IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 20-23481-KMW/TORRES

TIM-MINN, INC.; et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TIM HORTONS USA INC.,

Defendant.

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DEFENDANT TIM HORTONS USA INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFFS’ 

COUNTERSTATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACT

Defendant Tim Hortons USA Inc. (“THUSA”), by and through its undersigned counsel 

and pursuant to S.D. Fla. L.R. 56.1(d), files this Motion to Strike Plaintiffs’ Counterstatement of 

Material Fact and states:

1. On January 31, 2022, THUSA filed its Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 133] 

and its Statement of Material Facts (“THUSA’s SMF”). ([DE 129])

2. On February 21, 2022, Plaintiffs filed their Response to THUSA’s Statement of 

Material Facts and their Counterstatement of Material Fact (“Plaintiffs’ Response”). (See [DE 

136]).

3. Local Rule 56.1(a)(2) provides:

An opponent’s Statement of Material Facts shall clearly challenge any purportedly 

material fact asserted by the movant that the opponent contends is genuinely in dispute. 

An opponent’s Statement of Material Facts also may thereafter assert additional material 

facts that the opponent contends serve to defeat the motion for summary judgment.

4. Pages 1-5 of Plaintiffs’ Response contain Plaintiffs’ 49 admissions and denials of 

the 49 factual allegations in THUSA’s SMF. (See [DE 136] at p. 1-5). 

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5. Pages 6-20 of Plaintiffs’ Response contain Plaintiffs’ “additional facts” Nos. 50-

158 in opposition to THUSA’s summary judgment motion. (See [DE 136] at p. 6-20).1

6. L.R. 56.1(b)(2)(D) provides:

Any additional facts that an opponent contends are material to the motion for summary 

judgment shall be numbered and placed immediately after the opponent’s response to the 

movant’s Statement of Material Facts. The additional facts shall use separately numbered 

paragraphs beginning with the next number following the movant’s last numbered 

paragraph. The additional facts shall be separately titled as “Additional Facts” and 

may not exceed five (5) pages (beyond the ten (10)-page limit for the opponent’s 

Statement of Material Facts. (emphasis added)

7. Despite that the Local Rule only permits 5 pages of Additional Facts, Plaintiffs 

have asserted 15 pages of Additional Facts. (See id.; [DE 136] at page 6-20). 

8. Local Rule 56.1(d) provides that:

If a party files and serves any Statement of Material Facts that does not comply with this 

rule, then the Court may strike the Statement, require immediate compliance, grant relief 

to any opposing party for any prejudice arising from a non-compliant statement or 

response, or enter other sanctions that the Court deems appropriate.

9. Because Plaintiffs’ Additional Facts do not comply with L.R. 56.1, they should be 

stricken. 

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD FAITH CONFERENCE PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7.1

Pursuant to Fla. L. R. 7.1(a)(3)(A), undersigned counsel certifies that counsel for THUSA

made a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised in this motion with counsel for Plaintiffs, and 

that Plaintiffs’ counsel opposes the relief requested in this motion.

 

1 This section is titled “Plaintiffs’ Counterstatement of Material Fact,” instead of “Additional 

Facts” as required by L.R. 56.1(b)(2)(D).

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GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA, P.A.

Counsel for Tim Hortons USA, Inc.

4400 Miami Tower

100 Southeast Second Street

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (305) 349-2300

s./ Jessica Serell Erenbaum

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Michael D. Joblove, Florida Bar No.: 354147

mjoblove@gjb-law.com

Jessica Serell Erenbaum, Florida Bar No. 816000

jerenbaum@gjb-law.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 7, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing 

document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document 

is being served this day on all counsel of record identified on the attached Service List in the 

manner specified, either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF 

or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive 

Notices of Electronic Filing.

 s./ Jessica Serell Erenbaum

Attorney

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SERVICE LIST

Tim-Minn, Inc. v. Tim Hortons USA, Inc.

CASE NO. 20-cv-23481-KMW

Michael D. Joblove, Esq.

mjoblove@gjb-law.com

Nina Greene, Esq.

ngreene@gjb-law.com

Jessica Serell Erenbaum

jerenbaum@gjb-law.com

GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA, P.A.

4400 Miami Tower

100 Southeast Second Street

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (305) 349-2300

Facsimile: (305) 349-2310

Attorneys for Defendant Tim Hortons USA, Inc.

Gerald A. Marks - Pro Hac Vice

jerry@marksklein.com

Steven T. Keppler - Pro Hac Vice

steven@marksklein.com

MARKS & KLEIN, LLP

63 Riverside Avenue

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

Telephone: (732) 747-7100

Facsimile: (732) 219-0625

Attorneys for Plaintiff Tim-Minn, Inc.

SERVED VIA CM/ECF

Adam G. Wasch, Esq.

awasch@waschraines.com

Natalie M. Restivo, Esq.

nrestivo@waschraines.com

WASCH RAINES, LLP

2500 North Military Trail, Suite 100 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

Telephone: (561) 693-3221

Facsimile: (561) 404-1104

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SERVED VIA CM/ECF

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