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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,267, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: B&W ADVISORS, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017267, Delaware, Trans Energy, Jurisdiction, Rouse, Meetings, Pennsylvania, Complaint, Del, Motion, Partnership, Forum, Florida, Agreement, Derivative Claim, Limited Partner, Personal Jurisdiction, Kinetic Technical Engineering, Support, Weiss, Rest-stop Meeting, Facts, Conveniens, Conectiv, Long-arm Statute, White Aff, Moa, Chancery, John, Power Purchase Agreement, Lewis Llp, Pab, Limited Partnership, Negotiations, Affidavit, Proceeding, Authorities, Bastille Properties, Moninghoff , ContentID: 120241013

Case Documents
1 1999-11-12 REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 102814 		32 pages
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2 1999-10-13 PLAINTIFFS ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 102815 		38 pages
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3 1999-09-13 OPENING BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 102816 		30 pages
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Total Documents: 3 documents , 100 pages
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1 . REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS 
JURISDICTION
COURT
FORUM
COMPLAINT
DELAWARE
PARTNERS
DEFENDANTS
PLAINTIFF
PENNSYLVANIA
SUPPORT
PERSONAL JURISDICTION
DERIVATIVE CLAIM
MOA
DEL
PAB
KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
MOTION
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NEGOTIATIONS
AFFIDAVIT
CONVENIENS
TRANS ENERGY
REST-STOP MEETING
LONG-ARM STATUTE
AUTHORITIES
LEWIS LLP
BASTILLE PROPERTIES
AGREEMENT
MONINGHOFF

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                IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE                                /
                                                                                         /i  i&i'
                                IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY


B & W ADVISORS LLC, a Delaware                   >
limited liability company,                       >>
                 Plaintiff,                      >>
          V.                                     >       Civil Action No. 17267
                                                 >
COGEN ENTERPRISES, INC.,                          >
a Florida corporation, JOHN M. ROUSE,             )
DONALD J. WEISS, CASTLEREA                        >
INVESTMENT PARTNERS, and                          >
KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING )
CORP.,                                            )1
                 Defendants.                      )


                                 REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS
                         IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS

                                 YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP
                                 William D. Johnston
                                 James P. Hughes, Jr.
                                 John J. Paschetto
                                 11 th Floor, Rodney Square North
                                 P.O. Box 391
                                 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0391
                                 (302)571-6679
                                 Attorneys for Defendants

OF COUNSEL:

Michael J. Mangan
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP
Suite 3600
1600 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 103-7286
(215)751-2000

Dated: November 12, 1999


WP3:420479.1                                                                       55979.1001
SNIPPETS:
  • SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 103-7286
  • TABLE OF AUTHORITIES.
  • THE COURT LACKS PERSONAL JURISDICTION
  • THE COMPLAINT SHOULD BE DISMISSED UNDER
  • DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS
  • Falcon Steel Co. v. HCB Contractors, Del.
  • Red Sail Easter Limited Partners v. Radio Citv Music Hall Productions,
  • This is defendants' Reply Brief in support of their Motion to Dismiss.
  • registered to do business in Delaware, and have no offices or other physical presence in
  • Plaintiff likewise has no physical presence in Delaware; its only connection with the State
  • partners signed the limited partnership agreement while the parties were on a trip into
  • dismissed because the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over the defendants,
  • In addition, Count V, which states a derivative claim, should be dismissed
  • Complaint and in the Affidavit of John M. Rouse which accompanied the brief.
  • Moninghoff.
  • Weiss is an attorney and one of the limited partners in Trans Energy
  • Agreement, which is the Trans Energy partnership agreement, and negotiated its
  • *Kinetic was incorrectly referred to as "Kinetic Technical Engineering Corp." in the MOA, and
  • either under the Delaware long-arm statute or under federal due-process standards.
  • 3Defendants' Opening Brief will be cited herein as "DOB"; plaintiffs Answering Brief will be
  • The Rest-Stop Meeting Did Not Involve
  • B & W, however, has tried to sidestep the caselaw by reading "negotiations" into
  • negotiated in New York with plaintiff); Bastille Properties.
  • Defendants' Meetings with Conectiv Are Irrelevant
  • THE COMPLAINT SHOULD BE DISMISSED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS.

