Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law v. American Bar Association (TV1)

Filing 66

Joint MOTION to Lift Stay by American Bar Association, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order of Dismissal Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii))(Watson, Robert)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE

LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
DUNCAN SCHOOL OF LAW,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE AMERICAN BAR
ASSOCIATION,
Defendant.

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Case No. 3:11-CV-608

Judge Varlan
Magistrate Judge Shirley

ORDER OF DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)

The parties in the above lawsuit do hereby stipulate that said lawsuit is dismissed
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). The parties agree that the appeal currently pending
before the ABA Appeals Panel is withdrawn and that Lincoln Memorial University Duncan
School of Law will file a new application for provisional accreditation. Said lawsuit is hereby
dismissed without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER this _____ day of _____________, 2012.

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THOMAS A. VARLAN
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

APPROVED FOR ENTRY:
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
DUNCAN SCHOOL OF LAW
By:/s/Robert H. Watson, Jr., BPR No. 1702
ROBERT H. WATSON, JR.
WATSON, ROACH, BATSON
ROWELL & LAUDERBACK, P.L.C.
P.O. Box 131
Knoxville, TN 37901-0131
[phone]
MICHAEL L. CIOFFI
BLANK ROME LLP
1700 PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
[phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
By:/s/Anne E. Rea w/permission by Robert H. Watson, Jr.
ANNE E. REA1
SIDLEY AUSTIN, LLP
One Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
[phone]
HOWARD H. VOGEL (BPR No. 001015)
JEFFREY R. THOMPSON (BPR No. 20310)
P. ALEXANDER VOGEL (BPR No. 023944)
O’NEIL, PARKER & WILLIAMSON, PLLC
7610 Gleason Drive, Suite 200
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
[phone]

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PATRICIA J. LARSON1
STEPHANIE GIGGETTS1
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
[phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

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Appearing Pro Hac Vice 

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