EX-99.(A)(33) 5 dex99a33.htm MOTION BY THE PARENT NOMINEES Motion by the Parent Nominees

Exhibit (a)(33)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA DIVISION

 

GOLD KIST INC.,

 

Plaintiff,

 

v.

 

PILGRIM’S PRIDE CORPORATION, et
al.,

 

 

 

Defendants.

 

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CIVIL ACTION FILE

NO. 1:06-CV-2441

    

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2), Defendants Gary D. Tucker, Robert L. Hendrix, Walter F. Shafer, III, Tim Thomas, Robert A. Wright, Jane T. Brookshire, and J. Clinton Rivers (collectively “Individual Defendants”) hereby move to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction.

As set forth more fully in the accompanying brief, this Court does not have personal jurisdiction over the Individual Defendants. The Complaint does not allege that the Individual Defendants had any contacts with this forum, much less any specific contacts that purportedly would give rise to Plaintiff’s suit. As a result, there is no basis upon which this Court can exercise jurisdiction over the

 

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Individual Defendants without violating the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

WHEREFORE, Defendants Gary D. Tucker, Robert L. Hendrix, Walter F. Shafer, III, Tim Thomas, Robert A. Wright, Jane T. Brookshire, and J. Clinton Rivers respectfully request that this Court grant their motion to dismiss.

Respectfully submitted, this 10th day of November, 2006.

 

Of Counsel:

  

/s/Michael C. Russ

Mark D. Taylor (pro hac vice pending)

  

Michael C. Russ

Texas Bar No. 19713250

  

Georgia Bar No. 620200

Kimberly F. Rich (pro hac vice pending)

  

Jeffrey S. Cashdan

Texas Bar No. 24010344

  

Georgia Bar No. 115775

Adam T. Dougherty (pro hac vice pending)

  

Shannon F. Cox

Texas Bar No. 24026809

  

Georgia Bar No. 192661

Maricela Siewczynski (pro hac vice pending)

  

Michael J. Cates

Texas Bar No. 24032753

  

Georgia Bar No. 116356

BAKER & McKENZIE

  

KING & SPALDING LLP

2300 Trammell Crow Center

  

1180 Peachtree Street, NE

2001 Ross Avenue

  

Atlanta, GA 30309

Dallas, TX 75201

  

Telephone: (404) 572-4600

Telephone: (214) 978-3089

  

Facsimile: (404) 572-5100

Facsimile: (214) 978-9099

  

David J. Laing (pro hac vice pending)

  

Brian F. Burke (pro hac vice pending)

  

BAKER & McKENZIE

  

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS

815 Connecticut Avenue, NW

  

GARY D. TUCKER, ROBERT L.

Washington, DC 20006-4078

  

HENDRIX, WALTER F. SHAFER, III,

Telephone: (202) 452-7023

  

TIM THOMAS, ROBERT A. WRIGHT,

Facsimile: (202) 452-7074

  

JANE T. BROOKSHIRE, AND

J. CLINTON RIVERS

 

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

Pursuant to Rule 7.1(D) of the Local Rules of the Northern District of Georgia, counsel for Defendants hereby certifies that this Motion was prepared in a font and point selection approved by this Court and authorized in Local Rule 5.1B.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I do hereby certify that I have this day electronically filed the foregoing DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will automatically send email notification of such filing to the following attorneys of record:

Peter Kontio

Kevin E. Grady

Jay D. Bennett

Theodore J. Sawicki

Kristine McAlister Brown

Valarie C. Williams

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, GA 30309-3424

This 10th day of November, 2006.

 

/s/ Michael J. Cates

   

Michael J. Cates

 

 

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