Free Response to Motion - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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BEUS GILBERT PLLC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

4800 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD SUITE 6000 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85251 TELEPHONE (480) 429-3000

Leo R. Beus/002687 ­ [email protected] Scot C. Stirling/005757 ­ [email protected] Steven E. Weinberger/015349 ­ [email protected] Attorneys for Individual Plaintiffs and Trustee

STEVE BROWN & ASSOCIATES, LLC
1440 EAST MISSOURI, STE. 185 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85014-2412 TELEPHONE (602) 264-9224

Steven J. Brown/010792 Co-Counsel for Trustee UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA DIANE MANN, as Trustee for the Estate of LeapSource, Inc., CHRISTINE V. KIRK, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. GTCR GOLDER RAUNER, L.L.C.; et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CIV-02-2099-PHX-RCB

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PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MAKINGS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON JOINT VENTURE RELATED CLAIMS

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On February 22, 2006, Defendant Michael Makings moved for summary judgment on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 that are the subject of the February 22 Makings Motion for Summary Judgment on Joint 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 K&E joined in the GTCR motion for summary judgment on joint venture related claims. K&E's separate motion for summary judgment addressed to Counts 12 and 14 was not opposed. The Court's March 28 Order (at page 41 lines 14-15) refers to K&E's motion for summary judgment on Counts 12 and 13 [sic].
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Joint Venture Related Claims, Counts 12 and 14 in the Fourth Amended Complaint, and also belatedly joined in the GTCR and Kirkland & Ellis defendants' motions on the same joint venture related claims. On March 28, 2006 the Court issued an Order granting the GTCR Motion for Summary Judgment on the Joint Venture-Related Claims, including Counts 12 and 14, finding that no joint venture existed between the Individual Plaintiffs and GTCR, and also that there was no evidence of a joint venture's continued existence after the incorporation of LeapSource. The Plaintiffs believe that ruling was erroneous.1 However, because the claims

Venture Related Claims are premised upon the existence of the joint venture alleged in the Fourth Amended Complaint, and because the Court has determined in ruling on the GTCR motion that the joint venture does not exist, it follows that the Court's March 28 Order is also dispositive of the claims that are the subject of the Makings February 22 motion for summary judgment, and that the Makings February 22 motion is therefore moot. Dated this 10th day of April, 2006.

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BEUS GILBERT PLLC

By

s/ Scot C. Stirling Leo R. Beus Scot C. Stirling Steven E. Weinberger 4800 North Scottsdale Road Suite 6000 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Attorneys for Individual Plaintiffs and Trustee

STEVE BROWN & ASSOCIATES, LLC Steven J. Brown 1440 East Missouri, Suite 185 Phoenix, AZ 85014 Co-Counsel for Trustee

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 10, 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: Kevin A. Russell David S. Foster Nicholas B. Gorga LATHAM & WATKINS LLP [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, GTCR Fund VI, LP, GTCR VI Executive Fund, LP, GTCR Associates VI, Joseph P. Nolan, Bruce V. Rauner, Daniel Yih, David A. Donnini and Philip A. Canfield Don P. Martin Edward A. Salanga QUARLES & BRADY STREICH LANG, LLP [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, GTCR Fund VI, LP, GTCR VI Executive Fund, LP, GTCR Associates VI, Joseph P. Nolan, Bruce V. Rauner, Daniel Yih, David A. Donnini and Philip A. Canfield Merrick B. Firestone Veronica L. Manolio RONAN & FIRESTONE, PLC [email protected] [email protected] Attorney for Defendant Michael Makings

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Richard A. Halloran Jon Weiss LEWIS & ROCA, L.L.P. [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants David Eaton and AEG Partners LLC John Bouma James R. Condo Patricia Lee Refo SNELL & WILMER LLP [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Kirkland & Ellis Steven J. Brown STEVE BROWN & ASSOCIATES, LLC Co-Counsel for Trustee [email protected]

__s/ Scot C. Stirling_______________________

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