Alford and Clayton

In the matter of *Alford and Clayton*, heard before Judge McGuire, the dispute concerned an application and a response filed by the respective parties. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but the court was required to consider both the application and the response.

The central legal issue before the court was to determine the merits of the application and the response filed by the parties. The court's task was to adjudicate on the matters raised in these filings and to reach a conclusion regarding their validity or enforceability.

Judge McGuire dismissed both the Application filed on 28 September 2016 and the Response filed on 21 October 2016. No further reasoning or legal principles applied are discernible from the provided text.