Welcome to the preliminary proceedings in "HCO versus Alabama Instruments". I believe the defendant has two motions?
That's correct. We have filed a motion to dismiss, and if that does not succeed, we would like to remand this case to a federal court as it is clearly a copyright case.
What does HCO counsel have to say on this?
We deny both motions. This is clearly a contract case: We wanted to offer them a contract and they refused!
OK. I'm not going to get late for lunch, so I deny both motions and accept jury trial for this case.
Good decision. I believe the table is ready for you, your honor.