Marc Cherry and Touchstone Television are asking a judge to throw out portions of Nicollette Sheridan's lawsuit against them, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Sheridan is suing Cherry for wrongful termination, breach of contract and battery, among other claims, after her popular character Edie Britt was killed off the ABC hit show, Desperate Housewives.

In legal docs exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com, lawyers for Cherry and Touchstone state that Sheridan can't sue for wrongful termination and breach of contract, because she only had a one year contract that was in place, and that the option to renew it wasn't utilized after the fifth season.