Free Response to Motion - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

I LAW OFFICES C
RONAN & FIRESTONE, PLC
2 9300 E. RAINTREE DRIVE. SUITE 120 i
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85260 `
3 (480) 222-9100
Merrick B. Firestone, SB #01213 8
4, Veronica L. Manolio, SB #020230
, Attorneysfor the Nelcela Dekndants
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6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
7 IN AND FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA I
8 Merchant Transaction Systems, Inc., No. O2-CV—I954 - PHX—MHM
9 Plaintiff, NELCELA, INC., LEN CAMPAGNA
10 vs. AND ALEC DOLLARHIDE’S
RESPONSE TO THE JOINT PARTIES’
H Nelcela, Inc., an Arizona corporation; REQUEST FOR LEAVE
Len Campagna, an Arizona resident; TO COMMENCE j
12 Alec Dollarhide, an Arizona resident; “PHASE II" DISCOVERY @
Ebocom, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; §
13 POST Integrations, Inc., an Illinois Corp., I
(The Honorable Mary H. Murguia) f
1 4 Defendants.
And Related Counterclaims, Cross-Claims §
15 and Third-Party Claims.
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1 7 The joint parties’ request for leave to commence Phase II discovery should be denied because
18 resuming discovery makes no sense. The Phase I verdict is at issue and Phase I rulings sought to be P
19 overturned for misapplication of law. It makes no sense to proceed into Phase II and waste every é
20 party’s time, energy and money until the legal issues are resolved. While Nelcela believes that a
2l Rule l 6 Conference (for establishing a discovery plan) and Phase II discovery would be wasteful at j
22 this point, Nelcela does agree that the pending post—trial 1notion(s) should be expeditiously argued.
23 Decisions on the post—trial motion(s) will guide all parties in their "next steps” in this litigation. i
24 For all of these reasons, Nelcela respectfully disagrees that Phase II discovery is proper at this A
25 juncture and instead asks the Court to set an oral argument date for the post-trial motion(s). .
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1 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 5‘h day of July, 2007.
2 RONAN & FIRESTONE, PLC
3
4 /s/ Veronica L. Manolio
Merrick B. Firestone
5 Veronica L. Manolio
9300 E. Raintree Drive, Suite 120
6 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Attorneys for the Nelcela Defendants
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ORIGINAL filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office
8 and COPIES electronically transmitted to the following
CM/ECP registrants this same date to:
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10 Nicholas J. DiCar1o
ndica1·log¢z?thedc_nfinncom
11 Local Counsel for Merchant Transaction Systems
12 William McKinnon
mail(q0wi11iainniclncom A
13 Attcrneyfcr Merchant T ransaction Systems i
14 Peter D. Baird A
baird ailrlawcom
15 Robert H. McKirgan i
rmcl 16 Richard A. Halloran A
Rha.11orangai;1fl awcom i
17 Kimberly Demarchi
Kdemarchi§a>1r1ayx¢.com
18 Attcrneysfar POST and Ebocom
19 George C. Chen ;
gcchen(c7Jb1yancave.co1n or
20 georgge.chen(ct>bganeave.coni i
Attcrneysfcr Lexcel, Inc. Q
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22 By: /s/ Diana Rgteria
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