Stiles v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, et al

Filing 158

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 09/06/18 ORDERING that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall now be known as Walmart Inc. in this action. This name change does not affect any substantive issue in this case. (Benson, A.)

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BRYAN A. MERRYMAN (SBN 134357)
[e-mail]
CATHERINE S. SIMONSEN (SBN 307325)
[e-mail]
WHITE & CASE LLP
555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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BIJAL V. VAKIL (SBN 192878)
[e-mail]
WHITE & CASE LLP
3000 El Camino Real
2 Palo Alto Square, Suite 900
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Telephone: [phone]
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STEFAN M. MENTZER (admitted pro hac vice)
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WHITE & CASE LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 49
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: [phone]
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W HITE & C ASE LLP

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Attorneys for Defendant
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
S I LI C ON V A LLEY

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A TTORN E YS A T L A W

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHARIDAN STILES, an individual; STILES 4
U, INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
WAL-MART STORES, INC.; AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES,

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Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK
JOINT STIPULATION AND
ORDER TO REFLECT NAME
CHANGE FROM WAL-MART
STORES, INC. TO WALMART
INC.
Judge Morrison C. England

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the parties hereto, defendants Walmart Inc. and

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American International Industries and plaintiffs Sharidan Stiles, an individual, and Stiles 4 U,

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Inc., through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants have informed counsel for Plaintiffs that Defendant

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has changed its name from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to Walmart Inc.; and
WHEREAS the parties have agreed that, from this date forward, they shall refer to

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Defendant in this action as Walmart Inc., consistent with this name change, and that all

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documents filed and served previously in this action that reference Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will be

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read and understood to refer to Walmart Inc., and that this name change does not affect any

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substantive issue in this case.

through their respective counsel and subject to the Court’s approval, that: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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shall now be known as Walmart Inc. in this action and the caption of the case shall be:

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S I LI C ON V A LLEY

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A TTORN E YS A T L A W

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties,

W HITE & C ASE LLP

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SHARIDAN STILES, an individual; STILES 4
U, INC., a California corporation,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
WALMART INC. f/k/a WAL-MART
STORES, INC.; AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES,

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Defendants.

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Dated:

September 6, 2018

WHITE & CASE LLP
By:

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/s/ Bryan A. Merryman
Bryan A. Merryman

Attorneys for Defendant
Walmart Inc.

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Dated: September 6, 2018

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CONKLE, KREMER & ENGEL
By:

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/s/ Mark D. Kremer
Mark D. Kremer

Attorneys for Defendant
American International Industries

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Dated: September 6, 2018

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ALIOTO LAW FIRM
By:

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/s/ Jamie L. Miller
Jamie L. Miller

Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Sharidan Stiles And Stiles 4 U, Inc.

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ORDER

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Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall now be known as Walmart

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Inc. in this action and the caption of the case shall be:

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S I LI C ON V A LLEY

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W HITE & C ASE LLP

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A TTORN E YS A T L A W

SHARIDAN STILES, an individual; STILES 4
U, INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

WALMART INC. f/k/a WAL-MART
STORES, INC.; AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES,

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Defendants.

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This name change does not affect any substantive issue in this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 6, 2018

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