Memorandum

To:	Judge J.D. Smith
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	A98A1361 . Linda Sommerfield , et al v. Amy Norton, et al
Date:	June 26, 1998

Attached please find the Motion to Reschedule Oral Argument. Ordinarily I handle motions to reschedule oral argument for the Court. This is one of the cases which was set for oral argument on June 8. As you recall, we rescheduled oral arguments on June 8th because of Judge Birdsong's death.

I seldom reschedule oral arguments. Generally, the only time I will do so is if there is a true emergency situation. Generally, vacations and the "I'm the only one in the firm who can handle the oral arguments" are not sufficient for me to grant a rescheduling of oral argument.

In a situation such as this, where oral argument is rescheduled by the Court through no fault of the parties, I am a little more liberal about rescheduling. This particular case, if we reschedule oral argument, we will have to take it over to the September Term. We ordinarily do not move oral arguments from one term to the next because we lose the ability to track them on the Court's Automated Distress List. That is not to say we cannot track them manually, but we must all be careful so that the case does not get lost.

Do you wish to reschedule oral argument in this matter or do you wish for me to handle it without involving you? Please let me know your feelings.

Thank you.

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