HomeMy WebLinkAbout183-90 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 183-90
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO THE
MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LAW FIRM FOR LEGAL
SERVICES IN THE INCINERATOR PROJECT AND FOIA
LAWSUITS AND APPROVING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR
A TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the Board of Directors hereby authorize
payment in the amount of $35,138.18 to the McDermott, Will & Emery
Law Firm for legal services on the incinerator project for
September 1990. A copy of the statement is attached hereto and
made a part hereof.
Section 2. That the Board of Directors hereby authorizes
the transfer of funds from the ,Reserve for Incinerator
Disengagement Account to the Professional Services Account to pay
for the legal services of the McDermott, Will & Emery Law Firm and
approves the budget adjustment in the amount of $35,138.18. A copy
of the budget adjustment authorized for execution hereby is
attached hereto marked Exhibit "A" and made a hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of
November
1990.
By:
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
IN -YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST
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TAX IDENTIFICATION
NO. 36-1453178
Fom, 157 REV 8
LAW OFFICES OF
MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY
1850 K STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
202/887-8000
City of Fayetteville
113 West Mountain
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
ATTN: Scott C. Linebaugh
STATEMENT
TAXPAYER SUIT
DATE: October 30, 1990
PLEASE RETURN REMITTANCE COPY WITH
YOUR PAYMENT. NO RECEIPT WILL BE FUR-
NISHED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED.
CLIENT/MATTER NO.: 24442-10
For Professional Services Rendered between
September 1, 1990 and September 30, 1990 as
set 'forth in the attached billing memorandum
FOIA SUIT
For Professional Services Rendered between
September 1, 1990 and September 30, 1990 as
set forth in the attached billing memorandum
CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS
Federal Express
Toll Calls for Washington
Toll Calls for Chicago
Xerox -Washington
Xerox -Chicago
Washington Telecopy
Chicago Telecopy
Washington Lexis
Chicago Lexis
Administrative Support
Miscellaneous Expenses
INGOT
$ 24.50
65.58
47.00
4.40
558.40
21.39
135.03
113.10
1,583.03
45.00
29.50
$2,626.93
Combined Total for Services,
Combined Total for Disbursements,
Combined Total this Statement,
4393n
all Matters
all Matters
all Matters
$32,483.75
$ 27.50
S 2.626.93
$32,511.25
S 2,626.93
$35,138.18
McDermott, Will & Emery
Suite 500
1850 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-887-8000
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Client: 24442
City of Fayetteville
113 West Mountain
Fayetteville, AK 72701
ATTN: Scott C. Linebaugh
October 30, 1990
For Legal Services Rendered in Connection With:
Matter: 10
Taxpayer Suit
09/04/90 C. Skrabacz .50 Research cases for S. Pflaum.
09/04/90 S. Pflaum
10.50 Draft and revise brief in opposition
to motion for abstention; research re
same; review pleadings.
09/05/90 M. Schroeder 2.25 Review case law regarding the Tax
'Injunction Act and Declaratory relief.
1.50 Review complaints and documents.
. 50 Conference with S. Pflaum.
09/05/90 M. Schroeder
09/05/90 M. Schroeder
09/05/90 M. Schroeder
09/05/90 H. Massa
09/05/90 S. Pflaum
. 50 Research applicability of the Tax
Injunction Act to Lawsuit seeking
Declaratory Judgment.
3.25 Review draft brief re abstention
doctrine and conference with S. Pflaum
re same -
8.25 Revise brief in opposition to motion
for abstention; offiee conference with
M. Schroeder re assignment; telephone
conference with K. Gay; review
correspondence; office conferences
with H. Massa re brief.
09/06/90 T. Ingoldsby 2.00 Review J. Waters' orders and
pleadings; call S. Pflaum
09/06/90 M. Schroeder
09/06/90 J. Brittan
09/06/90 S. Pflaum
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09/06/90 J. Simon
09/07/90
09/07/90
09/07/90
M. Schroeder
M. Schroeder
S. Pflaum
09/07/90 J. Simon
09/07/90
09/09/90
09/10/90
S. Kalteux
S. Kalteux
J. Simon
09/10/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/10/90 M. Schroeder
09/10/90 M. Schroeder
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3.00 -
3.00 Research cases and periodicals dealing
with the Tax Injunction Act.
