L-3 Communications Corporation et al v. Jaxon Engineering & Maintenance, Inc. et al

Filing 1354

MINUTE ENTRY for Final Pretrial Conference held before Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger on 12/21/2015. 1320 Motion for Reconsideration is GRANTED; 1321 Motion to Supplement; 1323 Motion for Leave to Restrict; 1324 Motion for Leave to Restrict; 1325 Motion for Leave to Restrict are GRANTED to the extent set forth by the Court; 1326 Motion for Leave to Restrict is DENIED; 1337 Motion for Leave is DENIED with leave to renew; ; New Joint 702 Motion; Revised Proposed Pretrial Order and Special Master information all due by 1/29/2016. Court Reporter: Terri Lindblom. (pglov)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
CHIEF JUDGE MARCIA S. KRIEGER
Courtroom Deputy:
Court Reporter:

Patricia Glover
Terri Lindblom

Date: December 21, 2015

Civil Action No. 10-cv-02868-MSK-KMT
Parties:

Counsel Appearing:

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP., and
L-3 SERVICES, INC.,

Steven Levitt
Karen Weiss
Benjamin Chew

Plaintiffs,
v.
JAXON ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE, INC.,
JONI ANN WHITE,
RANDALL K. WHITE,
SCOTT WHITE,
SUSAN RETTIG,
CHARLES RETTIG,
JAMES YOUNGMAN,
JERRY LUBELL,
KELLY RICE,
JOHN McCLURE,

Lora Brzezynski
Abagail Brown
Daniel Johnson

Defendants.

COURTROOM MINUTES
HEARING:

Final Pretrial Conference.

1:35 p.m.

Court in session.

Parties are present. Steve Wahl is present on behalf of the plaintiffs; all individual defendants
are present and Joni White also appears as representative of the corporate defendant.

Courtroom Minutes
Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger
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The Court addresses it’s Order to Show Cause (Doc. #1316)
No further argument.
ORDER:

the Court directs that L-3 Applied Technologies, Inc. be substituted for Plaintiff
L-3 Services, Inc. in the caption and all future pleadings.

The Court addresses Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. #1319, #1320)
No further argument.
ORDER:

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. #1319, #1320) are GRANTED. The
Tortious Interference claim may proceed.

The Court addresses Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File a motion to dismiss challenging the
Plaintiffs’ standing (Doc. #1337)
Argument.
ORDER:

Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File a motion to dismiss challenging the
Plaintiffs’ standing (Doc. #1337) is DENIED with leave to renew.

The Court addresses plaintiffs’ Supplemental motions to restrict (Doc. #1321, 1323, 1324, 1325)
No further argument.
ORDER:

Plaintiffs’ Supplemental motions to restrict (Doc. #1321, 1323, 1324, 1325) are
GRANTED to the extent that these motions reflect that the parties have
submitted redacted versions of exhibits that are suitable for public filing. Public
access to the following documents will be restored in their entirety. Those
exhibits are:
Docket # 1177-2 through 1177-6
#1177-8
#1177-9
#1180-1
#1180-4 through 1180-11
#1181-1 through 1181-13
#1181-15 and 1181-16

Courtroom Minutes
Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger
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#1182-1 through 1182-5
# 1188-1
# 1184-7 and 1184-8
# 1248-2 and # 1248-3
# 1274-33
In addition, the parties have agreed that the following documents may have their public access
restored:
# 1182-5
# 1247-18
The Court addresses Plaintiffs’ Motion to Restrict (Doc. #1326)
No further argument.
ORDER:

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Restrict (Doc. #1326) is DENIED. Public access will be
restored to Doc. #1319 in its entirety.

The Court addresses the parties’ Joint 702 Motion (Doc. #1340, #1341)
The Court declines to set such hearing(s) at this time for the reasons stated on the record.
The Court advises this matter is not ready to proceed to trial.
Review of the proposed final pretrial order - matters addressed:
Claims
Defenses
Witness List
Exhibit List
ORDER:

Revised final pretrial order, the new/revised joint motion under Rule 702 and the
name(s) of individuals the parties would like to be considered for appointment as
Special Master will be filed by January 29, 2016. If a further final pretrial
conference is held, the parties need not appear with their counsel.

3:11 p.m.

Court in recess.

Total Time: 1 hour 36 minutes.
Hearing concluded.