Free Request for Oral Argument - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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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. MIKE J. HANSON & ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

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REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT AND NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF BRIEFING In accordance with this Court's procedures and Local Rules 7.1.2 and 7.1.4, NorthWestern Corporation ("NorthWestern"), by and through its counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, hereby notifies the Court that briefing on NorthWestern, Mike J. Hanson and Ernie J. Kindt's (collectively, the "Defendants") Joint Motion for Protective Order Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c) and Local Rule 30.2 (the "Motion") [Docket No. 151] is complete. On April 19, 2007, NorthWestern filed the Motion together with its Memorandum in Support of Motion [Docket No. 152] and Affidavit of Joseph D. Pizzurro, Esq. in Support of the Motion [Docket No. 153]. On May 3, 2007, Magten Asset Management Corporation and Law

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Debenture Trust Company of New York filed their Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion for a Protective Order [Docket No. 180]. On May 10, 2007,

Defendants' filed their Reply Memorandum [Docket No. 186] and Supplemental Affidavit of Joseph D. Pizzurro, Esq. in Support of the Reply Memorandum [Docket No. 187]. Accordingly, all briefing related to the Motion has been completed. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1.4, NorthWestern hereby requests that oral argument be held on the Motion at the Court's earliest convenience. Dated: May 15, 2007 GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP /s/ Dennis A. Meloro Victoria W. Counihan (No. 3488) Dennis A. Meloro (No. 4435) The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 661-7000 and CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE LLP Joseph D. Pizzurro Steven J. Reisman Nancy E. Delaney 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178 (212) 696-6000 Facsimile: (212) 697-1559 Attorneys for NorthWestern Corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION and LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, Defendant. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. MIKE J. HANSON and ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Dennis A. Meloro, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that I am employed by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, which is counsel for the NorthWestern Corporation, and that on the 15th of May 2007, I caused to be served copies of the REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT AND NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF BRIEFING upon the parties listed below via Electronic Mail, Hand Delivery upon Local Counsel and via First Class, United States Mail upon the remaining parties. Dale Dube, Esq. David Carickhoff, Esq. Blank Rome LLP 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington DE 19801 (Magten) Kathleen M. Miller, Esquire Smith Katzenstein & Furlow LLP 800 Delaware Avenue, 7th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (Law Debenture) Bonnie Steingart, Esq. Gary L. Kaplan, Esq. Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York NY 10004 (Magten) John V. Snellings, Esq. Amanda Darwin, Esq. Nixon & Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts 02100

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(Law Debenture) Neil Glassman, Esq. Charlene Davis, Esq. Eric Sutty, Esq. The Bayard Firm 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington DE 19801 (NW Plan Committee) Stanley T. Kaleczyc Kimberly A. Beatty Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. 139 North Last Chance Gulch P.O. Box 1697 Helena, Mt 59624 (M Hanson/E Kindt) Alan Kornberg, Esq. Margaret Phillips, Esq. Ephraim Diamond, Esq. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10019 (NW Plan Committee) Denise Seastone Kraft Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 919 North Market Street, 15th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (M Hanson/E Kindt)

Date: May 15, 2007

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP /s/ Dennis A. Meloro Dennis A. Meloro (No. 4435) The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: 302-661-7000

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