Forest Oil Corp. v. Tenneco, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

Before the court are identical motions filed in the above-referenced causes by Tenneco, Inc. (Tenneco) requesting dismissal or stay of further proceedings pending a referral to and decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on certain matters assertedly central to these lawsuits. Plaintiffs Forest Oil Corp. (Forest) and J.E. Stack, Jr. (Stack) filed timely responses in opposition to the motions, and the parties have supplemented their initial memoranda with frequent submissions to the court concerning the present state of…