Free MEMORANDUM in Support - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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_'-. . fi 3 WILLIE DAVIS, JR., ) -
LZ.-’q. NATHANIEL BRIDDELL, )
p _[U; 4 GEORGE W. FEDDIMAN, - ) A ·
Q‘1"§ JOSEPH GARRISON, )
g‘Ql${ 5 LARRY E. GIBBS, _ )
_ A-U2 ROY H. WALTERS, · }
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1.f NI 10 . —vs- ‘ _ ) C.A. No. 04-0414
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A; -... A -A 13 DELAWARE, mc., all Delaware ) ``i‘ r" A
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` ···_-=' ·'-j 14 Defendants. ` ) .
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,Fij _`‘-‘ I 15 _ Deposition of PHILLIP OWEN, taken before
QQIAy? -__‘ Pamela C. Washington, Registered Professional Reporter
.y‘y, ‘‘=.‘_ E 16 and Notary Public, at the law offices of Young,
/Z* AQ I Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, 110 West Pine Street,
Yjgnyé 17 Georgetown, DE, on February 1, 2005, beginning at 1:00
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·A _f__'- _F¥? .._- APPEARANCES:
fAy} _.‘''-.‘ { 19 On behalf of the Plaintiffs: i
*,j,é ‘`- Margolis Edelstein 1
.A·,{j 20 A BY: JEFFREY K. MARTIN, ESQ. E
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_ :,e*f Zi 1509 Gilpin Avenue 1
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jV.,°§ On behalf of the Defendants: n I Q
:u-`_A§ 23 Shawe & Rosenthal l · 1
5 - ie BY: ARTHUR Mg-BREWER, ESQ. A §
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*A` eg FIRST STATE REPORTING SERVICE (302) 424-4541 l
[_. A_‘. Q A Pamela C. Washington, RPR 1
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-1 A 1 don't know. I should know but I
2 don't know. ` `
3 Q All right. Let me just finish up here.
-4 We noted that there was a change in status from W
Q5 nonexempt to exempt according to Mountaire in June of
‘6 2002. _
-- 7 A _ Correct.
· 8 Q And I recognize that you were not yet
9 employed at Mountaire, but you have the access to the
10 HR files and the other files, correct?
11 A Yes, yes, yes, I do. Yes, I do. o
12 Q Were you aware of any type of analysis
13 l that was undertaken by the company to support the I _
14 change from-one to the other?
15 I A I am not. I don't -—_I know of no such i
16} analysis. . =
17 Q All right. Now, let me ask you kind of i
18 a catch—all question, and that is you have testified l §
19 that there were various memos written between you and _§
20 Mr. Brown, and you and Al Z ——l l ` f
21 A -Yes. §
22 Q —— all of which you are going-to 2
l 23 produce, subject to any exceptions by your counsel.
· 24 Are there any other memos or any other writings with l
4 25 regard to this issue as to the crew leader entitlement ` g
FIRST STATE REPORTING SERVICE (302) 424-4541 E
Pamela C. Washington, RPR §
l P P.O. Box 99 · Milford, Delaware 19963 · j
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