L'Ottavo Ristorante, et al vs Ingomar Packing Company, et al

Filing 18

ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 09/01/09 GRANTING 17 Stipulation Regarding Defendants' Scceptance of Service of Plaintiffs' Complaint and Summons and Defendants' Time To Respond to Complaint. (Streeter, J)

1 REESE RICHMAN LLP 2 Michael R. Reese 875 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor 3 New York, New York 10001 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] 5 6
R E E S E RICHMAN LLP, 875 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 18 T H FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001

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7 MILBERG LLP Peter Safirstein 8 Paul Novak One Pennsylvania Plaza- 48th Floor 9 New York, New York 10119 10 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 11 Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] 12 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 13 (additional counsel listed on signature page) 14 15 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Civil No. 09-CV-01945 (MCE) (EFB)

17 L'OTTAVO RISTORANTE, DANIEL 18 HARVEY and SYLVIE HIE on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 19 Plaintiffs, 20 v. 21 22 INGOMAR PACKING COMPANY, LOS GATOS TOMATO PRODUCTS, 23 INTRAMARK USA, INC. and RANDALL LEE RAHAL, 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 28

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT AND SUMMONS AND DEFENDANTS' TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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Plaintiffs L'Ottavo Ristorante, Daniel Harvey and Sylvie Hie ("Plaintiffs") and

2 Defendants Ingomar Packing Company, Los Gatos Tomato Products, Intramark USA, Inc. and 3 Randall Lee Rahal (collectively "Defendants"), through their undersigned counsel, hereby agree 4 and stipulate to the following: 5 6 2009;
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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the above-captioned action against Defendants on May 22,

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WHEREAS, each and every of the Defendants hereby accepts service of the complaint

8 and summons in the above-captioned action through their undersigned attorneys; 9 WHEREAS, on June 5, 2009 Plaintiffs filed a motion to relate the above captioned action

10 to the action of Four in One Company v. S.K. Foods, L.P., 08-cv-03017 ("Four in One Action") 11 and transfer the above-captioned action to the Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. of the Eastern 12 District of California who is currently presiding over Four in One Action; 13 WHEREAS, on July 16, 2009 the Court granted Plaintiffs' Motion to Transfer to the

14 Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.; and 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3. 2. WHEREAS, Plaintiffs intend to file an amended complaint; The Parties hereby stipulate and agree to the following: 1. Defendants' response is not due until the later of: (a) the deadline for their response in the Four in One Action or (b) 45 days after the filing of Plaintiffs' amended complaint in the above-captioned action; If any other action is filed asserting indirect purchaser claims based on allegations similar to those asserted in the above-captioned action ("Tag-Along Action"), Defendants shall respond to the above-captioned action prior to or simultaneously with responding to the Tag-Along Action, even if it requires Defendants to respond prior to the time stated in section 1 above; and No Party may modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order without prior court approval and based upon good cause.

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AGREED TO AND STIPULATED BY: BINGHAM MCCUTHEN LLP /s/ Stephen Ara Zovickian Stephen Ara Zovickian Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, Ca 94111 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Defendant Ingomar Packing Co. GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP /s/ George A. Nicoud, III George A. Nicoud, III 555 Mission Street -Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-2933 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Defendant Los Gatos Tomato Products WALDER HAYDEN AND BROGAN, P.A. /s/ Rebekah R. Conroy Rebekah R. Conroy 5 Becker Farm Road Roseland, New Jersey 07068 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 973-436-4228 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Defendants Intramark USA, Inc. and Randall Lee Rahal

2 REESE RICHMAN LLP 3 /s/ Michael R. Reese Michael R. Reese 4 875 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor New York, New York 10001 5 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] 7 MILBERG LLP 8 Peter Safirstein Paul Novak 9 One Pennsylvania Plaza- 48th Floor 10 New York, New York 10119 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] 12 [e-mail] 13 14 15 16 17 18 MILBERG LLP Jeff S. Westerman One California Plaza 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3900 Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

R E E S E RICHMAN LLP, 875 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 18 T H FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 19 and the Proposed Class 20 21 22 23 24 IT IS SO ORDERED.

25 DATED: September 1, 2009 26 27 28 __________________________________ MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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