Stearns v. Select Comfort Retail Corporation et al

Filing 116

ORDER Granting 115 STIPULATION to Reschedule Case Management Conference. Case Management Conference set for 4/20/2012 is continued to 6/8/2012 10:00 AM in Courtroom 1, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Samuel Conti. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 4/9/12. (tdm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/10/2012)

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
VERNON H. GRANNEMAN (SBN 083532)
[e-mail]
DIANNE L. SWEENEY (SBN 187198)
[e-mail]
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1114
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
OPPENHEIMER WOLFF & DONNELLY LLP
ANDREW S. HANSEN (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
HEIDI A. O. FISHER (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
MEGHAN M. ANZELC (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Plaza VII, Suite 3300
45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
SELECT COMFORT RETAIL CORPORATION,
BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. and THE SLEEP TRAIN, INC.

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