Joint Motion to Enter Modified Preservation of Assets Order : U.S. and the State of Minnesota v. ALLTEL Corporation and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
                  Plaintiffs,
                  v.

ALLTEL CORPORATION and
MIDWEST WIRELESS HOLDINGS L.L.C.,
                  Defendants.

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JOINT MOTION TO ENTER
MODIFIED PRESERVATION
OF ASSETS ORDER
Case No. 06-3631 (RHK/AJB)
Filed: 10/30/2008

Plaintiffs, United States of America and the State of Minnesota, and defendants, Alltel Corporation and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C.,⁽¹⁾ jointly move this Court to enter the proposed Modified Preservation of Assets Order transmitted electronically to this Court, for the reasons stated in the following Memorandum.

Dated October 30, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES
FRANK J. MAGILL, JR.
United States Attorney

Greg Brooker
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorney I.D. No. 166066
600 U.S. Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 664-5600
Facsimile: (612) 664-5788

__s/_Hillary B. Burchuk________
Hillary B. Burchuk
Lawrence M. Frankel
Jared A. Hughes
Attorneys
Telecommunications & Media
Enforcement Section
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
City Center Building
1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 8000
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 514-5621
Facsimile: (202) 514-6381
FOR DEFENDANTS ALLTEL
CORPORATION AND MIDWEST
WIRELESS HOLDINGS L.L.C.
William L. Killion (No. 55700)
Faegre & Benson LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
(612) 766-7671
Facsimile: (612) 766-1600
__s/_Jeffrey A. Jaeckel
Jeffrey A. Jaeckel
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 5500
Washington, D.C. 20006-1888
(202) 778-1440
Facsimile: (202) 887-0763

FOR PLAINTIFF STATE OF MINNESOTA

LORI SWANSON
Attorney General
State of Minnesota

__s/_Kristen M. Olsen_________
KRISTEN M. OLSEN
Assistant Attorney General
Atty. Reg. No. 30489X

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1200
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2130
(651) 296-2921
Facsimile: (651) 282-5437

FOOTNOTES

1. The Final Judgment was entered after the United States challenged, under the antitrust laws, the acquisition of Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. by ALLTEL Corporation. ALLTEL Corporation was acquired by Atlantis Holdings LLC in November 2007 and its name was changed to Alltel Corporation.