Opinion
11794-21
12-20-2023
RANCH SPRINGS, LLC, RANCH SPRINGS INVESTORS, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Albert G. Lauber Judge
This case was originally calendared for trial on December 11, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, but the trial date was continued. On November 9, 2023, the case was reassigned to the undersigned for trial or other disposition. By Order served November 9, 2023, we directed the parties to file, by December 11, 2023, a status report proposing a new trial date and a revised pre-trial schedule.
On December 11, 2023, the parties filed a joint status report requesting that we calendar this case for a two-week special trial session in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning on Monday, June 17, 2024. The parties included in their report a proposed pre-trial schedule that is acceptable to the Court in most respects. As requested by the parties, the Court will hold a remote hearing during the week of Monday, June 10, 2024, to hear argument on any motions in limine. However, to provide sufficient time to consider such motions, the Court has changed the deadline for filing motions in limine from Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (as proposed by the parties) to Friday, May 24, 2024, and the deadline for responding to motions in limine from Friday, June 7, 2024 (as proposed by the parties) to Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
It is accordingly, ORDERED that this case is set for trial at a two-week special session of the Court starting at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, June 17, 2024, in room C650, Estes Kefauver Courthouse, 801 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. The undersigned will be presiding. It is further
ORDERED that the parties are directed to adhere to the following pre-trial schedule:
Deadline
Description
April 29, 2024
Last date to file any motions to compel stipulations pursuant to Rule 91(f)
May 10, 2024
Last date to file pretrial memorandum, which shall identify all witnesses expected to testify at trial
May 17, 2024
Last date to identify and exchange proposed trial exhibits
May 24, 2024
Last date to file any motions in limine
June 5, 2024
Last date to file oppositions to any motions in limine
June 12, 2024
Last date to exchange demonstrative exhibits
TBD
Remote special hearing to consider any motions in limine during the week of Monday, June 10, 2024, to be scheduled subject to the availability of a Court reporter.
June 17, 2024
Trial commences
This Order constitutes official notice of its contents to the parties.