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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ) ) ) Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants, ) ) V. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant-Counterplaintiff. ) _________________________________________________________ ) ROBERT B. DIENER ) and MICHELLE S. DIENER, ) ) Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants, ) ) V. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant-Counterplaintiff. ) _________________________________________________________ ) HOTELS.COM, INC. and Subsidiaries (f/k/a ) HOTEL RESERVATIONS NETWORK, INC.), ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) DAVID S. LITMAN and MALIA A. LITMAN,

No. 05-956T

No. 05-971T

No. 06-285T (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

JOINT MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE FORM OF JUDGMENT Pursuant to this Court's Supplemental Opinion and Order filed March 20, 2008, the parties are to file a form of judgment on or before April 21, 2008. The parties hereby request an enlargement of time of three weeks, to and including May 12, 2008, in which to file the form of judgment. As good cause therefore, the parties state as follows:

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The form of judgment must set forth the refunds due to the various plaintiffs in

this case, i.e., the Litmans, Dieners, and Hotels.com. 2. 3. The parties are in the process of finalizing the computations. Counsel for Defendant the United States is currently in trial before this Court in

Chicago, Illinois, which trial is expected to be completed at the end of April, 2008. In light of counsel for Defendant's trial schedule and to provide the parties ample time to finalize and review the computations and complete the form of judgment, the parties hereby request an enlargement of time.

Respectfully submitted,

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s/ Kim Marie K. Boylan Kim Marie K. Boylan Latham & Watkins, LLP 555 Eleventh Street N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1304 (202) 637-2235 (202) 637-2201 (Fax) [email protected] Attorney of Record for Plaintiff Hotels.com s/ John W. Porter John W. Porter Baker Botts LLP 3000 One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Houston, Texas 77002-4995 (713) 229-1597 (713) 229-2797 (Fax) [email protected] Attorney of Record for Plaintiffs-Counterdefendandants David S. and Malia A. Litman and Robert B. and Michelle S. Diener

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s/ Cory A. Johnson Cory A. Johnson Attorney of Record U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Court of Federal Claims Section P.O. Box 26 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 (202) 307-3046 Nathan J. Hochman Assistant Attorney General Steven I. Frahm Assistant Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section s/ Steven I. Frahm Of Counsel Attorneys for the United States

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