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 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' JOINDER IN PLAINTIFF INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM MEADOWLARK LEMON'S REPONSE TO 12 GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL GTFM, LLC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; JUDGMENT 13 MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE 14 COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona; GTFM, LLC, a 15 New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona; 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, 2 INC., an Arizona corporation, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plaintiff Meadowlark Lemon's Response in Opposition to GTFM'S Motion for Summary Judgment. The 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 issues and law relative to PLAINTIFFS raised therein apply equally to PLAINTIFFS stated above. DATED this 23rd day of November, 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 IN PLAINTIFF MEADOWLARK LEMON'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION OF GTFM LLC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 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 Counter-claimant, vs. MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, Counter-defendant.

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, Esquire

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LAW OFICES OF JOEL L. HERZ LaPolma Corporate Center 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215 Tuscon, AZ 85718-3206 Attorney for Defendants GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM Of Orlando, LLC Edward R. Garvey, Esq. and Christa Westerberg, Esquire GARVEY AND STODDARD 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., Esquire Florence M. Bruemmer, Esquire ROSENQUIST & ASSOCIATES 80 E. Columbus Phoenix, AZ 85012 Attorney for Plaintiff Lemon Safia A. Anand, Esquire Ira S. Sacks, Esquire DREIER, LLP 499 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attorneys for Defendants GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando, LLC Certificate of Service Vanessa Braeley, declares as follows: 1. I hereby certify that on November 23rd, 2005, a true and correct copy of the Plaintiffs' Joinder in Plaintiff Meadowlark Lemon's Statement of Contraverting Facts in Support of Plaintiff Meadowlark Lemon's Response to Defendant GTFM LLC's Motion for 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 Anand ­ [email protected]

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Florence M. Bruemmer ­ [email protected], [email protected] Joel Herz ­ [email protected], [email protected] Ira Sacks ­ [email protected] -3-

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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: November 23rd, 2005. Signed: ____/S/Vanessa L. Braeley_________ 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 November 23rdt, 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 LAW OFFICES OF JOEL L. HERZ LaPolma Corporate Center 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215 Tuscon, AZ 85718-3206 Attorney for Defendants, GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM OF Orlando, LLC Anders Rosenquist, Jr. Florence M. Bruemmer ROSENQUIST & ASSOCIATES 80 E. Columbus Phoenix, AZ 85012 Attorney for Plaintiff Lemon Edward R. Garvey Christa Westerberg GARVEY AND STODDARD 634 W. Main Street, Ste. 101 Madison, WI 53703 Attorneys for Defendants Harlem Globetrotters Intl Inc. and Harlem Globetrotters Int'l Foundation Safia Anand, Esquire and Ira S. Sacks, Esquire DREIER LLP 499 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 Attorneys for Defendants, GTFM, LLC, FUBU the Collection, LLC and GTFM of Orlando, LLC

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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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