Four in One Company, Inc. v. SK Foods, L.P. et al

Filing 123

STIPULATION and ORDER REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLF'S CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 12/08/09 ORDERING that Ingomar, Los Gatos, and the Individual dfts shall answer, move or otherwise plead in response to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint by 01/04/10. (Benson, A.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FOUR IN ONE COMPANY, INC., DIVERSIFIED FOODS & SEASONINGS, INC., BRUCE FOODS CORPORATION, and CLIFFSTAR CORPORATION, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SK FOODS, L.P., INGOMAR PACKING COMPANY, LOS GATOS TOMATO PRODUCTS, SCOTT SALYER, STUART WOOLF and GREG PRUETT, Defendants.

Case No. CASE NO. 08-CV-03017

Hon. Morrison C. England

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS' CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Plaintiffs in this consolidated class action filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint on November 9, 2009. The Consolidated Complaint named three individuals as newly-added individual defendants. The three newly-added individual defendants ("Individual Defendants") are: Scott Salyer, President/CEO of Defendant SK Foods LLC; Stuart Woolf, Managing Partner of Defendant Los Gatos Tomato Products; and Greg Pruett, President of Defendant Ingomar Packing Company. Plaintiffs in these consolidated actions, by and through Interim Class Counsel, Defendants Ingomar Packing Company ("Ingomar"), Los Gatos Tomato Products ("Los Gatos"),

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and Individual Defendants, by and through their defense counsel identified below, hereby agree to the following: 1) Individual Defendants, by and through their respective counsel, each acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Consolidated Class Action Complaint and hereby agree to accept service thereof. Individual Defendants shall not contest the sufficiency of process or service of process. Notwithstanding such agreement, Plaintiffs and the Individual Defendants further stipulate and agree that the entry into this stipulation by the Individual Defendants shall not constitute a waiver of any jurisdictional defenses that may be available under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a waiver of any affirmative defenses under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or a waiver of any other statutory or common law defenses that may be available to the Individual Defendants in this consolidated class action. Individual Defendants expressly reserve their rights to raise any such defenses in response to either the current Consolidated Class Action Complaint or any amended complaint that may be filed relating to this action. 2) Inasmuch as the parties have agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to

the pleadings would be more efficient for the parties and for the Court, Ingomar, Los Gatos, and the Individual Defendants shall, as permitted by Federal Rule 12, answer, move or otherwise plead in response to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint in the above captioned action no later than January 4, 2010. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: 12/8/2009 __________________________________ MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Stipulated to and approved by: Dated: December 4, 2009 /s/ Michael P. Lehmann MICHAEL P. LEHMANN (SBN 77152) CHRISTOPHER L. LEBSOCK (SBN 184546) JON T. KING (SBN 205073) ARTHUR N. BAILEY (SBN 248460) HAUSFELD LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] MICHAEL D. HAUSFELD MEGAN E. JONES HILARY RATWAY SCHERRER HAUSFELD LLP 1700 K. Street, N.W., Suite 650 Washington, D.C. 20006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Respectfully submitted, /s/ Stephen R. Neuwirth STEPHEN R. NEUWIRTH LEE TURNER-DODGE QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10010 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] A. WILLIAM URQUHART (SBN 140996) J.D. HORTON (SBN 192836) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] ROBERT P. FELDMAN (SBN 69602) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP 555 Twin Dolphin Dr. Suite 560 Redwood Shores, California 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail]

Co-Lead Interim Class Counsel /s/ Roger M. Schrimp ROGER M. SCHRIMP (SBN 39379) CLINTON P. WALKER (SBN 151560) DAMRELL, NELSON, SCHRIMP, PALLIOS, PACHER & SILVA 1601 I Street, Fifth Floor Modesto, CA 95354 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] 3

[e-mail] Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN By: s/ Stephen A. Zovickian Bingham McCutchen Stephen A. Zovickian, SBN 78697 Rianne Rocca, SBN 221640 Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111-4067 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Ingomar Packing Company

GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER By: s/ George A. Nicoud III Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP George A. Nicoud, SBN 106111 555 Mission Street Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-2933 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Stuart Woolf and Los Gatos Tomato Products

SEGAL & KIRBY By: s/ Malcolm S. Segal Segal & Kirby Malcolm S. Segal, SBN 75481 770 L Street Suite 1440 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Scott Salyer

RAMSEY & EHRLICH LLP By: s/ Miles F. Ehrlich Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP Miles F. Ehrlich, SBN 237954 803 Hearst Avenue Berkeley, CA 94710 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Gregory Pruett

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