DATATREASURY CORP. v. WELLS FARGO & CO.

No. 2:06-CV-72-DF.

490 F.Supp.2d 749 (2006)

DATATREASURY CORP., Plaintiff, v. WELLS FARGO & CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Marshall Division.

October 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Lewis Hohn, Edward K. Chine, Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP - Irving, Irving, TX, Anthony Kyle Bruster, Charles Cary Patterson, Louis Brady Paddock, Richard Benjamin King, Nix Patterson & Roach LLP — Texarkana, Texarkana, TX, Elton Joe Kendall, Karl Anthony Rupp, Provost Umphrey — Dallas, Dallas, TX, Eric M. Albritton, Longview, TX, Harold Wayne Nix, Nix Patterson & Roach LLP — Daingerfield, Daingerfield, TX, Rodney Allyn Cooper, Cooper Law Firm, Irving, TX, Thomas John Ward, Jr., Law Office Of T John Ward Jr. PC, Longview, TX, for Datatreasury Corp.

Brian John Hurst, Jay Forrest Utley, John G. Flaim, Weldon Barton Rankin, Baker & McKenzie, Dallas, TX, Howard N Wisnia, Baker & McKenzie — San Diego, San Diego, CA, Robert William Weber, Texarkana, TX, for Wells Fargo & Co.

Andrew Thompson Gorham, Charles Ainsworth, Robert Christopher Bunt, Robert M Parker, Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C., Tyler, TX, Thomas M "Melsheimer, Fish & Richardson — Dallas, Dallas, TX, for Bank of America Corp., Bank of America, Nat. Ass'n.

Anthony Hyeok Son, John J Feldhaus, George Christopher Beck, Liane M Peterson, Foley & Lardner, Washington, DC, Jeremy M Thompson, Foley & Lardner LLP, Orlando, FL, for U.S. Bancorp, U.S. Bank, Nat. Ass'n., National City Corp., National City Bank, Zions BanCorp., Zions First Nat. Bank.

Audra A Dial, William H. Boice, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP — Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, E Danielle Thompson Williams, John Steven Gatdner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP NC, Winston-Salem, NC, Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for Wachovia Corp., Wachovia Bank, Nat. Ass'n, BB & T Corp., Branch Banking and Trust Co.

Samuel Franklin Baxter, Marshall, TX, Garret Wesley Chambers, Leslie David Anderson, Theodore Stevenson, III, McKool Smith — Dallas, Dallas, TX, Geoffrey Lawrence Smith, Peter John Ayers, McKool Smith — Austin, Austin, TX, for Suntrust Banks, Inc., Suntrust Bank.

John H McDowell, Gregory Perrone, Hughes & Luce — Dallas, Dallas, TX, for BancorpSouth, Inc., Bancorp South Bank.

Gerald C Conley, Tonya Michelle Gray, Andrews & Kurth, Dallas, TX, for Compass Bancshares, Inc., Compass Bank, First Horizon Nat. Bank, First Tennessee Bank, Nat. Ass'n.

Kurt Matthew Sauer, Stacy L Zoern, Daffer McDaniel, LLP, Austin, TX, Andrew Wesley Spangler, Elizabeth L Derieux, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III, Brown McCarroll — Longview, Longview, TX, for Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., Frost Nat. Bank.

Glen Morrison Boudreaux, Tim Steven Leonard, Boudreaux Leonard Hammond & Curcio, PC, Houston, TX, Amr 0 Aly, Irah H. Donner, Paul B. Keller, Wilmerhale-New York, New York, NY, Wayne L Stoner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr — Boston, Boston, MA, for HSBC BANK USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.

Robert Marc Manley, Lesley David Anderson, Martin C. Robson, III, McKool Smith, Dallas, TX, Brandon M White, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker — Washington, Washington, DC, Paul J Wilson, Robert M Masters, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker — Washington, Washington, DC, for Harris BankCorp, Inc., Harris, N.A.

