UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERA TRAE COMMISSION
 

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In the Matter of ) 

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) Docket No. 9327 

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Polypore International, Inc. ) PUBLIC DOCUMENT 

a corporation ) 

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COMPLAINT COUNSEL'S RESPONSE TO RESPONDENT'S 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY BRIEF 

Respondent does not state any rule or law to indicate that it is entitled to file a reply to 

Complaint Counsel's Response to Respondent's Motion for In Camera Treatment. Respondent 

is not entitled to such a reply, yet it nevertheless fies a copy of its proposed reply with its 

motion, essentially obviating any opportunty to discuss the merits of such a reply with 

Complaint Counsel. 

In its motion for leave to fie a reply brief, Respondent asserts only thee reasons that it 

should be permitted to file a reply: 

1. To address omissions and misleading assertions in Complaint Counsel's brief;
 

2. To assist the ALl to understand why in camera treatment is necessar; and
 

3. The reply wil be limited to responding to Complaint Counsel's arguents.
 

However, Respondent's proposed reply does none ofthose things. It does not indicate a single 

.. omission or misleading assertion, it does not discuss why in camera treatment is necessar, and it 
certainly does not respond to any of Complaint Counsel's arguents. Rather, Respondent's
 

proposed brief merely complains that Complaint Counsel has not opposed third par motions for
 

in camera treatment and inaccurately suggests that Complaint Counsel is seeking that all of 

Respondent's documents be made public, which it says, nonsensically, and without any support, 

would be bad for competition. i 

Accordingly, Complaint Counsel respectfully requests that Respondent's Motion For 

Leave to File Reply Brief 
 be denied, and its Proposed Reply to Complaint Counsel's Opposition 

to Respondent's Motion for In Camera Treatment of Certain Trial Exhibits be strcken. 

Dated: April 24, 2009 Respectfully submitted, 

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'ERT ROBERTSON 

Fed al Trade Commission 

Bureau of Competition 

600 Pennsylvana Ave., NW 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 325-2008 

Fax: (202) 326-2884 

Complaint Counsel 

i Ironically, the only support cited in Respondent's papers is a Commission pamphlet 

Competition Matters. It is worth noting that Complaint Counsel offered to give Respondent 

additional time to correct its in camera designations, but Respondent refused. 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERA TRAE COMMISSION
 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of ))

Docket No. 9327 

POL YPORE INTERNATIONAL, INC. )
 Respondent. )	 

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PROPOSED ORDER 

Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Reply Brief is DENID. Respondent's Proposed 

Reply to Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Respondent's Motion for In Camera Treatment of 

Certain Trial Exhibits is hereby STRICKEN. 

ORDERED 

D. Michael Chappell 

Administrative Law Judge 

Date: 
CERTIFICA TE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on April 24, 2009 I fied via hand and electronic mail delivery an 

original and two copies of the foregoing Complaint Counsel's Response to Respondent's 

Motion for Leave to File Reply Brief with: 

Donald S. Clark, Secretar 

Offiçe of the Secretar 

Federal Trade Commssion 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Rm. H-135 

Washington, DC 20580 

I hereby certify that on April 
 24, 2009, I served via electronic mail and mail delivery a 

copy of the foregoing Complaint Counsel's Response to Respondent's 

Motion for Leave to File Reply Brief with: 

The Honorable D. Michael Chappell 

Administrative Law Judge 

Federal Trade Commssion 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-106 

Washington, DC 20580 

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I hereby certify that on April 
 24, 2009, I served via electronic mail delivery and first 

class mail two copies of the foregoing Complaint Counsel's Response to Respondent's 

Motion for Leave to File Reply Brief with: 

Wiliam L. Rikard, Jr., Esq. 

Eric D. Welsh, Esq. 

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, LL 

401 South Tryon Street, Suite 3000 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 

wiliamkard (gparkerpoe.com
 

ericwelsh (gparkerpoe.com 

Linda Cunningh 

Federal Trade Co 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2638 

lcunningham (g ftc. gov