Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. Rehrig Pacific Company

Filing 211

STIPULATION and AMENDED ORDER signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on June 4, 2013. (Munoz, I)

1 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

JILL M. PIETRINI (CA Bar No. 138335)
[e-mail]
JAMES E. CURRY (Cal. Bar No. 115769)
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[e-mail]
1901 Avenue of the Stars, 16th Floor
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Telephone: [phone]
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6 MICHAEL MURPHY (CA Bar No. 234695)

[e-mail]

7 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200

8 San Diego, CA 92130-2006

Telephone: [phone]
[phone]

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10 THE LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL P. MALLERY

MICHAEL P. MALLERY, (CA Bar No. 116345)

11 7108 N. Fresno Street, Suite 450

Fresno, California 93720

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Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

14 GERAWAN FARMING, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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FRESNO DIVISION
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GERAWAN FARMING, INC.,

Case No. 1:11-CV-01273-LJO-BAM

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Plaintiff,
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STIPULATION and AMENDED
ORDER

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REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY,
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Defendant.
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STIPULATION

STIPULATION & PROPOSED ORDER

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Whereas the Court made a ruling on June 3, 2013, regarding Plaintiff’s

3 common law unfair competition claim (”The Court will therefore allow Plaintiff’s
4 common law unfair competition claim to proceed to trial only on the passing off
5 theory of liability”) and offering “[i]f plaintiff believes that a trial would not be of any
6 positive consequence under this ruling and would prefer instead to appeal
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The parties hereby stipulate:
Plaintiff’s statutory unfair competition claim pursuant to California Business &

11 Professions Code, Section 17200 et seq.; and
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Plaintiff’s common law unfair competition claim on a theory of “passing off” as

13 that claim is described in the Court’s Order set forth in Docket No. 204, are dismissed
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Plaintiff does not stipulate or dismiss its common law unfair competition claim

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Respectfully submitted,

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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &
HAMPTON LLP

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Dated: June 3, 2013

By/s/ Jill M. Pietrini
Jill M. Pietrini

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
GERAWAN FARMING, INC.

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1 Dated: June 3, 2013
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SLATER HERSEY & LIEBERMAN LLP
By:/s/ Scott B. Lieberman

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Attorneys for Defendant
REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY

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This Court DISMISSES plaintiff’s claims pursuant to the parties’ above

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stipulation and DIRECTS the clerk to close this action. This Court does not

9 contemplate to take further action in this case unless requested by the parties.
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13 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

June 4, 2013

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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