----- Forwarded by Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT on 11/09/2000 10:59 AM -----

	Joel Ephross@ENRON
	11/07/2000 03:28 PM
		
		 To: "Shube, Eric (New York)" <eshube@velaw.com>
		 cc: Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 Subject: RE: Jurisdiction -- Acceptable NY Courts

what is the basis for that determination? 
ethics [conflicts]? work load?

The whole purpose is not to end up in the Bronx, or in family court in 
Albany. 

Richard, do you have a view on this?





	"Shube, Eric (New York)" <eshube@velaw.com>
	11/07/2000 11:01 AM
		 
		 To: "'Joel.Ephross@enron.com'" <Joel.Ephross@enron.com>
		 cc: 
		 Subject: RE: Jurisdiction -- Acceptable NY Courts


I think that it is correct that the parties can't force a specific branch or
part to take a case and not assign it elsewhere.


-----Original Message-----
From: Joel.Ephross@enron.com [mailto:Joel.Ephross@enron.com]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:09 PM
To: eshube@velaw.com
Subject: Jurisdiction -- Acceptable NY Courts


Eric, any thoughts?

----- Forwarded by Joel Ephross/Corp/Enron on 11/06/2000 07:08 PM -----


                    Nora Dobin

                                         To:     Jordan Mintz/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Gareth
                    11/06/2000           Bahlmann/HOU/ECT@ECT, Julia H

                    06:55 PM             Chin/NA/Enron@Enron, Roseann

                                         Engeldorf/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Joel

                                         Ephross/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Brenda L

                                         Funk/HOU/ECT@ECT, Gina

                                         Karathanos/Corp/Enron@Enron

                                         cc:

                                         Subject:     Jurisdiction --
Acceptable NY Courts





Here's a new one in our continuing saga of acceptable New York courts.

Currently, (with appropriate GC approval) we can specify United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in New York
County ("USDCSDNY") or
the Commercial Division, Civil Branch of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York sitting in New York County.

In-house counsel for Chase Securities Inc. would not accept this provision
without a caveat that if a judge of the specified state court determined
that some other branch or division of such court sitting in NY County
should have jurisdiction, we had to accept jurisdiction in the other branch
or division.  Rather than risk ending up in an unacceptable forum, both
sides agreed to limit jurisdiction to the USDCSDNY.

I believe Joel may have checked earlier this year on New York courts with a
V&E litigator in New York.  If so, we might want to get further guidance on
this point.

Regards, NJD

Nora J. Dobin
Senior Counsel
Enron Global Finance
Enron Corp.
1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas  77002

713/345-7723 (phone)
713/853-9252 (fax)
E-mail:  nora.dobin@enron.com

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