Opinion
20608-18 7097-19 7703-19
11-30-2022
EXCELSIOR AGGREGATES, LLC, BIG ESCAMBIA VENTURES, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, ET AL., Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Albert G. Lauber, Judge
These cases are calendared for trial at a special session of the Court beginning at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, December 5, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. By means of informal communication received by the Court's staff on November 26, 2022, respondent submitted a request asking the Court to schedule a remote pretrial hearing on Friday, December 2, 2022, for the purpose of enabling the parties to address, before the start of trial, the recently filed motions in limine on which the Court has yet to rule. Respondent indicated that certain other pretrial matters might also need to be discussed. In subsequent informal communication received by the Court's staff on November 28, 2022, petitioners have agreed to participate in the requested hearing. We will accordingly grant respondent's request.
In consideration of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that these cases are scheduled for a pretrial hearing during which the Court will hear argument from the parties on the subject of the unresolved motions in limine and address other pretrial matters at a special hearing session to be conducted remotely via Zoomgov at a time certain of 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Friday, December 2, 2022. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve on the parties a Notice of Remote Proceeding that shall contain comprehensive instructions on how to participate in the above-referenced remote hearing.