American Airlines Inc v. Travelport Limited et al

Filing 260

Joint MOTION to Extend Time of deadlines to exchange expert reports filed by American Airlines Inc, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC, Travelport Limited, Travelport, LP with Brief/Memorandum in Support. (Attachments: #1 Brief in Support) (Friedman, Walker)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION

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AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC"
Plaintiff,
vs.
TRAVELPORT LIMITED, et aI.,
Defendants.

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JOINT MOTION BY PLAINTIFF AMERICAN
AIRLINES, INC. AND DEFENDANTS TRAVELPORT LIMITED,
TRAVELPORT, LP, AND ORBITZ WORLDWIDE LLC TO
EXTEND DEADLINES TO EXCHANGE EXPERT REPORTS
Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc. ("American") and Defendants Travelport Limited and
Travelport, LP (collectively "Travelport"), and Orbitz Worldwide, LLC ("Orbitz") respectfully
move for a two-month extension of the existing expert disclosure deadlines. Specifically,
American, Travelport, and Orbitz request that the current deadlines (see Doc. 209) be adjusted so
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that expert disclosures for each party plaintiff will be due June 15,2012, expert disclosures for
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party defendant will be due on July 16, 2012, and rebuttal expert disclosures will be due

August 15,2012. The requested extension will not affect any of the other dates in the schedule.

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Travelport agrees that it is a "party plaintiff' with respect to its counterclaims.

The grounds for this motion are explained in the accompanying brief, which is
incorporated herein by reference.

Dated: March 14,2012
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Yolanda C. Garcia
Yolanda C. Garcia
State Bar No. 24012457
Michelle Hartmann
State Bar No. 24032401
WElL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
200 Crescent Court, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75201-6950
214.746.7700
214.746.7777 (Fax)
Bill Bogle
State BarNo. 02561000
Roland K. Johnson
State Bar No. 00000084
HARRIS, FINLEY & BOGLE, P.C.
777 Main Street, Suite 3600
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817.870.8700
817.332.6121 (Fax)
R. Paul Yetter
~tate BarNo. 22154200
Anna Rotman
State Bar No. 24046761
YETTER COLEMAN LLP
909 Fannin, Suite 3600
Houston, TX 77010
713.632.8000
713.632.8002 (Fax)

/s/ Michael L. Weiner
Michael L. Weiner
[e-mail]
DECHERTLLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-6797
212.698.3608
212.698.3599 (Fax)
Mike Cowie
[e-mail]
Craig Falls
[e-mail]
DECHERTLLP
1775 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
202.261.3300
202.261.3333 (Fax)
Carolyn H. Feeney
[e-mail]
Justin N. Pentz
[e-mail]
DECHERTLLP
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.994.4000
215.994.2222 (Fax)

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Of Counsel:
Richard A. Rothman
James W. Quinn
WElL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
212.310.8426
212.310-8285 (Fax)
M.l Moltenbrey
DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP
1101 New York Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
202.346.8738
202.346.8102 (Fax)

Attorneysfor Plaintiff
American Airlines, Inc.

Walker C. Friedman
State Bar No. 07472500
[e-mail]
Christian D. Tucker
State Bar No. 00795690
[e-mail]
FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C.
Tindall Square Warehouse No.1
604 East 4th Street, Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817.334.0400
817.334.0401 (Fax)
John T. Schriver
[e-mail]
Paul E. Chronis
[e-mail]
DUANE MORRIS LLP
190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60603-3433
312.499.6700
312.499.6701 (Fax)
Faith E. Gay
[e-mail]
Steig D. Olson
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212.849.7000
212.849.7100 (Fax)

Attorneys for Defendants
Travelport Limited and Travelport, LP

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Isl Christopher S. Yates
Christopher S. Yates
Chris. [e-mail]
Daniel M. Wall
[e-mail]
Brendan A. McShane
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (415) 395~8095
John 1. Little
Texas State Bar No. 12424230
[e-mail]
LITTLE PEDERSEN FANKHAUSER
LLP
901 Main Street, Suite 4110
Dallas, TX 75202-3714
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Defendant
Orbitz Worldwide, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1 (a) & (b), I hereby certify that I conferred with counsel for all
other parties regarding the foregoing motion.
Defendants Sabre, Inc., Sabre Holdings Corporation, and Sabre Travel International, Ltd.
(collectively "Sabre") oppose the motion insofar as it seeks an extension of expert disclosure
deadlines relating to American's claims against Sabre, but do not oppose the motion insofar as it
seeks an extension of expert disclosure deadlines relating to American's claims against
Travelport and Orbitz or Travelport's claims against American. Conferences were held on
March 5 and 6, 2012; the attorneys conferring were Carolyn H. Feeney for Travelport and
Sundeep K. (Rob) Addy and Andrew Polovin for Sabre.
Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc. and Defendant Orbitz Worldwide, LLC join the motion.

/s/ Carolyn H. Feeney
Carolyn H. Feeney

Dated: March 14,2012

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 14th day of March, 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing
document with the clerk of the court for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort
Worth Division, using the electronic case filing system of the court. The electronic case filing
system sent a "Notice of Electronic Filing" to the attorneys of record who have consented in
writing to accept this Notice as service of this document by electronic means.

lsi Walker C. Friedman
Walker C. Friedman

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