Free Motion in Limine - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00148-GMS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE INACOM CORP., et al. Plaintiffs v. TECH DATA CORP. Defendant INACOM CORP., et al. Plaintiffs v. DELL COMPUTER CORP. Defendant INACOM CORP., et al. Plaintiffs v. LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. Defendant Civil Action No. 04-CV-583 (GMS) Civil Action No. 04-CV-582 (GMS) Civil Action No. 04-CV-148 (GMS)

INACOM CORP., et al. Plaintiffs v. INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT INC. Defendant Civil Action No. 04-CV-593 (GMS)

Case 1:04-cv-00148-GMS

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DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE EXPERT TESTIMONY AND REPORT OF DEAN VOMERO Defendants Tech Data Corp. ("Tech Data"), Dell Computer Corp. ("Dell"), Lexmark International, Inc. ("Lexmark") and Ingram Entertainment Inc. ("Ingram") (collectively "Defendants") move the Court to exclude the proffered expert testimony and report of Mr. Dean Vomero because it is not sufficiently reliable and relevant to satisfy the standards of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), as made applicable to non-scientific expert testimony by Kumho Tire Company v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999). In support of this motion, Defendants rely on their attached Opening Memorandum in Support of Defendants' Motion To Exclude The Expert Testimony and Report of Dean Vomero. A proposed order is tendered. Respectfully submitted, /s/ James F. Harker_______________________ James F. Harker Herlihy, Harker & Kavanaugh 1400 North Market Street, Suite 200 P.O. Box 1597 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Tel.: (302) 654-3111 and and Charles M. Tatelbaum Stephen C. Hunt Adorno & Yoss, L.L.P. 350 East Las Olas Blvd., 17th Floor Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Tel.: (954) 763-1200 Attorneys for Defendant Tech Data Corp. Sabrina L. Streusand G. James Landon Hughes & Luce, L.L.P. 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 900 Austin, Texas 78701 Tel.: (512) 482-6800 Attorneys for Defendant Dell Computer Corp. /s/ Patricia P. McGonigle___________ Patricia P. McGonigle Kevin Guerke, DE #4096 Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 P.O. Box 68 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Tel.: (302) 888-0600

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/s/ Thomas G. Whalen, Jr._________________ Thomas G. Whalen Jr. (No. 4034) Stevens & Lee, P.C. 1105 North Market Street, 7th Floor Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel.: (302) 425-3307 and

/s/ Thomas G. Macauley__________ Thomas G. Macauley (ID No. 3411) Zuckerman Spaeder LLP 919 Market Street, Suite 990 P.O. Box 1028 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-1028 Tel.: (302) 427-0400 and

Culver V. Halliday Emily L. Pagorski Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP 2650 AEGON Center 400 West Market Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3377 Tel.: (502) 568-9100 Attorneys for Defendant Lexmark International, Inc.

Jonathan P. Hersey Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP 600 Anton Blvd., 18th Floor Costa Mesa, California 92626 Tel.: (714) 513-5100 Attorneys for Defendant Ingram Entertainment Inc.

Dated: August 15, 2005