sanctions that blocked the transfer of shares did not preclude the court from authorizing the eventual issuance of writs of attachment, pending government approval, as mere authorization did not alter sanctioned body's continued ownership of the shares and therefore did not effect a prohibited transfer.