Free Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - 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, 10 Plaintiff, 11 vs. 12 13 14 15 16 17 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., an Arizona corporation; HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona; GTFM, LLC, a New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona; PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO EXCEED PAGE LIMIT Case Nos.: CV 04 0299 PHX DGC and CV-04-1023 PHX DGC

18 Defendants. 19 FRED "CURLY" NEAL, LARRY "GATOR" 20 RIVERS, DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON, ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL, MARQUES 21 HAYNES and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, 22 23 Plaintiffs, vs.

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, an Arizona corporation; HARLEM 24 INC., GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL 25 FOUNDATION, INC., an Arizona corporation; MANNIE L. JACKSON and CATHERINE 26 JACKSON, husband and wife; FUBU THE COLLECTION, LLC, a New York limited liability company, GTFM of Orlando, LLC; and GTFM, LLC, a

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1 New York limited liability company doing business in Arizona, 2 Defendants. 3 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., an Arizona corporation, 4 Counter-claimant, 5 vs. 6 MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 HAYNES; and JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS, (hereinafter "PLAINTIFFS"), by and through their 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4) 24 25 26 27 28 5) for Summary Judgment as to the Proper Parties claim; Plaintiffs are able to properly support their response to HGI'S Motion for Summary Judgment with a 25 page memorandum of law; Plaintiffs must address each HGI Defendant separately in its Response to HGI'S Motion 3) undersigned attorneys, hereby respectfully Move this Court for leave to exceed the 17 page limit on: 1) its Response to HGI'S Motion for Summary Judgment, and 2) its Response to GTFM'S Motion for Summary Judgment and states: 1) 2) Undersigned counsel represents six (6) individuals in this consolidated action; Plaintiffs have made a good faith effort to address all issues in both Defendants' Motions while remaining within the 17-page limit parameter, however; Plaintiffs must address all GTFM'S Lanham Act claims, two of which require dissection of one-four (4) prong test and one eight (8) prong test; PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO EXCEED THE PAGE LIMIT Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 1.10(e), PLAINTIFFS FRED "CURLY" NEAL; LARRY "GATOR" RIVERS; DALLAS "BIG D" THORNTON; ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL; MARQUES Counter-defendant.

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Plaintiffs are able to properly support their response to GTFM'S Motion for Summary Judgment with a 25 page memorandum of law.

For the foregoing reasons, PLAINTIFFS hereby respectfully request that this Court grant their Motion for Leave to Exceed the Page Limit.

DATED this _17th___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

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 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

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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 _17th__, 2005, a true and correct copy of the Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limit 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] Florence M. Bruemmer ­ [email protected], [email protected] Joel Herz ­ [email protected], [email protected] Ira 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 November__17th__, 2005, a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Motion to Exceed Page Limit, postage paid thereon, was sent via U.S. Mail to the following parties, at the addresses listed, to-wit:

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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 3. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED: November _17th_, 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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