. 50 Review pleadings.
4.25 Review order from Judge Waters;
telephone conference with K. Gay re
status and strategy; telephone
conference with T. Ingoldsby re same;
office conference with J. Brittan re
assignment; review FGIC motion to
dismiss; review pleading file.
. 50 Review correspondence from Judge
Waters re denial of motion to deposit
funds and motion to enjoin.
5.50 Research on Tax Injunction Act.
. 75 Conference with S. Pflaum
3.00 Office conference with S. Kalteaux and
M. Schroeder re assignments; review of
correspondence and pleadings; research
re federal court issues.
1.25 Office conference with S. Pflaum re
drafting amended answer to third
amended complaint and cross-claims
against FGIC and Union National Bank;
review third amended complaint and
cross-claims in preparation of
drafting pleadings.
. 75 Office conference with S. Pflaum
. 75 Research re: Judge Waters' ruling.
1.25 Review FGIC's motion to dismiss and
memorandum of support; prepare initial
draft of Fayetteville's Amended Answer
to Third Amended Complaint.
. 75 Review proposed opinion and disclosure
regarding incinerator litigation.
1.00 Conference with S. Pflaum regarding
federal jurisdiction.
4.75 Research federal jurisdiction question...,
09/10/90 S. Kalteux
09/10/90 S. Pflaum
09/10/90
09/10/90
09/11/90
J. Britten
S. Pflaum
J. Simon
09/11/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/11/90 - M. Schroeder
09/11/90 S. Kalteux
09/11/90 S. Pflaum
09/12/90 J. Simon
09/12/90 S. Pflaum
09/12/90 L. Caramela
09/12/90 S. Kalteux
09/12/90 J. Britten
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4.00 Research re: Judge Waters' ruling.
5.25 Legal research re issues relating to
Judge Waters' decision; review
correspondence; telephone conference
with K. Gay re status; office
conference with M. Schroeder re legal
research.
. 25 Conference with S. Pflaum.
25 Conference with J. Britten.
1.50. Review correspondence from plaintiff's
attorney re procedures for hearing;
prepare initial draft of
Fayetteville's cross-claim against
trustee and FGIC; call S. Pflaum.
. 25 Call J. Rose.
4.00 Research on federal jurisdiction
question.
4.50 Research re: Judge Waters' ruling.
6.25 Draft motion for reconsideration and
brief re same; telephone conference
with J. Simon re amended answer.
. 50 Revise Fayetteville's Amended Answer
to Third Amended Complaint.
9.25 Draft and revise motion for
reconsideration and brief re same;
revise amended answer to Third Amended
Complaint; office conference with L.
Caramela re assignment; office
conference with S. Kalteux re legal
research.
. 50 Meet with S. Pflaum to discuss
assignment regarding analysis of Waste
Supply Agreement.
2.50 Continue research re: Judge Waters'
ruling; conference with S. Pflaum.
3.25 Research standards for cross-claims.
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09/13/90 J. Simon
09/13/90 H. Massa
09/13/90 S. Pflaum
09/13/90 G. Krohn
09/13/90 J. Brittan
09/14/90 J. Simon
.75 Review trustee's objections to
plaintiff's proposed method and
contents of notice to class; review
the Authority's response to request
for admissions of fact; review brief
in support of motion for abstention.
2.25 Review motion for reconsideration and
supporting memorandum, and, conference
with S. Pflaum re same.
5.00 Telephone conference with K. Gay `re
motion for reconsideration, status and
strategy; office conference with H.
Massa re motion for reconsideration;
revise same; correspondence re same;
office conference with J. Britten re
legal research.
.50 Lexis cite check memo for S. Pflaum.
