American Airlines Inc v. Travelport Limited et al

Filing 381

Joint MOTION to Extend Time filed by American Airlines Inc, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC, Sabre Holdings Corporation, Sabre Inc, Sabre Travel International Ltd, Travelport Limited, Travelport, LP (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) (Pentz, Justin)

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

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
TRAVELPORT LIMITED, et al.,
Defendants.

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JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES
Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and Defendants Travelport Limited;
Travelport, LP; Sabre Inc.; Sabre Holdings Corp.; Sabre Travel International LTD; and Orbitz
Worldwide, LLC (collectively “Defendants”, and together with American “the Parties”), through
their undersigned counsel, respectfully move for an extension of certain case deadlines relating
to expert discovery and dispositive motions set forth in the Court’s Order Granting Motion to
Extend and Denying Certain Motions as Moot [Doc. 359].1
On July 25, 2012, Plaintiff served four expert reports containing 293 single-spaced pages
of text. Travelport served a 91-page expert report in support of its counterclaims. Accordingly,
given the substantial work that needs to be done to respond to the various reports, the Parties
have agreed that a 30-day extension of the expert deadlines is necessary.2 An extension would
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The Parties do not, however, request an extension for the deadline for the completion of fact
discovery, which is September 14, 2012.
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As part of this agreement, the Parties have also agreed that American may have a two-week
extension to respond to Travelport’s Second Set of Interrogatories, which were served on July 3,
2012. American’s responses to those Interrogatories shall now be due August 20, 2012.

make expert disclosures for each party defendant due on September 26, 2012. Rebuttal expert
disclosures would be due on October 24, 2012.
The parties also request a corresponding 30-day extension in the deadline for pretrial and
dispositive motions, so that these will continue to be due after the conclusion of expert
discovery. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that the Court extend the deadline for all
pretrial and dispositive motions, except for motions in limine, to November 15, 2012.

Dated: August 8, 2012

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Yolanda Cornejo Garcia
Yolanda Cornejo Garcia

/s/ Michael L. Weiner
Michael L. Weiner
[e-mail]
DECHERT LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-6797
212.698.3608
212.698.3599 (Fax)

R. Paul Yetter
State Bar No. 22154200
Anna Rotman
State Bar No. 24046761
YETTER COLEMAN LLP
909 Fannin, Suite 3600
Houston, Texas 77010
713.632.8000
713.632.8002 (fax)

Mike Cowie
[e-mail]
Craig G. Falls
[e-mail]
DECHERT LLP
1775 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
202.261.3300
202.261.3333 (Fax)

Bill Bogle
State Bar No. 025661000
Roland K. Johnson
State Bar No. 00000084
HARRIS, FINLEY & BOGLE, P.C.
777 Main Street, Suite 3600
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
817.870.8700
817.332.6121 (fax)

Carolyn H. Feeney
[e-mail]
Justin N. Pentz
[e-mail]
DECHERT LLP
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.994.4000
215.994.2222 (Fax)

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Yolanda C. Garcia
State Bar No. 24012457
Michelle Hartmann
State Bar No. 24032401
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
200 Crescent Court, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75201-6950
214.746.7700
214.746.7777

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, Texas 76102
817.334.0400
817.334.0401 (Fax)

Of Counsel:
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
M.J. Moltenbrey
875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
202.551.1700
202.551.1705 (Fax)

John T. Schriver
[e-mail]
Paul E. Chronis
[e-mail]
DUANE MORRIS LLP
190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois 60603-3433
312.499.6700
312.499.6701 (Fax)

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
Richard A. Rothman
James W. Quinn
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
212.310.8426
212.310.8285 (fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc.

/s/ Scott A. Fredricks
Ralph H. Duggins
Texas Bar No. 06183700
([e-mail])
Scott A. Fredricks
Texas Bar No. 24012657
([e-mail])
Philip A. Vickers
Texas Bar No. 24051699
([e-mail])
CANTEY HANGER LLP
Cantey Hanger Plaza
600 West 6th Street, Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX 76102-3685
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Faith E. Gay
[e-mail]
Steig D. Olson
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10010
212.849.7000
212.849.7100 (Fax)
Attorneys for Defendants
Travelport Limited and Travelport, LP

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/s/ Christopher S. Yates
Christopher S. Yates
California State Bar No. 161273
Email: [e-mail]
Daniel M. Wall
California State Bar No. 102580
Email: [e-mail]
Brendan A. McShane
California State Bar No. 227501
Email: [e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Chris Lind
Illinois Bar No. 6225464,
Colorado Bar No 27719
([e-mail])
Andrew K. Polovin
Illinois Bar No. 6275707
([e-mail])
Andrew C. MacNally
Illinois Bar No. 6293271
([e-mail])
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN
PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

John J. Little
Texas State Bar No. 12424230
Email: [e-mail]
LITTLE PEDERSEN FANKHAUSER
LLP
901 Main Street, Suite 4110
Dallas, TX 75202-3714
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Donald E. Scott
Colorado Bar No. 21219,
Illinois Bar No. 2531321
([e-mail])
Karma M. Giulianelli
Colorado Bar No. 30919,
California Bar No. 184175
([e-mail])
Sean C. Grimsley
Colorado Bar No. 36422,
California Bar No. 216741
([e-mail])
Sundeep K. (Rob) Addy
Colorado Bar No. 38754
([e-mail])
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN
PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP
1899 Wynkoop Street, 8thFloor
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Defendant
Orbitz Worldwide, LLC

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George S. Cary
([e-mail])
Steven J. Kaiser
([e-mail])
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &
HAMILTON LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants Sabre Inc.,
Sabre Holdings Corporation, and Sabre Travel
International Limited

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 8th day of August 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.

/s/ Justin N. Pentz
Justin N. Pentz