Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

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***CORRECTED DOCUMENT REPLACES DOCUMENT #52 WHICH WAS FILED IN ERROR***Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Responsive Pleadings by Wells Fargo & Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, National Association, U.S. Bancorp, U.S. Bank, National Association, Wachovia Corporation, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Suntrust Banks, Inc., Suntrust Bank, BB&T Corporation, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Bancorpsouth, Inc., Bancorp South Bank, Compass Bancshares, Inc.,. Compass Bank, Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., The Frost National Bank, First Horizon National Corporation, First Tennessee Bank, National Association, HSBC North America Holdings Inc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Harris, N.A., National City Corporation, National City Bank, Zions Bancorporation, Zions First National Bank, Bank of New York Co., Inc., The Bank of New York Co, Inc., Unionbancal Corporation, Union Bank of California National Association, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., City National Corporation, City National Bank, Comerica Incorporated, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, First Citizens Bancshares, Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Keycorp, Keybank National Association, Lasalle Bank Corporation, Lasalle Bank NA, M&T Bank Corporation, M&T Bank, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Bank, National Association UBS Americas, Inc., Small Value Payments Company, LLC, The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC, First Data Corporation, Telecheck Services, Inc., Remitco, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A#2 Text of Proposed Order)(Melsheimer, Thomas) Modified on 4/17/2006 (sm, ).

Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION DATA TREASURY CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. WELLS FARGO & CO., et al. Defendants CAUSE NO. 2:06-CV-72 DF

JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS Plaintiff Data Treasury Corporation ("Plaintiff") and the defendants listed in attached Exhibit "A" (collectively "Defendants"), submit this Agreed Motion and respectfully would show the Court as follows: WHEREAS Plaintiff filed and served or attempted to serve Defendants with the Original Complaint such that responsive pleadings for those Defendants properly served would be due as to the Original Complaint within the next week; WHEREAS Plaintiff subsequently filed but has not served an Amended Complaint in this action; WHEREAS in order to expedite handling of the initial responsive pleadings in this matter, Plaintiff and Defendant have agreed that: 1. None of the Defendants need file an answer to the Original Complaint filed in the above-captioned lawsuit. 2. Defendants have until and including June 1, 2006, to answer or otherwise plead to the Amended Complaint.

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Plaintiff need not formally serve the Defendants with the Amended Complaint and may serve counsel for each Defendant informally by service on Tom Melsheimer and/or Brett Johnson of Fish & Richardson P.C. (Counsel for the Bank of America entities) who will distribute the Amended Complaint to inhouse, and to the extent retained, outside counsel, for the Defendants.

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Defendants will not seek a further extension of the June 1, 2006 deadline for answering or otherwise filing responsive pleadings as to the Amended Complaint.

Accordingly, Plaintiff and Defendants respectfully pray the Court enter an order directing that: 1. None of the Defendants need file an answer to the Original Complaint filed in the above-captioned lawsuit. 2. Defendants have until and including June 1, 2006, to answer or otherwise plead to the Amended Complaint. 3. Plaintiff need not formally serve the Defendants with the Amended Complaint and may serve counsel for each Defendant informally by service on Tom Melsheimer and/or Brett Johnson of Fish & Richardson P.C. (Counsel for the Bank of America entities) who will distribute the Amended Complaint to inhouse, and to the extent retained, outside counsel, for the Defendants. 4. Defendants will not seek a further extension of the June 1, 2006 deadline for answering or otherwise filing responsive pleadings as to the Amended Complaint.

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Respectfully submitted, Dated: April 14, 2006 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

By: /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer Texas State Bar No. 13922550 M. Brett Johnson Texas Bar No. 00790973 1717 Main Street Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75201 214-747-5070 (Telephone) 214-747-2091 (Telecopy) Attorneys for Defendants BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and with Authority from Defendants Listed on Exhibit " A" of the Instant Motion PROVOST UMPHREY LAW FIRM, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Joe Kendall Joe Kendall Texas State Bar No. 11260700 Karl Rupp Texas Bar No. 24035243 3232 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700 Dallas, TX 75204 Attorneys for Plaintiff DATA TREASURY CORPORATION