    • 2 . PLAINTIFFS ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS

    		EXTRACTED KEY WORDS 
    DELAWARE
TRANS ENERGY
PARTNERS
COURT
ROUSE
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
DEL
FLORIDA
MOTION
MEETING
PLAINTIFF
WEISS
CONECTIV
JURISDICTION
WHITE AFF
LIMITED PARTNER
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PENNSYLVANIA
PROCEEDING
COMPLAINT
KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CONVENIENS
FINANCING
RESTAURANT
EQUITY INVESTOR
ENTERPRISES
CASTLEREA INVESTMENT
OBLIGATIONS

           IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                       IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

B&W Advisors LLC, a Delaware             >
limited liability company,               >>
       Plaintiff                         >)
               V.                        )
Cogen Enterprises, Inc., a Florida       ) C.A. No. 17267
corporation, John M. Rouse, Donald J.    )
Weiss, Castlerea Investment Partners     )
and Kinetic Technical Engineering Corp., )
                                         >
       Defendants                        >


                       PLAINTIFF'S ANSWERING BRIEF IN
            OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS



                                         SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW LLP
                                         David A. Jenkins
                                         Michele C. Gott
                                         800 Delaware Avenue
                                         P.O. Box 410
                                         Wilmington, DE 19899
                                         (302) 652-8400
                                         Attorneys for Plaintiff




October 13, 1999



                                            TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                                                   

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . .

NATURE AND STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

STATEMENT OF FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

          A.        TheParties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

          B.        Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • Cogen Enterprises, Inc., a Florida) C.A.
  • No. 17267 corporation, John M. Rouse, Donald J.) Weiss, Castlerea Investment Partners) and
  • PLAINTIFF'S ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS
  • B&W of its Interest in Trans Energy
  • Jurisdiction Over Defendants
  • ANR Pipeline Co. v. Shell Oil Co., Del.
  • Delphi Easter Partners Ltd. Partnership v. Spectacular Partners, Inc., Del.

    • 3 . OPENING BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS

    		EXTRACTED KEY WORDS 
    DEFENDANTS
COURT
PENNSYLVANIA
ROUSE
COMPLAINT
TRANS ENERGY
FACTS
FLORIDA
MOTION
JURISDICTION
DEL
CHANCERY
JOHN
PARTNERSHIP
LIMITED PARTNER
PLAINTIFF
REST-STOP MEETING
DERIVATIVE CLAIM
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
LONG-ARM STATUTE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
GENERAL PARTNER
CHANCERY COURT RULE
ROUSE AFFIDAVIT
KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
LEWIS LLP
PERSONAL JURISDICTION
PHILADELPHIA

                 IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                              IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY


B & W ADVISORS LLC, a Delaware                   >
limited liability company,                       >>
                Plaintiff,                       >>
       v.                                        >       Civil Action No. 17267
                                                 >
COGEN ENTERPRISES, INC.,                         >
a Florida corporation, JOHN M. ROUSE, )
DONALD J. WEISS, CASTLEREA                       >
INVESTMENT PARTNERS, and                         >
KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING )
CORP.,                                           >>
                Defendants.                      )


                              OPENING BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS
                   IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS


                                 YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP
                                 William D. Johnston
                                 James P. Hughes, Jr.
                                 John J. Paschetto
                                  11 th Floor, Rodney Square North
                                 P.O. Box 391
                                 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-039 1
                                 (302) 57 l-6679
                                 Attorneys for Defendants

OF COUNSEL:

Michael J. Mangan
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL  & LEWIS LLP
Suite 3600
1600 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7286
(215) 751-2000

Dated: September 13, 1999

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                                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • KINETIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING)
  • IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
  • SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7286
  • STATEMENT OF FACTS.
  • Preliminary Statement
  • OVER THE DEFENDANTS, NONE OF WHOM IS A DELAWARE RESIDENT, AND NONE OF WHOM HAS THE REQUIRED
  • THE COMPLAINT SHOULD BE DISMISSED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, SINCE DELAWARE
  • B & W HAS FAILED TO JOIN AN INDISPENSABLE PARTY, THE FLORIDA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WHOSE
  • THE COURT LACKS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION OVER COUNT V OF THE COMPLAINT, BECAUSE COUNT V
  • Hart Holding Co. v. Drexel Burr&am Lambert Inc., Del.
  • Chancery Court Rule 12.
  • The plaintiff, B & W .Advisors LLC, is one of four limited
  • partners in Trans Energy Partners, Ltd., the entity whose interests are at
  • limited partners and the general partner in Trans Energy,
  • for lack of personal jurisdiction over any of the
  • We are also submitting the supporting Affidavit of John M. Rouse,
  • 1998 under the laws of the State of YFlorida (Rouse Affidavit 12) and is made up of the
  • limited partner in Trans Energy; Castlerea Investment Partners,
  • Kinetic Technical Engineering Corp.,
  • Trans Energy partnership agreement, and that White signed it there on
  • because Count V states a purely derivative claim,
  • attempted under Delaware's long-arm statute, the plaintiff must prove that "the
  • the basis for jurisdiction in Delaware is attendance at the rest-stop meeting and several
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