Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 02 Civ. 8613 (LAK). Judges Lewis A. Kaplan See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. PFIZER, INC., et ano., Plaintiffs, v. STRYKER CORPORATION, et ano., Defendants. ORDER LEWIS KAPLAN, District Judge A party making a motion for reconsideration "is not supposed to treat the court's initial decision as the opening of a dialogue in which that party may then use such a motion to advance new theories or adduce new evidence in response to the court's rulings," De Los Santos v. Fingerson, No. 97 Civ. 3972 (MBM), 2001 WL 788781, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 12, 1998), much less rehash arguments already made and rejected. That is just what defendants have done. Their motion for reconsideration is denied. SO ORDERED.