SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC., | CHANCERY DIVISION: MERCER COUNTY DOCKET NO. C-83-11. Plaintiff, v, VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, Defendant. DEFENDANT VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS Of Counsel and on the Brief: Douglas S. Eakeley Melissa Toner Lozner Peter Slocum LOWENSTEIN SANDLER PC 65 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 (973) 597-2500 Of Counsel: William Savitt Andrew J.H. Cheung Ryan A. McLeod Adam S. Hobson WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 (212) 403-1000 Attorneys for Defendant Vulcan Materials Company CIVIL ACTIONTABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRELIMINARY STATEMENT a! BACKGROUND 4 ARGUMENT. a = 8 I. The Justiciability Issue Must Be Resolved at the Threshold... 8 IL Martin Marietta Is Not Entitled to the Extraordinary Relief it Seeks. sees ‘A. Martin Marietta’s claims have no likelihood of success because they are unripe and subject to dismissal wl Martin Marietta has failed to identify any imminent, irreparable harm. «0.000000 17 C, The discovery Martin Marietta seeks is not narrow, and the discovery Vulcan will require is extensive. 18 D. Martin Marietta’s proposed schedule is vexatious... evens 20 2 CONCLUSION...TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Page Abbott v. Burke, 196 NJ. 544 (2008) .. ll Abbott Labs. v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967 12 Abtrax Pharm,, Ine. v. Elkins-Sinn, Inc., 139 NJ. 499 (1995) orereerene 9n2 Alaska Servs., Inc. v. Cty. of Morris, ‘No. A-0371-06T3, 2007 N.J. Super. LEXIS 2878 (App. Div. Aug. 23, 2007).... 16 Better Packages, Inc. v. Zheng, ‘No. 05-4477, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30119 (D.N.J. May 17, 2006)...... 10 0,4, 18 Boy Racer, Inc. v. Di ‘No. 211-CV-2329-PSG, 2011 US. Dist. LEXIS 132404 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 13, 2011) soon 9.2 in Action v. Twp. of Mt. Holly, ‘No. A-1099-0523, 2007 N.J. Super. LEXIS 1437 (App. Div. July 5, 2007)... Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Martinelli, LLC, 2006 WL 3199176 (NJ. Super. Ct. Nov. 3, 2006). Crowe v. DeGioia, 90 N.J. 126 (1982), afd, 102 NJ. 50 (1986)... DeVesa v. Dorsey, 134 N.J. 420 (1993) Farmers Coop. Co. v. United States, 90 Fed. Cl. 72 (Fed. Cl. 2009)... ‘enichel v. City of Ocean City, ‘No. A-5933-06T2, 2009 N.J. Super. LEXIS 2140 (App. Div. Aug. 6, 2009) Freeman v. Lincoln Beach Motel, 182 N.J. Super. 483 (Law Div. 1981). GH. v. Twp. of Galloway, 199 NJ. 135 (2009) Giammargo v. Snapple Beverage Corp., C.A. No. 13845, 1994 Del. Ch. LEXIS 199 (Nov. 15, 1994)... Gucci America, Inc. v. Daffy’s, Inc., ‘No. 00-4463, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16714 (D.NJ. Nov. 14 2000) ..sssstcnnennene 9 Hughey v. JMS Dev. Corp., 78 F.3d 1523 (11th Cir. 1996) cit 10,20 i 17 16n7 9n3 11, 15, 162.7 9-10 14 oe