Jennifer Parker Ainsworth, Wilson Sheehy Knowles Robertson & Cornelius PC, Tyler, TX, Raymond L Sweigart, Ross Ritter Barton, Scott J Pivnick, William P. Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman — Va, McLean, VA, for Bank of New York Co., Inc., UnionBancal Corporation, Union Bank of California National Association.

Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

Claude Edward Welch, Law Office of Claude E Welch, Lufkin, TX, F Michael Speed, Jr., James L Kwak, Standley Law Group LLP, Dublin, OH, Jeffrey S Standley, Standley & Gilcrest LLP, Dublin, OH, for Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Audra A Dial, William H. Boice, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP — Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, Bret Thomas Winterle, E Danielle Thompson Williams, John Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP NC, Winston-Salem, NC, Eric L Sophir, Stephen E. Baskin, Kilpatrick Stockton — Washington, Washington, DC, Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for Comerica Inc., Comerica Bank & Trust, National Ass'n., M & T Bank Corp., M & T Bank.

Edward G Poplawski, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Los Angeles, CA, Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Larry Dean Carlson, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., David Osborn Taylor, Baker Botts — Dallas, Dallas, TX, Donalt J Eglinton, Ward & Smith, PA, New Bern, NC, for First Citizens BancShares, Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

Samuel Franklin Baxter, McKool Smith — Marshall, Marshall, TX, Garret Wesley Chambers, Lesley David Anderson, Theodore Stevenson, III, McKool Smith — Dallas, Dallas, TX, Geoffrey Lawrence Smith, Peter John Ayers, McKool Smith — Austin, Austin, TX, for KeyCorp., Keybank Nat. Ass'n., PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Bank, Nat. Ass'n.

Jeffrey A Finn, Sidley Austin — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Andrew Wesley Spangler, Elizabeth L Derieux, Brown McCarroll, Long-view, TX, Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III, Brown Mccarroll — Longview, Longview, TX, for LaSalle Bank Corp., LaSalle Bank, N.A.

Preston Worley Mcgee, Flowers Davis LLP, Tyler, TX, Ronald A Clayton, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto — New York, New York, NY, DC, for Clearing House Payments Co., LLC.

David A Dillard, Pasadena, CA, Joel A. Kauth, Christie Parker & Hale LLP, Jamboree Newport Beach, CA, for MagTek, Inc.

Carissa A Tener, Sidley Austin — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Lance Lee, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for FirstData Corp., Telecheck Services, Inc., REMITCO, LLC.

Theodore Stevenson, III, Garret Wesley Chambers, Lesley David Anderson, McKool Smith — Dallas, Dallas, TX, Geoffrey Lawrence Smith, Peter John Ayers, McKool Smith — Austin, Austin, TX, for Electronic Data Systems Corp.

William L. Lafuze, D Ferguson McNiel, Vinson & Elkins — Houston, Houston, TX, Harry Lee Gillam, Jr., Gillam & Smith, LLP, Marshall, TX, Scott Wayne Breedlove, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, D Ferguson McNiel, Vinson & Elkins — Houston, Houston, TX, for UBS Americas, Inc.

Phillip Brett Philbin, Haynes And Boone, Dallas, TX, Marti A Johnson, Paramjeet Singh Sammi, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP — NYNY, New York, NY, for ViewPointe Archive Services, LLC.

David I Gindler, Andrew D. Weiss, Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, Morgan Chu, Rachel M. Capoccia, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Kurt Matthew Sauer, Daffer McDaniel, LLP, Austin, TX, Andrew Wesley Spangler, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III, Brown McCarroll — Longview, Long-view, TX, for City Nat. Corp., City Nat. Bank.


ORDER

FOLSOM, District Judge.

Before the Court is the Motion of Defendants EDS, Harris, Key, PNC, and Suntrust to Sever and Stay the Claims Relating to the Ballard Patents Pending Reexamination of the Ballard Patents (Dkt. No. 260). Most of the remaining defendants join in this motion. Dkt. Nos. 262, 263, 267, 271, 272, 273, 278, 281, 282, 284, 285, 289, 290 & 319. Defendants BB & T Corporation...

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