Free Motion for Reconsideration - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Dan W. Goldfine (#018788) Richard G. Erickson (#019066) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Street Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Telephone: (602) 382-6000 Facsimile: (602) 382-6070 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Grant Woods, Esq. (#006106) GRANT WOODS, P.C. 1726 North Seventh Street Phoenix, Arizona 85006 Telephone: (602) 258-2599 Facsimile: (602) 258-5070 [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants and Third Party Defendants

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, et al., Case No. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS Plaintiffs, MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION v. (LRCiv 7.2(g)) Ricky Lee Hancock, et al., Defendants. AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS Pursuant to Local Rule 7.2(g), Plaintiff Meritage moves the Court to reconsider its Minute Entry of June 1, 2007, when it denied Meritage's Motion for Leave to Supplement Statements of Fact Opposing Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment. Meritage files this motion for reconsideration out of abundance of caution and to ensure that the record on summary judgment is complete. In its ruling, the Court stated that there was no "compelling reason" to allow

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supplementation of the summary judgment record.

However, we believe that the

"compelling reason" standard is not the appropriate standard and that Meritage, as the opposing party, is entitled to supplement the record under Rule 56(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. That Rule provides that "[t]he adverse party [the party opposing

summary judgment] prior to the day of hearing may serve opposing affidavits." There had been no summary judgment hearing when Meritage submitted the sworn Declarations of Kelly Brassfield and Ellen Elford on May 24, 2007. As of the date of this filing, there has been no hearing on the motion, and none has been set. As such, the proposed supplementation by Meritage was timely under Rule 56(c). Meritage

respectfully requests that the Court reconsider Meritage's Motion for Leave accordingly. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 12th day of June, 2007. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

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By s/ Richard G. Erickson Dan W. Goldfine Richard G. Erickson Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Street Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 Attorneys for Meritage and

By s/ Grant Woods Grant Woods, Esq. GRANT WOODS, P.C. 1726 North Seventh Street Phoenix, Arizona 85006 Attorneys for Meritage CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on June 12, 2007, I electronically transmitted the foregoing document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants:

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Ivan K. Mathew Mathew & Mathew, P.C. 3300 North Central Avenue, Suite 1730 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Rick Hancock, Brenda Hancock, Rick Hancock Homes, L.L.C., and RLH Development, L.L.C. Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock, PLC 1747 East Morton Avenue Suite 108 Phoenix AZ 85020 Attorneys for Greg Hancock Kenneth J. Sherk Timothy J. Burke Fennemore Craig, P.C. 3003 N. Central Ave. Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913 Attorneys for Defendant Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. in State Court Action s/ Vikki Whipple

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