Free Response in Support of Motion - 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 NEAL, RIVERS, THORNTON, 11 INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM HALL, HAYNES AND SANDERS' GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS FUBU THE 12 FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; COLLECTION, LLC AND GTFM OF MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE ORLANDO, LLC'S MOTION TO STRIKE 13 JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE PORTIONS OF NEAL PLAINTIFFS' REPLY COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability TO GTFM, LLC'S OPPOSITION TO THE 14 company doing business in Arizona; GTFM, LLC, a NEAL PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR New York limited liability company doing business in SUMMARY JUDGMENT 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, INC., an Arizona corporation, 2 Counter-claimant, 3 vs. 4 MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 directed to GTFM, LLC, while in Plaintiffs' Reply there are several references to "all Defendants." Accordingly, please find Plaintiffs' Notice of Errata filed on December 15, 2005 (attached hereto as "Exhibit A") in further response to FUBU Defendants' Motion to Strike. 3. While Plaintiffs do not concede that FUBU The Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE Plaintiffs, Fred "Curly" Neal, Larry "Gator" Rivers, Dallas "Big D" Thornton, Robert "Showboat" Hall, Marques Haynes, and James "Twiggy" Sanders, (hereinafter "Plaintiffs"), hereby respond to the Motion to Strike filed by Defendants FUBU The Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando, LLC d/b/a FUBU Company Store ("GTFM of Orlando")(collectively referred to as the "FUBU Defendants") as follows: 1. Plaintiffs would first state that they have received no contact whatsoever from the FUBU Counter-defendant.

Defendants' counsel, prior to the filing of their Motion to Strike. 2. Plaintiff agrees with FUBU's assertion that Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment was

LLC do not have liability, Plaintiffs Lemon and Neal previously filed a Joint Motion to Voluntary Dismiss Without Prejudice the FUBU Defendants (Doc. 174). Plaintiffs alleged in said Motion that these two FUBU Defendants did not oppose the transfer of this action to Arizona and that FUBU Defendants' subsequent Motion for Summary Judgment was denied by this Court on September 20, 2004.

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FUBU Defendants filed a Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Dismiss the

FUBU Defendants. (Doc. 177). FUBU Defendants would not agree to dismissal without prejudice and would only welcome such dismissal being made with prejudice as stated in their opposition. 5. Plaintiffs filed their Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 279) against FUBU Defendants

directed primarily to GTFM, LLC while the Motion to Dismiss was pending. On October 14, 2005, FUBU Defendants GTFM of Orlando, LLC and FUBU the Collection, LLC filed a "Renewed Motion for

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 Summary Judgment" (Doc. 185), and Plaintiffs filed their Response to the same (Doc. 253). 6. Subsequently, all the FUBU Defendants have now moved this Court to consolidate their

Reply Memoranda (Doc. 271) to Plaintiffs' Responses to the FUBU Defendants Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment and GTFM, LLC's Motion for Summary Judgment. 7. Plaintiffs stated in their Reply that Summary Judgment "may" lie against all Defendants, and

requested such in its conclusion. This is corrected in the Notice of Errata. This Court still may, sua sponte, order summary judgment against all FUBU Defendants, notwithstanding Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment being directed to GTFM, LLC only. DATED this 15th day of December, 2005.

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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 15th, 2005, a true and correct copy of the Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion to Strike 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] Florence M. Bruemmer ­ [email protected], [email protected] Edward R. Garvey ­ [email protected]

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Robert Williams Goldwater, III ­ [email protected] 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 15th, 2005, a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion to Strike 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

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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 15th, 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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