Travelers Property Casualty Company of America et al v. Centex Homes

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ORDER by Judge Samuel Conti granting (212) Motion to Stay in case 3:11-cv-03638-SC; granting (153) Motion to Stay in case 3:12-cv-00371-SC; granting (67) Motion to Stay in case 3:13-cv-00088-SC (sclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/13/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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CENTEX HOMES, NEWMEYER &
DILLION, and DOES 1 through 10
inclusive,

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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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CENTEX HOMES, NEWMEYER &
DILLION, RGL INC., RGL
FORENSICS, and DOES 1 through 10
inclusive,

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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA, FIDELITY &
GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY, THE
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF
CONNECTICUT, and ST. PAUL MERCURY
INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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CENTEX HOMES and DOES 1 through
10 inclusive,

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS

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) Case Nos. 11-3638-SC, 12) 0371-SC, 13-0088-SC
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) ORDER STAYING CASES
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The three above-captioned matters have been related and are

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now pending before this Court.

Case Numbers 12-0371 and 13-0088

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have also been consolidated (collectively, the "Consolidated

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Cases").

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Number 11-cv-3638 (the "'38 Case") pending the California Supreme

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Court's review of J.R. Marketing, LLC v. Hartford Casualty

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Insurance Company, 158 Cal. Rptr. 3d 41 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013).

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Centex does not oppose a stay of the '38 case, so long as the Court

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also stays the Consolidated Cases.

Travelers now moves to stay the proceedings in Case

Centex has separately moved to

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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stay the consolidated cases.

Those motions are unopposed.

In the

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interest of judicial efficiency, the Court STAYS all three cases,

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including Centex's pending motion for reconsideration in the '38

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case, pending the Supreme Court's decision in J.R. Marketing.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 13, 2013
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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