Free Response to Motion - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 Douglas Seitz (#004258) Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi (#018380) 2 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 3 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 4 Telephone: (602) 382-6371 Facsimile: (602) 382-6070 5 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 6 John S. Ferrell (CA Bar No. 154914) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) (CA Bar No. 124154) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 7 Brad W. Blocker(CA Bar No. 197447) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Adrian R. Wolff 8 CARR & FERRELL LLP 2200 Geng Road 9 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: (650) 812-3474 10 Facsimile: (650) 812-3444 Attorneys for Defendants Wyman-Gordon Company and 11 Precision Castparts Corporation
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, Plaintiff,

Butler Manufacturing Company, et al., Defendants.

No. CV-00-0662 PHX-HRH DEFENDANTS WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY'S AND PRECISION CASTPARTS CORPORATION'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO DISMISS -andREQUEST FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 54(b), FED.R.CIV.P.

Defendants Wyman-Gordon Company and Precision Castparts Corporation (collectively "Wyman and Precision") do not oppose plaintiff's motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice (Doc. #552), and hereby join in the motion. All claims asserted against Wyman and Precision by plaintiff Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, should be dismissed with prejudice.

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Pursuant to Rule 54(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., Wyman and Precision submit that there is no just reason for delay and that the Court should expressly direct entry of judgment in favor of Wyman and Precision. DATED this 12th day of January, 2006. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. By: s/ Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi Douglas Seitz (#004258) Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi (#018380) One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] -andJohn S. Ferrell (CA Bar No. 154914) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Brad W. Blocker (CA Bar No. 124154) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Adrian R. Wolff (CA Bar No. 197447) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) CARR & FERRELL LLP 2200 Geng Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Attorneys for Defendants Wyman-Gordon Company and Precision Castparts Corporation

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 12th day of January, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document 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: Cynthia L. Bauerly Fredrikson & Byron PA 200 South 6th Street, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55402 David P. Berten Competition Law Group LLC 120 S. State Street, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60603 Brad W. Blocker Adrian Wolff Carr & Ferrell, LLP 2200 Geng Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Daniel L. Boots James M. Hinshaw Bingham McHale LLP 2700 Market Tower 10 West Market Street, Suite 2700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Charles W. Bradley Rader Fishman & Grauer 33 Mt. Green Road Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 Francis J. Burke Bennett Evan Cooper Paul E. Burns Steptoe & Johnson LLP 201 E. Washington Street, Suite 1600 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Timothy James Casey Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi Joel P. Hoxie Douglas W. Seitz Snell & Wilmer LLP One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202

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William J. Cass Cantor Colburn LLP 55 Griffin Road South Bloomfield, CT 06002 William B. Cunningham Polster Lieder Woodruff & Lucchesi LC 12412 Powerscourt Drive, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63131 Victoria Gruver Curtin Victoria Gruver Curtin PLC 14614 North Kierland Blvd., Suite 300 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 John E. DeWulf Roshka Dewulf & Patten PLC One Arizona Center, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004-3906 Brett L. Dunkelman Osborn Maledon PA 2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794 David S. Foster Latham & Watkins 5800 Sears Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Ray Kendall Harris Fennemore Craig PC 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Louis J. Hoffman Hoffman & Zur 14614 North Kierland Blvd., Suite 300 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Robert J. Itri Gallagher & Kennedy PA 2575 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100 Phoenix, AZ 85016 John G. Jackson Chambliss Bahner & Stophel PC 2 Union Square 1000 Tallan Building Chattanooga, TN 37402

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Jonathan M. James Perkins Coie Brown & Bain PA P.O. Box 400 Phoenix, AZ 85001-0400 Cheryl Lee Johnson Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP 801 S. Figueroa Street, 14th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 N. Warner Lee Robert James Pohlman Ryley Carlock & Applewhite PA One North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Steven G. Lisa Law Offices of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd. 401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60611 Stephen P. Linzer Sacks Tierney PA 4250 North Drinkwater Boulevard, 4th Floor Scottsdale, AZ 85251-3647 Joel E. Lutzker Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Lillian C. Macia Jacuzzi Brands Inc. 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 1100 W West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Deneen J. Melander Elliot E. Polebaum Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Aaron A. Myers Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 Gregory J. Nelson Nelson & Roediger 3333 E. Camelback Road, Suite 212 Phoenix, AZ 85018

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Kurt J. Niederluecke Fredrikson & Byron PA 200 South 6th Street, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55402 James F. Polese Polese Pietzsch Williams & Nolan PA 2702 North Third Street, Suite 3000 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Robert A. Royal Tiffany & Bosco PA 2525 E. Camelback Road, Third Floor Phoenix, AZ 85016 Barry R. Sanders Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander PA 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Robert A. Schroeder Bingham McCutchen LLP 355 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 4400 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Stephen T. Sullivan Roberts Mlotkowski & Hobbes PC 1850 North Central Avenue, Suite 1140 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Jennifer A. Van Kirk Lewis & Roca LLP 40 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004-4429 Donald J. Wall Mark A. Nadeau Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4441 Peter C. Warner Peter C. Warner PC 1723 W. 4th Street Tempe, AZ 85281-2404 Darlene Marie Wauro Roshka Dewulf & Patten PLC One Arizona Center, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004-3906

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Charles William Wirken Gust Rosenfeld PLC 201 E. Washington, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004 I hereby certify that on the 12th day of January, 2006, I served the attached document by U.S. Mail on the following, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: Robert E. B. Allen Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander PA 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2705 Tish L. Berard Sullivan Law Group 1850 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1140 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4586 Toni L. Bonney Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 100 E Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300 Milwaukee, WI 53202 David K. Callahan Kirkland & Ellis 200 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 5800 Chicago, IL 60601 Michael A. Cantor Cantor Colburn LLP 55 Griffin Road South Bloomfield, CT 06002 Brian A. Comack Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein 90 Park Ave, 21st Floor New York, NY 10016 John S. Ferrell Carr & Ferrell LLP 2200 Geng Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Karl R. Fink Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery 120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60603

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John F. Flannery Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery 120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60603 Scott H. Gingold Latham & Watkins 5800 Sears Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 John J. Held McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd. 500 West Madison Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60661 Michael E. Husmann Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 100 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300 Milwaukee, WI 53202 David H. Kagan Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 919 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10022 Emily S. Lau Fenwick & West LLP 2 Palo Alto Square, Suite 700 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Gary D. Lueck Bingham McCutchen LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400 Los Angeles, CA 90071 William B. Mallin Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC 600 Grant Street, 42nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2788 Richard H. Marschall Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 100 E Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300 Milwaukee, WI 53202 George P. McAndrews McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd 500 W Madison Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60661 Peter J. McAndrews McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd 500 W Madison Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60661
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Darryl M Woo Fenwick & West LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. By: s/ Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi Douglas Seitz (#004258) Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi (#018380) One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] -andJohn S. Ferrell (CA Bar No. 154914) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Brad W. Blocker (CA Bar No. 124154) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Adrian R. Wolff (CA Bar No. 197447) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) CARR & FERRELL LLP 2200 Geng Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Attorneys for Defendants Wyman-Gordon Company and Precision Castparts Corporation

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