Free Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE JERALD KING, Derivatively on behalf of, CEPHALON, INC. Plaintiff, v. FRANK BALDINO, JR., WILLIAM P. EGAN, MARTYN D. GREENACRE, VAUGH M. KAILIAN, KEVIN E. MOLEY, CHARLES A. SANDERS, GAIL R. WILENSKY, and DENNIS L. WINGER and CEPHALON, INC., A Delaware Corporation, Nominal Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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DEFENDANTS' UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS IN THEIR REPLY BRIEF COME NOW the above-named Defendants and Nominal Defendant (collectively, the "Defendants") respectfully requesting the Court issue an Order extending the permissible length of Defendants' reply brief in support of their Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [D.I. 18], based on the following: 1. The Court has recently instituted a "New Rule Regarding Page Limits for

Briefing" in which the length of a reply brief is limited to ten (10) pages. 2. The motion pending before the Court is a relatively complex dispositive Motion

for Judgment on the Pleadings [D.I. 18], which, if granted, would resolve this case in its entirety.

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In light of the complexity of the issues presented and the dispositive nature of the

Motion, Defendants respectfully request that they be permitted to file a reply brief of up to fifteen (15) pages in length. 4. sought herein. WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request the Court enter the proposed order herewith permitting defendants to file a reply brief in support of their Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [D.I. 18] of up to fifteen (15) pages in length. Counsel for the plaintiff has indicated that the plaintiff does not oppose the relief

McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP

/s/ Daniel M. Silver Michael P. Kelly (# 2295) [email protected] Daniel M. Silver (# 4578) [email protected] Renaissance Centre 405 N. King Street, 8th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 984-6300 Attorneys for Defendants and Nominal Defendants OF COUNSEL: Steven B. Feirson Michael L. Kichline DECHERT LLP Circa Centre 2929 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 994-4000

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE JERALD KING, Derivatively on behalf of, CEPHALON, INC. Plaintiff, v. FRANK BALDINO, JR., WILLIAM P. EGAN, MARTYN D. GREENACRE, VAUGH M. KAILIAN, KEVIN E. MOLEY, CHARLES A. SANDERS, GAIL R. WILENSKY, and DENNIS L. WINGER and CEPHALON, INC., A Delaware Corporation, Nominal Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this __ day of ________ 2008, for good cause shown, that the Defendants and Nominal Defendant shall be permitted to file a reply brief in support of their Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [D.I. 18] of up to fifteen (15) pages.

_____________________________ Chief United States District Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Daniel M. Silver, hereby certify that on June 4, 2008, I caused a copy of the foregoing Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Exceed Page Limits in Their Reply Brief to be served upon the following counsel of record via CM/ECF electronic noticing: Brian D. Long, Esq. Seth D. Rigrodsky, Esq. Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. 919 North Market Street, Suite 980 Wilmington, DE 19801 David C. Katz, Esq. Joseph H. Weiss, Esq. Weiss & Lurie 551 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10176 /s/ Daniel M. Silver Daniel M. Silver (# 4578)

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