Schultze Agency Services, LLC v. AU Optronics Corporation et al

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ORDER granting extension of time to respond to amended complaint re #25 . (#4203) (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/1/2011) Modified on 12/2/2011 (ysS, COURT STAFF).

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Paul P. Eyre
Ernest E. Vargo
Michael E. Mumford
Erin K. Murdock-Park
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
PNC Center
1900 East Ninth Street, Suite 3200
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3482
Telephone:
216.621.0200
Facsimile:
216.696.0740
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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B AKER & H OSTE TLER LLP

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Tracy L. Cole
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
45 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants Mitsui & Co. (Taiwan),
Ltd. and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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IN RE: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL)
ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Master File No. 3:07-md-1827-SI

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Case No. 3:11-cv-03856-SI

This Document Relates to Individual Case
No. 3:11-cv-03856-SI

MDL No. 1827

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SCHULTZE AGENCY SERVICES, LLC
ON BEHALF OF TWEETER OPCO, LLC
AND TWEETER NEWCO, LLC

v.

STIPULATION OF EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR DEFENDANTS MITSUI & CO.
(TAIWAN), LTD. AND MITSUI & CO.
(U.S.A.), INC. TO RESPOND TO THE
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, et al.,

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Clerk’s Action Required

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Plaintiff,
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Defendants.
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STIPULATION OF EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MITSUI
TAIWAN AND MITSUI USA TO RESPOND TO THE
COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS, plaintiff Schultze Agency Services, LLC on behalf of Tweeter Opco, LLC

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and Tweeter Newco, LLC (“Tweeter”) filed a Complaint in the above-captioned action against

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defendants Mitsui & Co. (Taiwan), Ltd. (“Mitsui Taiwan”) and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

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(“Mitsui USA”), among other defendants, on July 1, 2011.

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WHEREAS, Tweeter, Mitsui Taiwan and Mitsui USA, among other defendants

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previously entered into a stipulation giving Tweeter until December 6, 2011 to file a First

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Amended Complaint, and giving Mitsui Taiwan and Mitsui USA until January 10, 2012 to move

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to dismiss, answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint, (See Dkt. #22; MDL

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Dkt. #4087.)

amended complaint in the related case of Electrograph Systems, Inc., et al. v. Epson Imaging

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WHEREAS, on December 1, 2011, Mitsui Taiwan intends to move to dismiss in the

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B AKER & H OSTE TLER LLP

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Devices Corp., et al., Individual Docket No. 3:10-cv-00117-SI (N.D. Cal.), Master Docket No.

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3:07-md-01827-SI (N.D. Cal.) on the grounds that the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over

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Mitsui Taiwan.

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WHEREAS, Mitsui Taiwan and Mitsui USA also intend to raise lack of personal
jurisdiction as a defense in the instant case.
WHEREAS, the Court’s ruling on Mitsui Taiwan’s motion to dismiss in Electrograph
may be relevant to the issue of personal jurisdiction in the instant case.

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WHEREAS, in the interests of efficiency and judicial economy, Tweeter, Mitsui Taiwan

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and Mitsui USA have reached an agreement, pursuant to Civil Rule L.R. 6-1(a), that Mitsui

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Taiwan and Mitsui USA shall have an extension of time until twenty-one (21) days after the

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Court rules on Mitsui Taiwan’s motion to dismiss in Electrograph, in which to move against,

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answer, or otherwise respond to Tweeter’s First Amended Complaint.

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the

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undersigned counsel, on behalf of their respective clients, Tweeter on the one hand, and Mitsui

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Taiwan and Mitsui USA, on the other hand, that Mitsui Taiwan and Mitsui USA’s deadline to

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move to dismiss, answer, or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint will be twenty-

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one (21) days after the Court issues its order on Mitsui Taiwan’s motion to dismiss the amended

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complaint in Electrograph.

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Dated: November 29, 2011

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By: /s/ Michael E. Mumford_____________
Paul P. Eyre
Ernest E. Vargo
Michael E. Mumford
Erin K. Murdock-Park
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
PNC Center
1900 East Ninth Street, Suite 3200
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3482
[phone] (Phone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Tracy L. Cole
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
45 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants Mitsui & Co. (Taiwan), Ltd.
and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A), Inc.

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By: /s/ Philip J. Iovieno_________________
Philip J. Iovieno
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
10 North Pearl Street, 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
[phone] (Phone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Schultze Agency Services, LLC
on behalf of Tweeter Opco, LLC and Tweeter Newco, LLC

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Attestation: The filer of this document attests that the concurrence of the other signatories
thereto has been obtained.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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30th
Nov
2011
DATED this ___ day of _____________, _____.

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By: _______________________________________
Hon. SUSAN ILLSTON

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STIPULATION OF EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MITSUI
TAIWAN TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT

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