Free Motion to Substitute Party - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT IN RE XEROX CORPORATION ERISA LITIGATION This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS December 6, 2007 Master File No. 02-CV-1138 (AWT) CLASS ACTION

PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY DEFENDANTS IN PLACE OF DECEASED DEFENDANTS EUNICE M. FILTER AND WILLIAM ROSCOE OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR FILING A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IN RELATION TO SUCH DECEASED DEFENDANTS Plaintiffs move pursuant to Rule 25(a)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P., for an order substituting the following parties as defendants in place of deceased Defendant Eunice M. Filter ("Filter Substitute Defendants"): (1) Henry Charles Filter, III;

(2) Henry Charles Filter, III, and John Musicaro, Jr., as Trustees of the Trust for the benefit of Henry Charles Filter, III and his descendants under Article II of the Eunice M. Filter Insurance Trust under Agreement dated January 19, 1995, c/o John Musicaro, Jr., Cummings & Lockwood LLC, Six Landmark Square, Stamford, CT 06901; and (3) Jerry W. Hostetter and John Musicaro, Jr., Trustees of the Marital Trust under Article IV of the Eunice M. Filter Revocable Trust dated February 25, 2002, c/o John Musicaro, Jr., Cummings & Lockwood LLC, Six Landmark Square, Stamford, CT 06901. Plaintiffs also move pursuant to Rule 25(a)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P., for an order substituting the following party as defendant in place of deceased Defendant William Roscoe ("Roscoe Substitute Defendant"): Barbara D. Roscoe.

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Plaintiffs have been advised by counsel for the Filter and Roscoe estates that the foregoing are the correct parties to substitute. However, to guard against the possibility that Plaintiffs have been misadvised regarding the identities of the proper substitute parties, Plaintiffs also move pursuant to Rule 6(b), Fed. R. Civ. P., for an order enlarging the time within which Plaintiffs must move to substitute new defendants for Defendants Eunice M. Filter and William Roscoe, if that is necessary, from the present deadline of December 10, 2007 (90 days after the Defendants served their Rule 25, Fed. R. Civ. P., suggestion of death) until sixty (60) days after it is determined and Plaintiffs are advised that the foregoing substitute party information is incorrect and learn of the correct substitute party information. In support of their Rule 25 motion, Plaintiffs state that Defendants Eunice M. Filter and William Roscoe are deceased and that the ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §1001, et seq., claims alleged in this lawsuit survive their death. In addition, this motion is timely, is believed to name the proper parties, and has been properly served. The requirements of Rule 6(b), Fed. R. Civ. P., likewise are satisfied, the interests of justice will be served by granting this Rule 6(b) motion, and Plaintiffs will be prejudiced by its denial, all as further set forth in Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of this motion, submitted contemporaneously herewith.

Dated: December 6, 2007

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Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Charles R. Watkins

FUTTERMAN HOWARD WATKINS WYLIE & ASHLEY, CHTD.
Charles R. Watkins (ct23936) [email protected] John R. Wylie (ct23937) [email protected] 122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: (312) 427-3600 Facsimile: (312) 427-1850 Co-Lead Counsel

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
Elizabeth A. Leland (ct01338) [email protected] Erin M. Riley [email protected] 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-1900 Facsimile: (206) 623-3384 Co-Lead Counsel

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
Gary A. Gotto (ct23952) [email protected] 3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 1400 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Tel: 602-248-0088 Fax: 602-248-2822 Co-Lead Counsel

LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL M. HARRIS
Daniel M. Harris [email protected] 150 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3000 Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: (312) 960-1802 Facsimile: (312) 960-1936 Steering Committee Counsel

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BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C.
Sherrie R. Savett [email protected] Joy Clairmont [email protected] 1622 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-6365 Telephone: (215) 875-3000 Facsimile: (215) 875-4503 Steering Committee Counsel

SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP
Marc A. Topaz [email protected] Joseph H. Meltzer [email protected] 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 Telephone: (610) 667-7706 Facsimile: (610) 667-7056 Steering Committee Counsel

STEMBER FEINSTEIN DOYLE & PAYNE, LLC
Ellen M. Doyle [email protected] The Allegheny Building, 17th floor 429 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Telephone: (412) 281-8400 Facsimile: (412) 232-3730 Steering Committee Counsel for the Union Plan

MCTIGUE & PORTER LLP
Brian McTigue [email protected] Jennifer H. Strouf [email protected] 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 350 Washington, DC 20015 Telephone: (202) 364-6900 Facsimile: (202) 364-9960 Steering Committee Counsel for the Union Plan

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GOODMAN ROSENTHAL & MCKENNA PC
John F. McKenna (ct00104) [email protected] 977 Farmington Avenue, Suite 200 West Hartford, CT 06107 Telephone: (860) 231-2800 Facsimile: (860) 523-9235 Liaison Counsel
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