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Headwater Research LLC v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al, No. 2:23-cv-00352 (E.D. Tex. July 14, 2025)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:23-cv-00352, Dkt. No. 397
Decided
July 14, 2025
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J. — Marshall
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations for 346 Report and Recommendations re 173 Motion for Summary Judgment of Verizons First, Fifth, and Sixth Affirmative Defenses. (Motion(s)346, 173 terminated)
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1 page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

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HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC,

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Plaintiff, §

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v.

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Case No. 2:23-cv-00352-JRG-RSP VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.,

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CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON

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WIRELESS, and VERIZON CORPORATE

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SERVICES GROUP, INC.,

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Defendants. §

ORDER

Plaintiff Headwater Research LLC previously filed a Motion for Summary Judgment of Verizon’s First, Fifth, and Sixth Affirmative Defenses. (Dkt. No. 173.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 346), recommending grant in part of Headwater’s Motion with respect to summary judgment precluding Verizon’s affirmative defense . of laches, but otherwise denying the Motion. Because no objections have been filed and because of the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, the Recommendation is ADOPTED. It is therefore ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment of Verizon’s First, Fifth, and Sixth Affirmative Defenses (Dkt. No. 173) is GRANTED only with respect to summary judgment precluding Verizon’s affirmative defense of laches, but is otherwise DENIED.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 14th day of July, 2025.

RODNEY GILSTRAP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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