5.50 Research standards for cross-claims.
1.50 Review court order re notice to class
members; review Fayetteville's motion
for reconsideration and brief in
support of motion; revise and edit
Fayetteville cross-claim against FGIC
and the trustee.
09/14/90 T. Ingoldsby .50 Call S. Pflaum
09/14/90 S. Kalteux .25 Conference with S. Pflaum; research
re: Arkansas civil procedure.
09/14/90 S. Pflaum
2.75 Telephone conference with K. Gay re
strategy and status; revise First.
Amended Answer to Third Amended
Complaint; telephone conference with
J. Britten re legal research; office
conference with S. Kalteaux re
assignment.
09/14/90 J. Britten 6.25 Draft memorandum of standards for
cross-claims; conference with S.
Pflaum.
09/15/90 J. Britten 8.25 Draft memorandum of standards for
cross-claims.
09/17/90 S. Pflaum
09/17/90 J. Sedlack
09/17/90 S. Kalteux
09/17/90 J. Simon
09/17/90 M. Schroeder
09/18/90 S. Pflaum
. 75 Review recent pleadings; review
memorandum re same; telephone
conference with M. Schroeder re
assignment.
. 25 Research Arkansas Code for S. Kalteux.
. 75 Research re: state procedural law.
. 25 Review plaintiff's proposed method and
contents of notice to class.
6.00 Research and draft memo re: Tax
Injunction Act; research work on Lexis
Computer Database; conference with S.
Pflaum
2.75 Review pleadings; telephone conference
with K. Gay re recent developments and
strategy; telephone conference with T.
Ingoldsby re same; telephone
conference with K. Gay, T. Ingoldsby,
J. Rose, and S. Linebaugh re same.
09/18/90 H. Hogan 2.50 Review publications.
09/18/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/18/90 S. Kalteux
2.00 Call S. Linebaugh and J. Rose; call S.
Pflaum; conference with K. Gay, S.
Linebaugh, J. Rose and S. Pflaum.
1.00 Research re: state procedural law.
09/18/90 J. Simon .25 Review court order re withdrawal of
Roudabush.
• 09/18/90 M. Schroeder
7.25 Research and draft memo re: Tax
Injunction Act and Federal
Jurisdiction questions.
09/19/90 S. Pflaum .25 Review Plaintiff's response to motion
to dismiss.
09/19/90 S. Kalteux 2.25 Research re: state procedural law.
09/19/90 M. Schroeder 7.75 Research and draft memo re Tax
Injunction Act.
09/19/90 J. Simon .25 Review West Fork's pretrial
stipulations.
09/20/90 M. Schroeder
09/20/90 M. Phillips
09/20/90
S. Pflaum
09/20/90 S. Kalteux
09/20/90 J. Simon
09/21/90 L. Caramela
09/21/90 M. Schroeder
09/21/90 M. Phillips
09/21/90 S. Kalteux
09/21/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/21/90 J. Simon
09/21/90 S. Pflaum
09/24/90
09/24/90
09/24/90
T. Finch
T. Ingoldsby
M. Schroeder
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5.75 Draft memo and conduct research on Tax
Injunction Act.
2.75 Review recent pleadings.
3.00 Preparation of analysis of history of
!tate court litigation; conference
call re enforceability of waste supply
agreement; telephone conference with
W. Riblock and K. Gay re status and
strategy; review FGIC opposition to
motion to abstain; review
correspondence from Supreme Court re
scheduling of oral argument.
1.50 Research re: state procedural law.
. 50 Review correspondence from Arkansas
Supreme Court for FOIA appeal; review
Fayetteville's responses to
plaintiff's amended interrogatories.
2.00 Attention to analysis of Waste Supply
Agreements.
1.50 Draft and edit memo regarding Tax
Injunction Act.
2.75 Continue review of recent pleadings.
2.25 Conference with S. Pflaum; continue
research re: state procedural law.
1.25 Call S. Pflaum.
. 25 Review FGIC's memorandum in opposition
to motion for abstention; review court
order re class certification.
