Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. v. Centurion Logistics Management et al

Filing 152

ORDER limiting response briefs to 20 pages. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 9/9/2015. (sclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/9/2015)

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1 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 FOR THE NOTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 8 For the Western District of Washington United States District Court 9 10 11 12 13 MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD., ) Case Nos. 11-cv-02861-SC ) 10-cv-05591-SC Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER SETTING PAGE LIMITS v. ) FOR RESPONSE BRIEFS ) SEAMASTER LOGISTICS, INC., SUMMIT ) LOGISTICS INTERNATION, INC., KESCO ) CONTRAINER LINE, INC.;, KESCO ) SHIPPING, INC., and DOES 1 through ) 20, ) ) Defendants. ) ) 14 15 On March 21, 2013, following a trial, the District Court 16 issued its Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in a single 17 opinion covering two consolidated cases: the "Freight Case" (No. 18 10-cv-05591-SC) and the "Trucking Case" (No. 11-cv-2861-SC). 19 Defendants SeaMaster and Summit appealed the Judgment in the 20 Trucking Case, and Plaintiff Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ("MOL") cross- 21 appealed. 22 Disposition affirming the finding of misrepresentation against 23 SeaMaster and Summit, reversing the damages award to MOL and 24 remanding for recalculation, reversing the award of attorney's fees 25 to MOL, reversing the dismissal of MOL's RICO claim and remanding 26 the RICO issues for further proceedings, and affirming the Court's 27 conclusions on alleged co-conspirator liability. 28 On July 6, 2015, the Ninth Circuit issued a Memorandum On August 14, 2015, the parties issued a joint case management 1 statement. 2 Court set the following briefing schedule for the issues pending on 3 remand:  4 ECF No. 337. The joint statement requested that the MOL and SeaMaster/Summit to file simultaneous opening briefs on the issues pending on remand by September 4, 2015 5  6 MOL and SeaMaster/Summit to file simultaneous response briefs 7 on September 11, 2015 8 On August 18, 2015 the Court granted the parties' proposed United States District Court For the Western District of Washington 9 briefing schedule. ECF No. 338. Pursuant to that order, the 10 parties submitted their opening briefs on September 4, 2015. 11 Nos. 341, 342. 12 The brief submitted by Plaintiff totaled 62 pages. 13 ECF are due on September 11, 2015.1 The brief submitted by Defendants totaled 22 pages. Response briefs Any further discussion of nonessential facts and other 14 15 extraneous musings being unnecessary and a waste of resources, the 16 Court hereby ORDERS the parties to limit their response briefs to 17 20 pages. 18 issues before the Court on remand. 19 space to present cogent and concise arguments on the relevant 20 issues. The parties should focus their briefs on the essential 20 pages is more than enough 21 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 Dated: 26 September 9, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 27 28 1 The Court denied the parties' request to extend the briefing schedule on September 8, 2015. ECF No. 343. 2

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