Free Motion to Strike - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Joel L. Herz, Esq. State Bar No. 015105 Law Offices of Joel L. Herz 3573 East Sunrise Drive, Suite 215 Tucson, AZ 85718 Telephone: 520-529-8080 Facsimile: 520-529-8077 Attorneys for Defendant GTFM, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MEADOWLARK LEMON, et al., Plaintiffs vs. HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. CV 04-0299 PHX-DGC Case No. CV 04-1023-PHX-DGC

ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE NEW ANALYSES OF OLIVER PHIPPS AND PLAINTIFFS' JOINT SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rules 26 and 37(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court's April 8, 2005, August 3, 2005, August 18, 2005 and June 27, 2006 Orders, Defendant GTFM, LLC ("GTFM"), along with Defendants Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc., Mannie L. and Catherine Jackson (collectively referred to as the "HGI Defendants") (GTFM and the HGI Defendants are collectively referred to as "Defendants") move this Court for an order i) striking the Analyses of Oliver Phipps, dated October 27, 2006 (the "Phipps II Analysis") and October 31, 2006

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(the "Phipps III Analysis"), in their entirety; (ii) striking Plaintiffs' Joint Supplemental Disclosures, dated October 27, 2006, and Plaintiffs' Second Joint Supplemental Disclosures, dated October 31, 2006, in their entirety; and (iii) imposing sanctions on

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Plaintiffs and their counsel; or in the alternative, (iv) reopening expert discovery in this matter for at least six months so that Defendants can properly analyze the Phipps II and Phipps III Analyses and respond thereto. The present motion is supported by Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Support

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of the Motion to Strike and the Declaration of Ira S. Sacks, dated November 1, 2006 and accompanied by Defendants' Motion to Expedite Hearing, submitted herewith. Defendants seek oral argument on this Motion, in person and not telephonically. DATED: November 1, 2006 DREIER LLP GARVEY McNEIL & McGILLIVRAY, S.C. By _____/s/ Edward R. Garvey__________ Edward R. Garvey Christa Westerberg 634 W. Main St. #101 Madison, WI 53703 Telephone: 608-256-1003 Ray K. Harris Fennemore Craig, P.C. 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913 Telephone: 602-916-5000 Attorneys for Defendants Harlem Globetrotters Int'l, Inc. and Mannie L. & Catherine Jackson

By _____/s/ Ira S. Sacks_________ Ira S. Sacks Safia A. Anand 499 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: 212-328-6100 Joel L. Herz, Esq. State Bar Number 015105 La Paloma Corporate Center 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215 Tucson, Arizona 85718-3206 Telephone: 520-529-8080 Attorneys for Defendant GTFM, LLC

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