Free Declaration - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04—cv—01482-GI\/IS Document 116-2 Filed 08/13/2007 Page 1 013
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A /,»/ 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DAVIS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, HOLDEX, LLC,: Civi1 Actiem
Q FOSTON MANAGEMENT, LTD., end :
OMNI TRUSTHOOSE, LTO. :
5 P1eint1ife, :
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7 NEW START GROUP CORP., VENITOM CORP. :
PAN—AMERICAN CORP., MDM BANK :
8 URAL—GORNO METALURAGICAL COMPANY :
I EVRAZ HOLDING, MIKHAIL CHERNOI, :
9 OLEG DERIPASKA, ARNOLD KISLIN :
MIKHAIL NEKRICH, and ISKANDER :
10 MAKMUDOV, :
Defendants. : N0. 04~1482—GMS
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MANAGEMENT, LTD., and :
14 OMNI TRUSTHOUSE, LTD. :
P1eintiffe, :
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NEW START GROUP CORP., :
17 VENITOM CORP.,, PAN—AMERICAN :
CORP., MDM BANK, ORAL—GORNO :
IS METALURAGICAL COMPANY, :
EVRAZ HOLDING, MEKHAIL CHERNOI : »
19 OLEG DERIPASRA, ARNOLD KISLIN :
MIERAIL NERRICH, emé ISKANDER :
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é/l 1 whether you have the right to stay in front of that forum.
i 11 2 And they, following the rules, the defendants, said, no,
3 this is not where this matter should be litigated, it should
é be litigated a federal forum. After al1, there is a federal
5 guestion. You did not file that motion to remand this
6 matter to the Court of Chancery here in Qelaware.
7 MR. MARKS: Because our position is if they have
C 8 chosen this Court, they shouldn't be able to say it is
9 inconvenient. They chose it. We didn't.
10 THE COURT: No. They may have chosen this forum
ll because they wanted the opportunity to do just what they are
12 doing and say, Judge, this has already been decided in
iyt ..,. 13 Federal Court, you need to throw it out.
14 MR. MARKS: What‘s the point of that, Your
15 Honor? We file in state court again.
16 THE COURT: You could stay on that
l? merry—go-round forever, 1 guess.
13 { NR. MARKS: 1 think the import of the Supreme
19 I Court case is that you can't have this merry—go—round. if
20 1 defendants decide they don*t want to he in federal Court, so
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21 E he it. than ae have a right to litigate it in state court.
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22 E Thi CQSRY: ns. Cohen, what do you say to that? ;
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23 § ?he plaintiff is arguing that you are defeating your own 1
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; Ee Q interests, essentially, hy continuing to remove. 1
E5 i NS. CCEEE: Your honor, two things. 1 thier dr. I
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