Free Reply to Response to Motion - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Dan W. Goldfine (#018788) Adam Lang (#022545) 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 Counterdefendants and Third Party Defendants and

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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Case No. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an REPLY RE MOTION TO EXCEED Arizona corporation, and currently d/b/a Meritage PAGE LIMITS IN PLAINTIFFS' Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation, RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona GREG HANCOCK'S UPDATED corporation, MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR DISMISSAL Plaintiffs, v. Ricky Lee Hancock and Brenda Hancock, husband and wife; Gregory S. Hancock and Linda Hancock, husband and wife, Rick Hancock Homes L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; RLH Development, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; and J2H2, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company, Defendants.

Case 2:04-cv-00384-ROS

Document 449

Filed 03/06/2007

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Rick and Brenda Hancock, Defendants, Counter-Claimants, and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, an Arizona Corporation; and currently d/b/a Meritage Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona Corporation; Steven J. Hilton and Suzanne Hilton, husband and wife; John R. Landon and Debi Landon, husband and wife; Scott Keeffe and Vicky Keeffe, husband and wife; Roger Zetah and Jane Doe Zetah, husband and wife; and James Arneson and Zane Arneson, husband and wife, Third Party Defendants. Defendant Greg Hancock opposes Plaintiffs' request for leave to exceed the page limit on their Response to his Updated Motion for Summary Judgment or Dismissal ("Motion"). This is very illuminating. First, he complains about the length and breadth of the controverting statement of facts, which is simply a reflection of how not well-taken his Motion is in the first place because it is ripe full of disputed facts. More importantly, controverting statement of facts are not subject to a page limit under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This is entirely consistent with the summary judgment scheme, which is intended to require and permit the opposing party to identify any and all facts creating genuine issues of material fact. Second, this is a motion for leave to exceed the page limits for good cause, and Greg Hancock simply ignores the stated reasons for good cause. He does not address the breadth of the facts stated in the Motion and accompanying Statement of Facts. He also does not dispute Meritage's assertion that structure and nature of his Motion forces the lengthy Response because the "Motion consists of paragraphs upon paragraphs of misstatements of law and the factual record, out-of-context or misquoted testimony, and

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unsupported assertions." In other words, he has no excuse for his conduct and no rebuttal to the basis for good cause. In this light, good cause to exceed the page limits exists. DATED this 6th day of March, 2007. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

By s/ Dan W. Goldfine Dan W. Goldfine Adam Lang One Arizona Center Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Third Party Defendants and

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By s/ Grant Woods Grant Woods GRANT WOODS, P.C. 1726 North Seventh Street Phoenix, AZ 85006 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Third Party Defendants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 6, 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: Ivan K. Mathew Mathew & Mathew, P.C. 3300 North Central Avenue, Suite 1730 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendants Rick Hancock, Brenda Hancock, Rick Hancock Homes, L.L.C., and RLH Development, L.L.C.

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Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock, PLC 1747 East Morton Avenue Suite 108 Phoenix AZ 85020 Attorneys for Defendant 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/ Dan W. Goldfine
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