Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:01-CV-0485 (CONSOLIDATED).
March 9, 2007
ORDER
AND NOW, this 9th day of March, 2007, upon consideration of the correspondence submitted by the parties, and following a telephone conference with the parties, in which Arlington Industries, Inc. ("Arlington") requests that portions of Bridgeport Fitting, Inc.'s supplemental Markman brief (Doc. 344) and of the expert declaration of J. Brian P. Williamson (Doc. 345, Ex. 13) be stricken from the record, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Arlington Industries, Inc.'s request to strike portions of Bridgeport Fitting, Inc.'s supplemental Markman brief and of the expert declaration of J. Brian P. Williamson is DENIED.
2. Arlington Industries, Inc. shall be permitted to file, on or before March 30, 2007, a reply to Bridgeport Fitting, Inc.'s supplemental Markman brief.
a. The reply shall be limited solely to the new legal arguments raised in the supplemental brief.
b. The reply shall not exceed six (6) pages.
Arlington specifically requests that paragraphs 9 through 16 and paragraph 21 of the expert declaration be stricken. Arlington also requests that Section IV and the beginning of Section V of the supplemental Markman brief be stricken, as well as the new legal arguments in the brief.