1.75 Office conference with S. Kalteaux re
results of her legal research; •
telephone conference with T. Ingoldsby
re strategy and status.
4.00 Update pleading files.
. 50 Call M. Gottschalk.
. 75 Draft and review memo on the Federal
Jurisdiction Question arising under
28 U.S.C. 1341.
09/24/90 S. Pflaum
09/25/90 T. Finch
09/25/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/25/90 M. Schroeder
09/25/90 S. Pflaum
09/25/90 L. Fues
09/25/90
09/25/90
09/26/90
S . Jump
S. Kalteux
L . Caramela
09/26/90 T. Ingoldsby
09/26/90 M. Schroeder
09/26/90 S. Pflaum
4.50 Review motion for supersedeas and
related papers; review plaintiff's
response to same; draft and revise
response to motion for supersedeas;
'telephone conference with K. Gay re
same and re strategy; office
conference with M. Phillips re status;
•correspondence re service.
3.50 Update pleading files.
. 75 Call S. Pflaum; review letter to J.
Adams; review Amendment to Tolling
Agreement.
1.50 Shepardize cases cited in memo on
Federal Jurisdiction and the Tax
Injunction Act; edit memo to S. Pflaum.
5.50 Office conference with L. Fues re
legal research assignment; review of
transcript of bond proceedings; draft
and revise letter to Judge Adams;
telephone conference with T. Ingoldsby
re strategy and status; telephone
conference with K. Gay re same; review
legal research memorandum from M.
Schroeder; call M. Schroeder re same.
4.50 Conference with S. Pflaum; research
precedent.
3.00 Review publications.
1.75 Research re: state procedural law.
2.00 Review analysis of Waste Supply
Agreements.
. 25 Call to Kutak office and S. Linebaugh.
2.00 Meeting with S. Pflaum and research
ret Johnson Act 28 U.S.C. section 1342
and Plaintiffs reply brief.
4.25 Telephone conference regarding federal
litigation; review reply brief re
same; telephone conference with K. Gay
re same.; office conference with M.
Schroeder re same; legal research re
same; review and revise memorandum
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09/26/90
09/26/90
09/27/90
S. Jump
S. Kalteux
S. Pflaum
09/27/90 M. Schroeder
09/27/90 L. Fues
09/27/90 S. Jump
09/28/90 S. Pflaum
09/28/90 M. Phillips
09/28/90 M. Schroeder
09/28/90 L. Fues
from M. Schroeder; office conference
with L. Caramela; telephone
conferences with S. Jump; revise
memorandum from S. Jump.
. 50 Review publications.
2.25 Research re: state procedural law.
. 50 Review response to motion for
reconsideration; telephone conference
with K. Gay.
5.00 Research Johnson Act, 28 U.S.C.
section 1342 re: federal jurisdiction
question; Lexis and Westlaw research.
7.25
6.75
1.00
1.50
Research County authority.
Review publications.
Review publications; call K. Gay.
Receive and review court pleadings and
correspondence.
2.00 Research Johnson Act and Arkansas
statutes for motion for abstention
brief.
1.75 Research County authority.
Total Hours 259.75
Total For Services $32,483.75
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For Legal Services Rendered in Connection With:
Matter: 10
FOIA Action
09/04/90 J. Simon
Disbursements
.25 Review correspondence from Arkansas
'Supreme Court re: oral argument
hearing.
Federal Express
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Toll Calls for Chicago
Xerox -Washington
Xerox -Chicago
Washington Telecopy
Chicago Telecopy
Washington Lexis
Chicago Lexis
Administrative Support
Miscellaneous Expenses'
***-COMBINED TOTALS ***
4583n
Combined Total for
Total Hours .25
Total For Services $27.50
Disbursements Total
Total This Statement
Total Hours 260.00
Services,
Combined Total for Disbursements,
24.50
65.58
47.00
4.40
558.40
21.39
135.03
113.10
1,583.03
45.00
29.50
$2,626.93
$2,654.43
all Matters $32,511.25
all Matters
$2,626.93
Combined Total this Statement, all Matters $35,138.18