Tennessee Football, Inc. v. Kiffin

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER: The parties shall serve their initial disclosures by 9/28/10. All fact depositions shall be completed by 3/15/11. Dispositive motions shall be filed by 4/5/11. A jury trial is set for 9:00 a.m. on 8/2/2011 in Courtroom 774 before Senior Judge John T. Nixon. The pretrial conference is set for 10:00 a.m. on 7/22/11. A telephone conference is set for 1:30 p.m. on 1/18/2011 before Magistrate Judge Joe Brown. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joe Brown on 9/14/10. (rd)

Tennessee Football, Inc. v. Kiffin

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION TENNESSEE FOOTBALL, INC., ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) ) LANE MONTE KIFFIN, individually ) and in his capacity as agent ) for UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN ) CALIFORNIA; and UNIVERSITY ) OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ) ) Defendants )

Case 3:10-0727 Judge Nixon/Brown Jury Demand

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Pursuant to Local Rule 16.01, the following Initial Case Management Plan is adopted. 1. disputed. Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction and Venue are not

This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1332. 2. Plaintiff's Theory of the Case: Plaintiff Tennessee

Football, Inc. (Tennessee Football), entered into an enforceable written contract of employment with Kennedy Pola, a football coach, in which Mr. Pola agreed to be employed by it until February 14, 2011. Mr. Kiffin, in his individual capacity and as agent of USC,

in accordance with a pattern and practice, and with full knowledge of Mr. Pola's contract, maliciously inducted Mr. Pola to breach it one week before the start of Tennessee Football's season training camp so that he could become employed by USC as its football program's offensive coordinator. Mr. Kiffin's actions were with

the full knowledge and approval of USC's athletics department, and

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violate both Tennessee's statutory and common law prohibition against inducement of breach of contract. Tennessee Football is

entitled to compensatory, statutory and/or punitive damages as a result of Defendants' actions. 3. Defendants' Theory of the Case: As set forth in

their Answer, Defendants deny Tennessee Football's allegations and claims and deny that Tennessee Football has a legally cognizable claim or is entitled to any damages. Defendants submit that the

Court should dismiss the case and award Defendants all appropriate relief. 4. Identification of the Issues: No issues have been

resolved, other than jurisdiction and venue. 5. Need for Other claims or Special Issues Under Rule

13-15, 17-21, and Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: At this time the parties do not anticipate any other claims or special issues arising under these rules. 6. of persons Witnesses: The parties shall disclose the identities with discoverable information in their initial

disclosures in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1). 7. Initial Disclosures and Staging of Discovery: (a) Initial Disclosures. The parties shall serve

their initial disclosures on or before September 28, 2010. (b) Written Discovery. In accordance with this

Court's lifting the stay of discovery on August 17, 2010, both

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parties served written discovery in this case.

Plaintiff served

written discovery on Defendants on August 13, 2010, and Defendants responded to such written discovery on September 13, 2010.

Defendants served written discovery on Plaintiff on August 20, 2010, and Plaintiff shall respond to such written discovery no later than September 20, 2010. Both parties have served subpoenas Interrogatories

for the production of documents on third parties.

to each party shall be limited to 35, including subparts. (c) Fact Depositions. All fact depositions shall

be completed no later than March 15, 2011. (d) Expert Witness Disclosures. The party having

the burden on an issue will make their expert witness disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) no later than February 1, 2011. Opposing side shall provide their Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) expert witness disclosures no later than February 22, 2011. Expert

witness depositions shall be completed no later than March 15, 2011. Prior to filing any discovery-related motion, the parties shall schedule and conduct a telephone conference with Magistrate Judge Brown. The counsel requesting the conference shall check

with opposing counsel as to their availability before setting a time certain with the Court. 8. Dispositive Motions: Dispositive motions shall be

filed no later than April 5, 2011. Responses shall be filed within

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21 days.

Replies shall be filed no later than seven days after the

response. If dispositive motions are filed early, the response and reply dates shall be moved up accordingly. The motion and response are limited to 25 pages and the reply is limited to five pages, absent Court permission for longer pleading. The parties may request oral argument on any dispositive motion once they are filed. 9. Consent to Trial by the Magistrate Judge: The

parties do not consent to trial before the Magistrate Judge. 10. Trial Date: Plaintiff has demanded a jury trial, the

estimated length of which will be approximately three to four days, depending on what issues remain for trial. After consulting with

Judge Nixon's courtroom deputy, this matter is set for trial on August 2, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. Judge Nixon will conduct the final Judge Nixon

pretrial conference on July 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

will issue a separate order covering his requirements for the final pretrial conference and the trial. 11. Subsequent Case Management Conference: A telephone

conference with Magistrate Judge Brown to discuss case progress is set for Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. To participate in

the conference call, parties shall call 615-695-2851 at 1:30 p.m. 12. Electronic Discovery: The parties have reached an Thus, the

agreement on how to conduct electronic discovery.

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default standard contained in Administrative Order 174 need not apply in this case. It is so ORDERED. /s/ Joe B. Brown JOE B. BROWN United States Magistrate Judge

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