Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ------------------------------------------------------------OWENS CORNING, et al., v. CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, et al. -------------------------------------------------------------PLAN PROPONENTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF IN RESPONSE TO AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF CSFB'S OPPOSITION TO PLAN PROPONENT'S MOTION FOR ESTIMATION OF OWENS CORNING'S PENDING AND FUTURE ASBESTOS LIABILITIES CAPLIN & DRYSDALE, CHARTERED Elihu Inselbuch 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 319-7125 Walter B. Slocombe Nathan D. Finch One Thomas Circle, NW, 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 862-5000 National Counsel for the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants KAYE SCHOLER LLP Michael J. Crames Jane W. Parver Benjamin Mintz Michael Lynn 425 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 836-8000 Counsel for the Futures Representative Dated: March 29, 2005 YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP James L. Patton (2202) Edwin J. Harron (3396) Sharon Zieg (4196) 1000 West Street, 17th Floor P.O. Box 391 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0391 (302) 571-6600 Local Counsel for the Futures Representative CAMPBELL & LEVINE, LLC Marla R. Eskin (2989) Mark T. Hurford (3299) 800 King Street, Suite 300 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (302) 426-1900 Local Counsel for the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants Civil Action No. 04-905

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The Official Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants (the "ACC") and James J. McMonagle, the legal representative for future asbestos personal injury claimants (the "Futures Representative," and together with the ACC, the "Plan Proponents") respectfully move this Court for leave to file the attached Brief (Exhibit 1) in response to the Amicus Curiae brief filed by the Washington Legal Foundation ("WLF") in Support of CSFB's Opposition to Plan Proponents' Motion for Estimation of Owens Corning's Pending and Future Asbestos Liabilities dated March 21, 2005,1 and state as follows: 1. WLF has filed an amicus brief that raises an argument not raised at the

Estimation Hearing or in the parties' briefing. See WLF's Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of CSFB's Opposition to Plan Proponents' Motion for Estimation of Owens Corning's Pending and Future Asbestos Liabilities at 2 ("WLF is submitting this brief to press an additional ground for excluding damages: any such award would exceed limits on punitive damages imposed by the Due Process Clause."). 2. The Plan Proponents have not had an opportunity to respond to the

entirely new contention advanced by WLF and accordingly seek to file the attached Brief to address it. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

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Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan Proponents' Post-Trial Brief filed on February 7, 2005 (hereinafter, the "PP Br.").

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CONCLUSION WHEREFORE, the Plan Proponents respectfully requests the Court enter the attached proposed Order (Exhibit 2), granting them leave to file the attached Brief.

Dated: March 29, 2005

Respectfully submitted /s/Marla R. Eskin CAMPBELL & LEVINE, LLC Marla R. Eskin (2989) Mark T. Hurford (3299) 800 N. King Street, Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 426-1900 Local Counsel for the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants CAPLIN & DRYSDALE, CHARTERED Elihu Inselbuch 399 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 319-7125 Walter B. Slocombe Nathan D. Finch One Thomas Circle, N.W., 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 862-5000 National Counsel for the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants

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KAYE SCHOLER LLP Michael J. Crames Jane W. Parver Benjamin Mintz Michael Lynn 425 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 836-8000 National Counsel for the Futures Representative YOUNG, CONAWAY, STARGATT & TAYLOR LLP /s/Sharon M. Zieg________________________ James L. Patton, Jr. (2202) Sharon M. Zieg (4196) The Brandywine Building 1000 West Street, 17th Floor Wilmington, DE 19899-0391 (302) 571-6600 Local Counsel for the Futures Representative

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