Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00401-BEN-WMC

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FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 402 W. BROADWAY, SUITE 2100 SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-3542 TELEPHONE: 619.234.6655 FACSIMILE: 619.234.3510 KENNETH S. KLEIN, CA BAR NO. 129172 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 3000 K STREET, NW - SUITE 500 WASHINGTON, DC 20007-5101 TELEPHONE: 202.672-5300 FACSIMILE: 202.672-5399 ANAT HAKIM, (admitted pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant The Rockefeller University, a New York not-for-profit corporation,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, vs. The Rockefeller University, a New York not-for-profit corporation, Defendant.

Case No: 08-CV-401 BEN (WMc) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TRANSFER OR STAY THIS ACTION Judge: Date: Time: Courtroom: Roger T. Benitez June 2, 2008 10:30 a.m. 3

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TO PLAINTIFF, LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED AND TO ITS ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 2, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard in Courtroom 3 of the Court, located at 940 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92101-8900, defendant, THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY, moves the Court to dismiss or in the alternative, to transfer or stay this Action on the grounds that this Action is an improper declaratory action that should be dismissed, that there is a first-filed action pending in the Southern District of New York, that the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over The Rockefeller University, that venue is improper, and in the alternative, that transfer is warranted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404.
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This Motion will be based on this Notice of Motion and Motion, the Memorandum of Point and Authorities Filed herewith, the Declaration of Anat Hakim and exhibits thereto, the Declaration of James Lapelle, the pleadings, and such other and further oral and documentary evidence and legal memoranda as may be presented at or by the hearing on said Motion. Dated: April 1, 2008 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP KENNETH S. KLEIN ANAT HAKIM

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s/ Kenneth S. Klein ________________ KENNETH S. KLEIN Attorneys for Defendant The Rockefeller University, a New York not-for-profit corporation.

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