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HEARING DATE AND TIME: March 29, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. (Eastern time) OBJECTION DEADLINE: March 22, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.. (Eastern time) John Lewis Mealer, pro per (pro se) 6333 Gardenia Lane Show Low, Arizona 85901 [email protected], 928-532-8191 CREDITOR/CLAIMANT UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ) MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY, et al., ) Chapter 11 Case No. ) f/k/a General Motors Corp., et al. ) 09-50026 (REG) ) Debtor ) Jointly Administered ) ) ) ) ) (Creditor's Principal Brief) ) CREDITOR'S RESPONSE, OBJECTION and MOTION TO DENY THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN DEBTOR'S OBJECTION, DISAGREEMENT and MOTION TO DENY ENTRY OF ORDER DISALLOWING and EXPUNGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM NO. 70792 FILED BY JOHN L MEALER Creditor/Claimant/Plaintiff Mealer's Response, Disagreement, Objection and Motion is based on the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed and timely served concurrently all pleadings and papers on file herein and such pleadings as filed in the Arizona District Court Case No: 3:10-cv-08172-JWS, which is integral to this complaint and attached hereto as Exhibits, and upon such oral and documentary evidence as may be presented at a hearing if necessary on this [responsive] principal brief Motion To Deny the Relief Requested in Debtor's Objection and Motion To Deny Entry of Order Disallowing and Expunging Administrative Claim No. 70792 Filed By John L Mealer.. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. Relief Requested........................................................................................................... 2 II. Jurisdiction …............................................................................................................... 5 III. Preliminary Statement (Background of Mealer's Claims)............................................ 6 IV. Debtor's liability is clear and concise............................................................................. 7 V. Internet Postings (Doctrine of Accord and Satisfaction Improperly Applied).................9 VI. Background …............................................................................................................... 16 1. These Chapter 11 Cases …................................................................................ 16 A. Exceptions Debtor(s) MLC, NGMCO (“GM”) bankruptcy protection. 16 1). July 10, 2009 …........................................................................ 16 2). Permitted Encumbrances …...................................................... 16 B. Mealer's First filing in these Ch. 11 cases …........................................ 21 C. Mealer's Adversary Proceeding …........................................................ 22 D. Mealer's Lawsuit in Arizona State Court and Arizona District Court... 25 E. Mealer's Administrative Proof of Claim (“APC”)................................ 27 VII. Argument ….................................................................................................................. 28 VIII. Sheer Speculation vs Inferential Allegations .….......................................................... 32 A. Standing …............................................................................................ 32 B. Cause …................................................................................................ 32 IX. Conclusion ….............................................................................................................. (38) X. Motion to Deny Entry of Order Disallowing and Expunging Administrative Claim no. 70792 Filed by John L. Mealer …............................................................... 39 XI. AFFIDAVIT …............................................................................................................. 39 XII. Certificate of Service and Service List ......................................................................... 40, 41 (i) TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Pages(s) 4A Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure §1082 (3d ed. 2010) … 22 15 U.S.C. § 1291 et seq......................................................................................................................... 30 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(B). …............................................................................................................... 39 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(B), (O), and § 157(b)(5) …............................................................................... 5 28 U.S.C. § 157(c)(1), Id. § 157(b)(3), Id. § 157(c)(2) First Circuit (1996) …................................................................................................................ 5 49 U.S.C. §§ 11341-11342 (1982)......................................................................................................... 30 Amini v Oberlia Coll., 259 F.3d 493, 502 (6th Cir. 2001))............................................................................................9, Arizona Constitution in Article 18, Section 3.................................................................................... 34 ARS § 20-455 Defamation …................................................................................................................. 6 Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp., 472 U.S. at 602, 603 …............................................................................................................ 39 Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp., 472 U.S. 585, 596 n.19 (1985) …............................................................................16-21, 28, 34 Averitt, [A.F.S., 767 F.2d at 972 Commission's Policy Statement, 108 F.T.C.A., At 362], 70 Geo.L.J. At 246...................................................................................................16-21, 29, 34 Bassett v NCAA, 28 F.3d 426, 430 (6th Cir. 2008) ….........................................................................................9, Bell Atl. Corp v Twombly, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1969 (2007)........................................................................................................ 9 Berkey Photo, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 603 F.2d 263, 291 (2d Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1093 (1980)..........12, 13, 16-21, 28, 34 Bethel v. New York Transit Authority, 1998 N.Y. Int. 0113 (October 15, 1998).......................................................................7, 8, 12, 35 Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCready, 457 U.S. 465, 478 nn. 12-13 (1982) ….................................................................................... 34 (ii.) TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Pages(s) Boag v. MacDougall, 454 U.S. 364, 365 (1982)........................................................................................................... 22 Broad v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., Black’s Law Dictionary, [reasonable care] Gardner B.A.,2004, p. 1061), 642 F.2d 929, 961-62 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 965, 102 S.Ct. 506, 70 L.Ed.2d 380 (1981); ….....................................................................................................................7, 8, 12, 35 Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 509 U.S. 209, 222 (1993)...........................................................................................16-21, 28, 34 Brown v. Kendall, Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts. §288C. 60 Mass. 292 (1850)..................................................................................................................... 9 Car Carriers, Inc. v Ford Motor Co., 745.F2d 1101. 1106 (7th Cir. 1984).....................................................................................6, 9, 33 Caribbean Broadcasting System, Ltd. v. Cable & Wireless PLC, 148 F.3d 1080, 1087 (D.C. Cir. 1998). …......................................................................14-24, 26, 30, 31 City of Tempe v. Pilot Properties, Inc., 22 Ariz. App. 356, 363, 527 P.2d 515, 522 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1974) (Slander of Title).. 13, 36 Clinkscales v. Carver, Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts. §288C. 22 Cal.2d 72 (1934)..................................................................................................................... 9 Cook v. Avien, Inc., Black’s Law Dictionary, [duty of reasonable care] Gardner B. A., 2004, p. 1061), 573 F.2d 685, 692 (1st Cir.1978);.................................................................................7, 8, 12, 35 County of Tulare v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 1247, 1253. …................................................................................................. 31 Doe v Friendfinder Network, Inc., 540 F Supp.2d. 288 (D.N.H. 2008). ….............................................................................. 38, 39 Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc., 504 U.S. 451, 480 at 488 (1992) (Scalia, J., dissenting at 488)...............................16-21, 28, 34 Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp v Barnes 259 B.R. 328 (S.D.) 28 USC § 157(d);....................................................................................... 5 Espinoza v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts. §288C. 649 N.E.2d 1323 (Ill. 1995).......................................................................................................... 9 F. Harper & F. James, Jr., The Law of Torts 1367 (1956). ….................................................7, 8, 12, 35 (iii.) TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Pages(s) Fed. R. Civ P. Rule 41(a)(2) ….............................................................................................................. 5 Fedie v. Travelodge