Smith v. The Procter & Gamble Co.

Filing 49

ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on 5/1/14. (notewarelS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2014)

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Lin W. Kahn (State Bar No. 261387)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
555 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Benjamin M. Lopatin (State Bar No. 281730)
THE LAW OFFICES OF
HOWARD W. RUBINSTEIN, P.A.
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Hugh R. Whiting (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Kevin D. Boyce (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHERISH M. SMITH

Attorneys for Defendant
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHERISH M. SMITH, as an individual, and
on behalf of all other similarly situated,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 3:12-cv-00557-EDL
STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

v.
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO., a Ohio
corporation doing business as CREST,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff Cherish M. Smith and Defendant The Procter & Gamble Company (collectively,

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the “Parties”), through their duly authorized undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree that

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this case be dismissed with prejudice. On January 30, 2013, the Parties filed a Joint Stipulation

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for Stay Pending Final Approval of Settlement Agreement (“Stipulation”), which stipulated that

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upon final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement in a substantially similar

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action in federal court in the District of New Jersey, Rossi v. The Procter & Gamble Company,
STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
WITH PREJUDICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case No. 3:12-CV-00557-EDL

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Case No. 2:11-cv-07238-JLL-MAH (D.N.J.), this case should be dismissed with prejudice. The

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Rossi Court granted final approval on October 3, 2013, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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dismissed the sole objector’s appeal on March 21, 2014. Wherefore, the Parties now request that

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this case be dismissed with prejudice as contemplated in the Parties’ Stipulation.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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/s/ Benjamin M. Lopatin
Benjamin M. Lopatin (State Bar No. 281730)
LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD W.
RUBINSTEIN, P.A.
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone [phone], ext. 2
Facsimile [phone]

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Attorney for Plaintiff Cherish M. Smith

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Dated: April 21, 2014

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Dated: April 21, 2014

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/s/ Kevin D. Boyce
Lin W. Kahn (State Bar No. 261387)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
555 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Hugh R. Whiting (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Kevin D. Boyce (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
The Procter & Gamble Company

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STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
WITH PREJUDICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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May 1,
Dated: ________________, 2014

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Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
WITH PREJUDICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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