Free Response - 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 Case Nos.: CV 04 0299 PHX DGC and CV-04-1023 PHX DGC

8 MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, 9 10 vs. 11 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, PLAINTIFFS NEAL, RIVERS, THORNTON, INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM HALL, HAYNES AND SANDERS' 12 GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; DEFENDANTS HARLEM 13 MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE INC., HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 14 COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, AND company doing business in Arizona; GTFM, LLC, a MANNIE L. AND CATHERINE JACKSON'S 15 New York limited liability company doing business in MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY Arizona; JUDGMENT 16 Defendants. 17 18 FRED "CURLY" NEAL, LARRY "GATOR" RIVERS, DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON, 19 ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL, MARQUES HAYNES and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, 20 Plaintiffs, vs. 21 22 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM 23 GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; 24 MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE 25 COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability 26 company, GTFM of Orlando, LLC; and GTFM, LLC, a New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona, Defendants. Plaintiff,

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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 DATED this 1st day of December, 2005. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Counter-defendant.

PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PLAINTIFFS FRED "CURLY" NEAL; LARRY "GATOR" RIVERS; DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON; ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL; MARQUES HAYNES; and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, (hereinafter collectively the "PLAINTIFFS"), by and through their undersigned attorneys, hereby file their Response in Opposition to the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of Defendants Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc., Harlem Globetrotters International Foundation, and Mannie L. and Catherine Jackson (hereinafter collectively "HGI").

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____/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

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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 1st , 2005, a true and correct copy of the Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendant HGI'S Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 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 1st, 2005, a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendant HGI'S Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 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 Ray Harris, Esq. FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C. 3003 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913
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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 3. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED: December 1st , 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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