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By:/s/ M. Brett Johnson by permission on behalf of the following counsel:1 James M. Susag Chief Litigation Counsel U.S. Bancorp and U.S. Bank, N.A. 800 Nicollett Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402 Richard P. Hogan, Jr. State Bar No. 09802010 Jennifer Bruch Hogan State Bar No. 03239100 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2 Houston Center 909 Fannin Street 22nd Floor Houston TX 77010 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) [e-mail] Counsel for: UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. UNION BANCAL CORPORATION THE BANK OF NEW YORK BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. Kurt M. Sauer Texas State Bar No. 17673700 Daffer McDaniel, LLP 700 Lavaca Street Suite 720 Austin, Texas 78701-3119 Counsel for: CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. AND FROST NATIONAL BANK Michael C. Driscoll Vice President and Associate General Counsel M&T Bank and M&T Bank Corporation 1
It should be noted that counsel whose names appear on behalf of the various defendants but who are not licensed in Texas and/or who have not made application for admission to practice in this court are not intending to appear before the court and are joining as signatories solely for purposes of the agreement referenced herein and to indicate their client's consent thereto. JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS - Page4
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200 One M&T Plaza Buffalo, New York 14203 Glen M. Boudreaux Texas State Bar No. 02696500 Boudreaux, Leonard, Hammond & Curcio, PC 909 Fannin, Suite 2350 Houston, Texas 77010 Counsel for: HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. AND HSBC BANK USA, N.A. Daniel A. Friedlander Senior Attorney National City Corporation and National City Bank 17th Floor, National City Center 1900 East Ninth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Preston McGee Flowers, Davis 1021 E Southeast Loop 323 Suite 200 Tyler, TX 75701 Counsel for: THE CLEARINGHOUSE PAYMENT COMPANY, L.L.C./SMALL VALUE PAYMENTS COMPANY Morgan Chu David I. Gindler Rachel Capoccia Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Counsel for: CITY NATIONAL BANK AND CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION Gerald C. Conley Texas Bar No. 04664200 Andrews Kurth LLP 1717 Main Street, Suite 3700
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Dallas, TX 75201 Counsel for: COMPASS BANK AND COMPASS BANCSHARES, INC. Rebecca Ruppert McMahon Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel KeyCorp 127 Public Square, 2nd Floor Cleveland, OH 44114-1306 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) [e-mail] Counsel for: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and KEYCORP Donalt J. Eglinton N.C. State Bar No. 010314 Ward and Smith, P.A. 1001 College Court P.O. Box 867 New Bern, NC 28563-0867 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) [e-mail] Counsel for: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC AND FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY William H Boice Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Atlanta 1100 Peachtree St., Ste 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) [e-mail] Georgia State Bar # 065725 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Counsel for: WACHOVIA CORPORATION
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BB&T CORPORATION BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY COMERICA INCORPORATED COMERICA BANK AND TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Hollie Lussier Counsel Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 100 Sockanosset Crossroads Cranston, Rhode Island Mail Code: RDC 360 D. Ferguson McNiel, III William L. LaFuze Vinson & Elkins 2300 First City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, Texas 77002 Counsel for: UBS AMERICAS, INC. Heather L. Hansche Chapman & Cutler 111 West Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60603-4080 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) Counsel for: HARRIS BANKCORP, INC. AND HARRIS, N.A. Bob Lem Anne Marie Palfrey In House Counsel Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Helen Pudlin Robert Pugh In House Counsel PNC Bank, National Association and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
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John H. McDowell, Jr. Texas Bar No. 13570825 Gregory Perrone Texas Bar No. 24048053 Hughes & Luce LLP 1717 Main Street, Suite 3800 Dallas, TX 75201 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy Counsel for: BANCORP SOUTH, INC. AND BANCORPSOUTH BANK Ingrid O. Chilton In House Counsel First Horizon National Corporation and First Tennessee Bank National Association 165 Madison Ave., Fl. 8 Memphis, TN 38103 [phone] [e-mail] Brian Edwards In House Counsel SunTrust Banks, Inc. and SunTrust Bank Melvin R. Wilcox III Lead Attorney Texas State Bar No. 21454800 Smead Anderson & Dunn 2110 Horseshoe Lane Longview, Texas 75605 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) Email: [e-mail] Counsel for: ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK Edward G. Poplawski Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, L.L.P. 555 W. Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy)
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Counsel for: LASALLE BANK NA LASALLE BANK CORPORATION FIRST DATA CORPORATION TELECHECK SERVICES, INC. REMITCO, LLC John G. Flaim Texas Bar No. 00785864 Baker & McKenzie LLP 2300 Trammell Crow Center 2001 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75201 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) Counsel for: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on April 14, 2006 to all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court's CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). Edward L. Hohn D. Neil Smith Nix Patterson & Roach, L.L.P. 205 Linda Drive Daingerfield, TX 75638 C. Cary Patterson Richard Benjamin King Nix Patterson & Roach, L.L.P. 2900 St. Michael Dr., 5th Floor Texarkana, TX 75503 Rod A. Cooper, JD, MA The Cooper Law Firm 545 E. John Carpenter Freeway Suite 1460 Irving, TX 75062 Eric M. Albritton Albritton Law Firm 109 W. Tyler Longview, TX 75601 T. John Ward Jr. Law Office of T. John Ward, Jr. P.C. 109 W. Tyler Longview, TX 75601 Attorney for Plaintiff Data Treasury Corporation

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/s/ M. Brett Johnson M. Brett Johnson
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