Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
NIHON TSUSHIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA d/b/a )
JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., )
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Plaintiffs, )
) C.A. N0.: 07-619-JJF
v. )
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DONALD DAVIDSON, et al., )
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Defendants. )
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE
ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO STAY OR TRANSFER

The Delaware Defendants] by and through their undersigned counsel, and pursuant to
Rule l2(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby move this Court to dismiss, stay,
or transfer the above-styled action.
I. The grounds in support of this Motion are set forth more fully in the Delaware
Defendants’ Opening Brief in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, Motion
to Stay or Transfer, a copy of which was filed contemporaneously with this Motion.
2. The Delaware Defendants have made the requisite showing to enable this Court to
grant its Motion. Specifically, this action is due to be dismissed, stayed, or transferred pursuant
to the "tirst-iiled" doctrine articulated by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Crosley Corp. v.
I JCI named each of the following individuals and/or entities as defendants in the Delaware Action:
Donald Davidson (“Davidson"), J. Chandler Hall ("Hgll"), RNR Ventures, LLC ("RNR"), Angus Adair Wolfgang,
Inc. (“AAW"), David Izatt ("@"), HRC, LLC, Lioce Investments, LLC, Shatas Partners, Ltd., Bryan W. Butler,
Jacalyn A. Butler, William McCa1y, Billie Joe McCary, Jean T. Moore, Margaret T. Moore, David S. Butler, John
Jurenko, William Scott McCarty, Todd J. Slyman, Franklin Street Investments, LLC, Brindlee Capital, LLC, Heide
Williams, David Nichols, Mark Nicolas, James V. Balch, Alan L. Nordlinger, Forrest R. Hairston, Sr., Dixie D.
Wolf; Michael W. Solley, Samuel P. McManus, Steven D. Marx, Anthony A. Gann, Gregory J. Clayton, J. Jeffrey
Irons, Vicki C. Irons, City Light Capital, LLC, Louis K. Sisco, Jr., Gregory K. Gum, E. Wayne Bonner, Thomas M.
Griggs, Dale B. Griggs, Webber Investments, John R. Coleman, Donna C. Coleman, Charles T. Houser, Prasada
Kakani, Bhavani K.D. Kakani, Robert E. Thurber, Eleanor B. Thurber, and David J. Slyman, Jr. (collectively, the
"Delaware Defendants"). This Motion and corresponding Brief are filed on behalf of all the Delaware Defendants.
Contemporaneously with this Motion, undersigned counsel filed a separate Motion to Dismiss the Delaware Action
on behalf of Izatt based on the fact that he is not subject to personal jurisdiction in Delaware.
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Hazeltine Com., 122 F.2d 925, 929-30 (3d Cir. 1941) and the Delaware Supreme Court in
McWane Cast Iron Pipe Com v. McDowell—Wellman Eng’g Co., 263 A.2d 281 (Del. 1970).
3. In the alternative, this action is due to be stayed in accordance with rules
governing federal abstention, as articulated in Sea Colony. Inc. v. Alcan Aluminum Com., 653
F.Supp. 1323 (D. Del. 1987). As a second alternative, even if the "tirst-tiled’° doctrine and rules
governing abstention were inapplicable, this action is due to be transferred to the District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § l404(a) and the doctrine of
forum non conveniens.
Accordingly, the Delaware Defendants request this Court to dismiss this action, with
prejudice or, in the alternative, stay this action or transfer it to the District Court for the Northern
District of Alabama.
Dated: November 30, 2007 Respectfully submitted, l
GRE TRAU

Donald J. Detweiler (N o. 3087)
Dennis A. Meloro (No. 4435)
The Nemours Building
1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (302) 661-7000
[email protected]
[email protected]
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MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, P.C.
G. Bartley Loftin, lll
Douglas B. Hargett
655 Gallatin Street, S.W.
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Telephone: (256) 512-0171
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MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE P.C.
W. Percy Badham, H1
Will A. Smith
2400 AmSouth/Harbert Plaza
1901 Sixth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Telephone: (205) 254-1000
Attorneys for the Defendants
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Undersigned counsel hereby certifies that service of this document has been made upon
the following by electronic delivery and by U.S. mail, properly addressed and postage prepaid:
Thomas C. Grimm
1201 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-1347
E-mail: [email protected]
Jay D. Bennett
Paul J. Kaplan
Jonathan B. Davis
Atsrow & Bran LLP
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 303 09~3424
E—mail: [email protected]
[email protected] ‘
[email protected]
Dennis A. Meloro (No. 4435)
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