Free Order on Motion for Reconsideration - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:95-cv-00524-GWM

Document 399

Filed 10/05/2007

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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
____________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) HOMER J. HOLLAND, STEVEN BANGERT, Co-Executor of the Estate of HOWARD R. ROSS, and FIRST BANK, ORDER The Court has considered plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of the Court's September 20, 2007 order that imposed certain allocations of trial time (docket entry 397) and the parties' discussion of plaintiffs' motion and possible alternative allocations during a telephonic status conference on October 5, 2007. In light of plaintiffs' motion and the discussion during the status conference, the Court does hereby GRANT plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration and VACATES its order of September 20, 2007. In its original order (docket entry 387), the Court attempted to address plaintiffs' concern that, should plaintiffs' case-in-chief take relatively little time, defendant would have free reign to use all the remaining time to overwhelm plaintiffs' case. At the same time, the Court attempted to address defendant's concern (reflected in the number of hours each side requested) that defendant's case will be more complex and complicated than plaintiffs' case and will therefore take more time to present. Having considered the parties' views with respect to the imposition of time limits, the Court has concluded that it should not impose any such limits and that it can most effectively address the parties' legitimate concerns by policing the parties' presentation of their cases to ensure that the evidence sought to be elicited is relevant, helpful to the Court, and non-duplicative.

No. 95-524C Filed October 5, 2007

IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ George W. Miller GEORGE W. MILLER Judge