Letter from Smiley to opposing counsel RE: pretrial order
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November 23, 1999
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State of North Carolina
MICHAEL F. EASLEY Department of Justice
ATTORNEY GENERAL i P.O. BOX 629 REPLY TO: Tiare B. Smiley
RALEIGH Special Litigation
FAX: (919) 716-6763
November 23, 1999
BY FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL
Robinson Everett
Doug Markham
Marty McGee
Seth Neyhart
Everett & Everett
Post Office Box 586
Durham, NC 27702
Re: Pre-trial Order
Dear Gentlemen:
Defendants and defendant-intervenors object to the last minute fuselage of designations of depositions of witnesses who will appear and testify at trial. This is contrary to our original agreement in which the parties represented to the Court that designations would be done after trial. If we are going to complete the stipulations, exhibit lists, objections and other parts of the pre-trial order for filing Wednesday, there is simply not adequate time to complete this mad and tardy race to designate that plaintiffs have initiated.
Defendants and defendant-intervenors are forwarding with this letter their designations of deposition testimony for witnesses that will not be appearing at trial. (Bourne, Froelich, Everett,
Cromartie, Muse, Weaver and Webster; Linville to follow.)
We intend to state on the pre-trial order that defendants and defendant-intervenors reserve
the right to designate deposition testimony at the close of the trial. In addition, please put the following objections for plaintiffs’ deposition designations for Weber, Cooper, Jones, McMahan,
Winner, Worth and Baker: “Hearsay; F.R.Civ. P., Rule 32; Duplication; Contrary to agreement of the parties represented to Court.”
[n addition, plaintiffs deleted Deposition Exhibit 37 from the exhibit list. Defendants have
added it back to the list. It is a black and white exhibit, so that we assume you do not need us to
provide you copies for the notebooks you are preparing.
Robinson Everett
Doug Markham
Marty McGee
Seth Neyhart
November 23, 1999
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With regard to stipulations:
(1) no we will not stipulate to #120 and #121 based on Ms. Evans e-mail;
(2) your requested stipulation vaguely referring to the summary judgment memorandum
is not sufficient and no we will not attempt at this late date to verify the accuracy of
the numbers in that opinion. (This also appears to be duplicative of some of the
Weber deposition exhibit materials you have desi gnated as exhibits.)
When can we expect to see the next draft of the stipulations? We assume you received
defendants’ and defendant-intervenors™ contentions and additional stipulations.
Sincerely,
BATES
Tiare B. Smiley
Special Deputy Attorney Gener]
TBS/sp
CC: Todd Cox
Adam Stein
Reuben Oscar Everett
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Jacob Henry Froelich, Jr.
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Joel K. Bourne
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Alma Lois Weaver
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Martin Luther Cromartie
Exhibits Number 42, 43, 44
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Thomas Chandler Muse
Exhibit Number 74
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Dr. Gerald R. Webster
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