Free Joinder - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Morgan & Morgan, P. A.th 20 N. Orange Avenue, 16 Floor Orlando, FL 32801 Clay M. Townsend, Esquire Bar No.: 023414 Brandon S. Peters, Esquire Bar No.: 022641 Keith R. Mitnik, Esquire Bar No.: 436127 Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, Plaintiff, vs. Case Nos.: CV 04 0299 PHX DGC and CV-04-1023 PHX DGC

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, PLAINTIFFS' JOINDER IN PLAINTIFF 11 INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM MEADOWLARK LEMON'S REPLY TO GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL DEFENDANT HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 12 FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; INTERNATIONAL, INC., HARLEM MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL 13 JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE FOUNDATION, AND MANNIE L. & COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability CATHERINE JACKSON'S RESPONSE TO 14 company doing business in Arizona; GTFM, LLC, a PLAINTIFF LEMON'S STATEMENT OF New York limited liability company doing business in FACTS (Document 330) 15 Arizona; 16 17 FRED "CURLY" NEAL, LARRY "GATOR" 18 RIVERS, DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON, ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL, MARQUES 19 HAYNES and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, 20 vs. 21 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, 22 INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL 23 FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE 24 JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE 25 COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability company, GTFM of Orlando, LLC; and GTFM, LLC, a 26 New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona, Defendants. Plaintiffs, Defendants.

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1 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, 2 INC., an Arizona corporation, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED this __16th__ day of December, 2005. By: ____/S/ Clay M. Townsend___________ CLAY M. TOWNSEND, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 363375 KEITH MITNIK, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 436127 BRANDON S. PETERS Florida Bar No.: 965685 Morgan & Morgan, PA 20 N. Orange Avenue, 16th Floor Orlando, FL 32802 Telephone (407) 420-1414 Facsimile (407) 425-8171 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Fred Neal, Larry Rivers, Robert Hall, Dallas Thornton, Marques Haynes and James Sanders PLAINTIFFS' JOINDER PLAINTIFFS FRED "CURLY" NEAL; LARRY "GATOR" RIVERS; DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON; ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL; MARQUES HAYNES; and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, (hereinafter "PLAINTIFFS"), by and through their undersigned attorneys, respectfully join in Plaintiff Meadowlark Lemon's Reply to Defendants Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc., Harlem Globetrotters International Foundation, and Mannie L. and Catherine Jackson's Response to Plaintiff Lemon's Statement of Facts (Document 330). The issues and law relative to PLAINTIFFS raised therein apply equally to PLAINTIFFS stated above. Counter-claimant, vs. MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, Counter-defendant.

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the above-referenced documents have been served via first class mail upon the following attorneys: Joel L. Herz, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF JOEL L. HERZ La Paloma Corporate Center 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215 Tucson, AZ 85718-3206 Attorneys for Defendants GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM Of Orlando, LLC Ira S. Sacks, Esq. Safia A. Anand, Esq. DREIER, LLP 499 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attorneys for Defendants GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando, LLC Edward R. Garvey, Esq. and Christa Westerberg, Esq. GARVEY McNEIL & McGILLIVRAY, S.C. 634 W. Main St. #101 Madison, WI 53703 Attorneys for Defendants Harlem Globetrotters Int'l, Inc., Harlem Globetrotters Int'l Foundation and Mannie L. & Catherine Jackson Anders Rosenquist, Jr., Esq. Florence M. Bruemmer, Esq. ROSENQUIST & ASSOCIATES 80 E. Columbus Phoenix, AZ 85012 Attorney for Plaintiff Lemon Certificate of Service Vanessa Braeley, declares as follows: 1. I hereby certify that on December _16th__, 2005, a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Joinder was electronically transmitted 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: Safia A. Anand ­ [email protected]

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Florence M. Bruemmer ­ [email protected], [email protected] Edward R. Garvey ­ [email protected] Robert Williams Goldwater, III ­ [email protected] -3-

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Ray Kendall Harris ­ [email protected] Joel Louis Herz ­ [email protected], [email protected] Anders V. Rosenquist, Jr. - [email protected] Ira S. Sacks ­ [email protected] 2. I am and was at all times mentioned herein a citizen of the United States and a resident of Orange County, Florida, over 18 years of age and not a party to the within action or proceeding. My business address is 20 N. Orange Avenue, 16th Floor, Orlando, FL 32801, and I am employed as a legal assistant by Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Clay Townsend is an attorney admitted to practice in Florida and has been admitted pro hac vice in the District Court of Arizona, and directed that service be made. 3. I hereby certify that on December _16th__, 2005, a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Joinder postage paid thereon, was sent via U.S. Mail to the following parties, at the addresses listed, to-wit: Joel L. Herz, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF JOEL L. HERZ La Paloma Corporate Center 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215 Tucson, AZ 85718-3206 Attorney for Defendants, GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM OF Orlando, LLC Ira S. Sacks, Esq. Safia Anand, Esq. DREIER LLP 499 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 Attorneys for Defendants, GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando, LLC Edward R. Garvey, Esq. Christa Westerberg, Esq. GARVEY McNEIL & McGILLIVRAY, S.C. 634 W. Main Street, Ste. 101 Madison, WI 53703 Attorneys for Defendants Harlem Globetrotters Int'l. Inc., Harlem Globetrotters Int'l Foundation, and Mannie L. & Catherine Jackson Anders Rosenquist, Jr., Esq. Florence M. Bruemmer, Esq. ROSENQUIST & ASSOCIATES 80 E. Columbus Phoenix, AZ 85012 Attorney for Plaintiff Lemon -4-

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED: December _16th___, 2005. Signed: ____/S/Vanessa L. Braeley_________ Vanessa L. Braeley Legal Assistant to Clay Townsend MORGAN & MORGAN 20 N. Orange Avenue, 16th Floor Orlando, FL 32801 Attorneys for the Plaintiffs Curly Neal, Larry Rivers, Dallas Thornton, Marques Haynes, Robert Hall and James Sanders

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