Opinion
11832-20
11-19-2024
AVENTIS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
David Gustafson Judge
Trial of this case will begin February 10, 2025, as previously ordered. On August 15, 2024, the parties to this case filed a "Motion to Modify Pretrial Schedule and Trial Date" (Doc. 82), which we granted (see Doc. 88), thereby setting a detailed pretrial schedule to which the parties had agreed. That same day we issued a standing pretrial order ("SPTO", Doc. 89) that also set various deadlines. Some of those deadlines in the SPTO varied from the schedule that the parties had agreed on and that we had ordered, but we did not then observe the discrepancies. We now observe them. It is therefore
ORDERED that the deadlines stated in our SPTO (Doc. 89) are vacated to the extent that they are inconsistent with the deadlines imposed in our simultaneous order (Doc. 88), which shall remain in effect. It is further
ORDERED that, in composing and submitting their pretrial memoranda (due January 17, 2025), the parties shall be aware that the Court may not order post-trial briefing of this case. It is further
ORDERED, notwithstanding paragraph 1 of the SPTO (Doc. 90), that, in view of our having already previously entertained petitioner's motion for summary judgment (see Docs. 37, 75), no motion under Rule 121 for summary judgment or partial summary judgment may be filed without leave of the Court (which leave is not likely to be granted). However, the Court would favorably entertain a joint motion for submission of the case under Rule 122.