American Airlines Inc v. Travelport Limited et al

Filing 400

MOTION for Leave to File Sur-Reply in Opposition to American's Motion to Compel the Second Deposition of Sabre Witnesses filed by Sabre Holdings Corporation, Sabre Inc, Sabre Travel International Ltd, with Brief/Memorandum in Support. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Sur-Reply) (Fredricks, Scott) Modified filers on 8/31/2012 (klm).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Plaintiff, VS. CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:11-CV-244-Y (Relates to Motion Referred to Magistrate Judge Cureton) TRAVELPORT LIMITED, et al. Defendants. SABRE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUR-REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN’S MOTION TO COMPEL THE SECOND DEPOSITION OF SABRE WITNESSES American’s Reply in Support of its Motion to Compel [Doc. 397] seeks specific relief not requested in its initial motion—an order compelling Sabre to provide dates for the re-deposition of Sam Gilliland, Sabre’s CEO. Accordingly, Sabre respectfully requests the opportunity to file the attached sur-reply addressing this new issue. “A sur-reply is appropriate by the non-movant only when the movant raises new legal theories or attempts to present new evidence at the reply stage.” Murray v. TXU Corp., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10298, *13 (N.D. Tex. 2005); see also Myers v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54517, *9 (N.D. Tex. 2010) (granting leave to file a sur-reply where movant raised new arguments for the first time in reply). Here, American’s reply brief seeks for the first time an order compelling a second deposition of Mr. Gilliland. American did not request a second deposition of Mr. Gilliland in its initial motion, never conferred with Sabre concerning this additional relief, and still has not 1 briefed—for the Court’s benefit, or for Sabre to adequately respond—why a second deposition of this witness is warranted. In short, this issue is not properly before the Court at this time. Accordingly, Sabre requests leave to file the short sur-reply attached to this motion. Dated: August 30, 2012 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Scott A. Fredricks Ralph H. Duggins Texas Bar No. 06183700 Scott A. Fredricks Texas Bar No. 24012657 Philip A. Vickers Texas Bar No. 24051699 CANTEY HANGER LLP Cantey Hanger Plaza 600 West 6th Street, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX 76102-3685 Phone: (817) 877-2800 Fax: (817) 877-2807 sfredricks@canteyhanger.com pvickers@canteyhanger.com rduggins@canteyhanger.com Chris Lind Illinois Bar No. 6225464 Andrew K. Polovin Illinois Bar No. 6275707 Andrew MacNally Illinois Bar No. 6293271 BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP Courthouse Place 54 West Hubbard Chicago, IL 60654 Phone: (312) 494-4400 Fax: (312) 494-4440 chris.lind@bartlit-beck.com andrew.polovin@bartlit-beck.com Donald E. Scott Colorado Bar No. 2129 Illinois Bar No. 2531321 2 Karma M. Giulianelli Colorado Bar No. 30919 California Bar No. 184175 Sean C. Grimsley Colorado Bar No. 36422 California Bar No. 216741 Sundeep K. (Rob) Addy Colorado Bar No. 38754 BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP 1899 Wynkoop Street, 8th Floor Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone: (303) 592-3100 Fax: (303) 592-3140 donald.scott@bartlit-beck.com karma.giulianelli@bartlit-beck.com sean.grimsley@bartlit-beck.com rob.addy@bartlit-beck.com George S. Cary D.C. Bar No. 285411 Steven J. Kaiser D.C. Bar No. 454251 Larry C. Work-Dembowski D.C. Bar No. 486331 Kenneth Reinker D.C. Bar. No. 999958 CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 974-1500 Fax: (202) 974-1999 gcary@cgsh.com skaiser@cgsh.com lwork-dembowski@cgsh.com kreinker@cgsh.com Attorneys for Sabre Inc., Sabre Holdings Corporation, and Sabre Travel Int’l Ltd. d/b/a Sabre Travel Network 3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that on August 30, 2012, Andrew MacNally (counsel for Sabre) conferred with Rob Velevis and Michelle Hartmann (counsel for American) concerning the relief requested herein. Mr. Velevis stated that American is opposed to this motion. Therefore, this motion is submitted to the Court for determination. /s/ Scott A. Fredricks Scott A. Fredricks CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of the foregoing document via the Court’s CM/ECF system pursuant to the Court’s Local Rule 5.1(d) on August 30, 2012. /s/ Scott A. Fredricks Scott A. Fredricks 4

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