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Case 1:97-cv-00586-SLR Document 488 Filed 08/17/2006 Page 1 of 2
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
RONALD CANTOR, IVAN SNYDER and :
JAMES A. SCARPONE, as TRUSTEES OF :
THE MAFCO LITIGATION, and as :
SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO MARVEL :
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. et al., :
Plaintiffs, Z
v. C. A. No. 97-586-KAJ
RONALD O. PERELMAN, MAFCO
HOLDINGS INC., MacANDREWS & FORBES :
HOLDINGS INC., ANDREWS GROUP INC., :
WILLIAM C. BEVINS and DONALD G. :
DRAPKIN, :
Defendants.
FIRST AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER
At Wilmington, Delaware, this 17th day of August, 2006,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court’s October 18, 2005 Scheduling Order
(D.l. 430), is hereby amended as follows:
1. Pretrial Conference On November 30, 2006, the Court will hold a Rule
16(d) Final Pretrial Conference in Chambers with counsel beginning at 4:00 p.m.
2. Motions in Limine. Motions in Limine shall not be separately filed. All in
limine requests and responses thereto shall be set forth in the proposed pretrial order.
Each party shall be limited to five in limine requests, unless othenrvise permitted by the
Court. The in limine request and any response shall contain the authorities relied upon;
each in limine request may be supported by a maximum of five pages of argument and
may be opposed by a maximum of five pages of argument. lf more than one party is
supporting or opposing an in limine request, such support or opposition shall be

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combined in a single five (5) page submission, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
No separate briefing shall be submitted on in Iimine requests, unless otherwise
permitted by the Court.
3. Jury Instructions, Voir Dire, and Special Verdict Forms. lf the case is to be
tried to a jury, pursuant to Local Rules 47 and 51, the parties should simultaneously
exchange draft proposed instructions to the jury, special verdict forms and jury
interrogatories on August 7, 2006. The parties shall file proposed voir dire, instructions
to the jury, and special verdict forms and jury interrogatories three full business days
before the final pretrial conference. That submission shall be accompanied by a
computer diskette (in WordPerfect format) which contains the instructions, proposed
voir dire, special verdict forms and jury interrogatories.
4. @ This matter is scheduled for a bench trial beginning at 9:00 a.m. on
January 2,2007and shall conclude on January 16, 2007.
All other deadlines as set forth in the court’s October 18, 2005 Scheduling Order
(D.I. 430) shall remain in effect.
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