Edwards et al v. National Milk Producers Federation et al

Filing 126

ORDER GRANTING: 124 STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER AMENDED COMPLAINT AND TO IMPLEAD THIRD PARTIES, AND SETTING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Case Management Statement due by 2/1/2013. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/8/2013 02:00 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 11/19/12. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/19/2012)

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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
GEORGE A. NICOUD, SBN 106111
[e-mail]
MATTHEW S. KAHN, SBN 261679
[e-mail]
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2933
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Land O’Lakes, Inc.

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HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
ELAINE T. BYSZEWSKI, SBN 222304
Email: [e-mail]
301 North Lake Avenue, Suite 203
Pasadena, CA 91101
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Classes

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[Additional Counsel Appear on Signature Page]

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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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MATTHEW EDWARDS, GEORGIA
BROWNE, and TORAH MONTESSORI
SCHOOL, individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS
FEDERATION aka COOPERATIVES
WORKING TOGETHER; DAIRY FARMERS
OF AMERICA, INC.; LAND O'LAKES,
INC.; DAIRYLEA COOPERATIVE INC.; and
AGRI-MARK, INC.,
Defendants.

CASE NO.: 3:11-CV-04766-JSW
[consolidated with 11-cv-04791-JSW
and 11-cv-05253-JSW]
CLASS ACTION
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO
ANSWER AMENDED COMPLAINT
AND TO IMPLEAD THIRD PARTIES,
AND SETTING INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
ACTION FILED: September 26, 2011

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO AMENDED COMPLAINT
CASE NO.: 3:11-CV-04766-JSW

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Plaintiffs Matthew Edwards, Georgia Browne, Torah Montessori School, Danell Tomasella,

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Jeffrey Robb, Nels Thogersen, Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley, Mary Anderson, Cody

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Barrett, Chloe Britzius, Joseph Burwell, Jennifer Clites, Scott Cook, Robert Deloss, Julie Ewald,
Robert George, Ian Groves, Tiffany Marie Havener, Amy Her, John Murray, Justin Paczesny, Kory
Pentland, Jonathan Rizzo, Harmonie Skipper, Teresa Tobin, Scott Weber, and Alex Weinstein

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(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants National Milk Producers Federation, aka Cooperatives

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Working Together, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., Land O’Lakes, Inc., Dairylea Cooperative Inc.,

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and Agri-Mark, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) (together, the “Parties”), subject to the Court’s

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review and approval, hereby stipulate as follows:

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STIPULATION
WHEREAS, on August 20, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Class Action
Complaint (“Complaint”) in this action;
WHEREAS, on October 30, 2012, this Court denied Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss the
Complaint (Dkt. No. 123);
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs do not intend to file an amended complaint by November 15, 2012, as
permitted by that order;
WHEREAS, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(4), Defendants have 14 days

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following denial of their Motion to Dismiss to file an answer to the Complaint;
WHEREAS, the Parties have conferred and agree that the time for Defendants to answer the
Complaint should be extended to November 27, 2012;

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WHEREAS, there is no date set for the initial case management conference and the earliest

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available date on the Court’s calendar on which all parties are available appears to be February 8,

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2013, at 1:30 p.m.;

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WHEREAS, the Parties have conferred and agree that the initial case management conference
shall be set for this date and time;
WHEREAS, in the meanwhile, the parties will meet and confer as soon as practicable as
required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f);
WHEREAS, the Parties have conferred and agree that the time for Defendants to serve a

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summons and complaint on any nonparty pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14(a) should be

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extended without prejudice until January 4, 2013, by which time Defendants must also notify any

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such party of the date set for the initial case management conference;

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WHEREAS, the Parties, through their respective counsel, have stipulated to the terms
provided herein;
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties, through their undersigned respective counsel, stipulate,
agree, and request as follows:
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Defendants’ time to answer Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(4) shall be extended to November 27, 2012.

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2.

An initial case management conference shall be set for February 8, 2013, at 1:30 p.m.

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3.

Defendants’ time to serve a summons and complaint on any nonparty pursuant to

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14(a) shall be extended without prejudice until January 4, 2013, by

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which time Defendants must also notify any such party of the date set for the initial case management
conference.

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Dated: November 16, 2012

Respectfully submitted,

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By: /s/ Elaine T. Byszewski
Elaine T. Byszewski (SBN 222304)
Email: [e-mail]
HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
301 North Lake Avenue, Suite 203
Pasadena, California 91101
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

By: /s/ Matthew S. Kahn
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
George A. Nicoud (SBN 106111)
Email: [e-mail]
Matthew S. Kahn (SBN 261679)
Email: [e-mail]
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2933
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
George W. Sampson (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98101
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

By: /s/ Nathan P. Eimer
Nathan P. Eimer (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
Vanessa G. Jacobsen (pro hac vice)
Daniel D. Birk (pro hac vice)
EIMER STAHL LLP
224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60604
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Jason S. Kilene (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC
120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telephone: [phone]

Attorneys for Defendant Land O’Lakes, Inc.
By: /s/ Chong S. Park
Chong S. Park (SBN 163451)
Email: [e-mail]
Kenneth P. Ewing (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
John J. Kavanagh (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed
Classes

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Attorneys for Defendant National Milk
Producers Federation

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By: /s/ Jesse Markham
Jesse W. Markham Jr. (SBN 87788)
Email: [e-mail]
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
SCHOOL OF LAW
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

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Steven R. Kuney (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
725 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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W. Todd Miller (pro hac vice)

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Email: [e-mail]
BAKER & MILLER PLLC

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2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Dairy Farmers of
America, Inc.

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By: /s/ Paula L. Blizzard
Jan Nielsen Little (SBN 100029)
Paula L. Blizzard (SBN 207920)
Email: [e-mail]
KEKER & VAN NEST LLP
633 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]

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Jill M. O’Toole (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
Susan Murphy (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
SHIPMAN & GOODWIN LLP
One Constitution Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
Telephone: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Agri-Mark, Inc.

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By: /s/ William S. Farmer
William S. Farmer (SBN 46694)
Email: [e-mail]
Jacob P. Alpren (SBN 235713)
Email: [e-mail]
FARMER BROWNSTEIN LLP
235 Pine Street, Suite 1300
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone (direct and fax): [phone]
Main: [phone]

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Edward R. Conan (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
Suzanne O. Galbato (pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC
One Lincoln Center
Syracuse, NY 13202
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Dairylea
Cooperative, Inc.

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FILER’S ATTESTATION

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I, Matthew S. Kahn, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained
from each of the other signatories.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
November 19, 2012
Dated: ________________

__________________________________________
HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE
DISTRICT JUDGE

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