Los Gatos Mercantile, Inc et al v. E.I DuPont De Nemours and Company et al

Filing 66

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS, TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS, AND TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINE re 65 STIPULATION. Case Management Statement due by 4/16/2014. Motions to Dismiss to be heard 4/23/2013. Further Case Management Conference set for 4/23/2014 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 12/19/2013. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/19/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Beatrice B. Nguyen (CSB No. 172961) bbnguyen@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: 415.986.2800 Facsimile: 415.986.2827 Shari Ross Lahlou (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) slahlou@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: 202.624.2500 Facsimile: 202.628.5116 Attorneys for Defendant E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 LOS GATOS MERCANTILE, INC. d/b/a LOS GATOS ACE HARDWARE, FRED SWAIM, INC. d/b/a QUALITY AUTO PARTS, ACE HARDWARE OF SOUTH WALTON, INC., LEXINGTON HOME CENTER, LLC, R.F. COLE, INC. d/b/a BREWERS PAINT CENTER, CUSIMANO CARSTAR COLLISION, INC., and THE CARPETSHOPPE, INC., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS, TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS, AND TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES Judge: Honorable William H. Orrick Plaintiffs, 21 22 Case No. 3:13-cv-01180-WHO v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, KRONOS WORLDWIDE, INC., and MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC., Defendants. 27 28 STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO C ROWELL & M ORING LLP ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. 1 2 3 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-11, and 7-12, this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order is entered into by and between Plaintiffs, Los Gatos Mercantile, Inc., d/b/a Los Gatos Ace Hardware; Fred Swaim, Inc. d/b/a Quality Auto Parts; Ace Hardware of South Walton, Inc.; 4 Lexington Home Center, LLC; R.F. Cole, Inc. d/b/a Brewers Paint Center; Cusimano Carstar 5 6 Collision; Inc.; The Carpet Shoppe, Inc.; Morgan Tanner; and William Aviles (collectively, 7 “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Huntsman International LLC, 8 Kronos Worldwide, Inc., and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). 9 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their original class action complaint in this action on March 10 15, 2013, and filed their first amended class action complaint (“First Amended Complaint”) on 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 November 4, 2013; WHEREAS, Defendants’ answers or responses to the First Amended Complaint are currently due on December 19, 2013; WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate to an extension until January 24, 2014, for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint; WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate to a briefing schedule on a motion to dismiss filed by Defendants; WHEREAS, continuing the Case Management Conference until after briefing on 20 21 22 23 Defendants’ motion to dismiss is complete would promote judicial economy and efficiency and facilitate productive case management; WHEREAS, the Case Management Conference and related deadlines have been 24 rescheduled only once thus far, by agreement of the parties to permit Plaintiffs to file an amended 25 complaint; 26 WHEREAS, the parties respectfully request that the Court continue the Case Management 27 Conference and related deadlines until after the briefing on the motion to dismiss is complete; 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -1- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 2 WHEREAS, the parties further request that the Court expand the page limitations for the motion to dismiss briefing; 3 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that: 4 1. Defendants’ answers or motion to dismiss will be due on or before January 24, 2. Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be due on or before 5 6 2014. 7 8 March 7, 2014. 9 10 3. Defendants’ reply in support of a motion to dismiss will be due on or before April 4, 2014. 11 4. Defendants’ motion to dismiss may include up to 60 pages. 5. Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss may include up to 75 15 6. Defendants’ reply in support of a motion to dismiss may include up to 35 pages. 16 7. The last day for the parties to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, early 12 13 14 17 18 19 pages. settlement, ADR process, and discovery plan; file ADR Certification signed by Parties and Counsel; and file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference is continued from January 10, 2014, to April 16, 2014. 20 21 8. The last day for the parties to file the Rule 26(f) Report, complete their initial 22 disclosures or objections thereto, and file the Case Management Statement is continued from 23 January 24, 2014, to April 23, 2014. 24 25 9. The Case Management Conference shall be continued from January 28, 2014, to a suitable date following the completion of briefing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss. 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -2- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 Dated: December 18, 2013 2 3 4 5 /s/ Beatrice B. Nguyen ______________________________________ Beatrice Nguyen (CSB No. 172961) bbnguyen@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 986-2800 Facsimile: (415) 986-2827 6 Shari Ross Lahlou slahlou@crowell.com Lucy Grace D. Noyola lnoyola@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 624-2500 Facsimile: (202) 628-5116 7 8 9 10 11 Counsel for Defendant E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 12 13 14 Dated: December 18, 2013 15 16 17 18 19 /s/ James A. Reeder ________________________________________ James Arthur Reeder, Jr. jreeder@velaw.com Erica L. Krennerich ekrennerich@velaw.com VINSON & ELKINS LLP 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: (713) 758-2202 Facsimile: (713) 615-5947 20 Counsel for Defendant HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL, LLC 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -3- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 Dated: December 18, 2013 2 3 4 5 6 7 /s/ Paul Edward Coggins ______________________________ Paul Edward Coggins pcoggins@lockelord.com Kelly Rothermel Vickers kvickers@lockelord.com LOCKE LORD LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: (214) 740-8000 Facsimile: (214) 740-8800 Counsel for Defendant KRONOS WORLDWIDE, INC. 8 9 10 Dated: December 18, 2013 11 12 13 14 15 16 /s/ James Cooper ___________________________________________ James Cooper james.cooper@aporter.com Ryan Z. Watts ryan.watts@aporter.com ARNOLD AND PORTER LLP 555 Twelfth Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 942-5000 Facsimile: (202) 942-5999 Robert D. Hallman (No. 239949) rhallman@aporter.com ARNOLD AND PORTER LLP 3 Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 471-3100 Facsimile: (415) 471-3400 17 18 19 20 Counsel for Defendant CRISTAL USA INC., FORMERLY MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -4- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 Dated: December 18, 2013 /s/ Jonathan W. Cuneo ____________________________________________ Jonathan W. Cuneo, Esq. jonc@cuenolaw.com CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP 507 C Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: (202) 789-3960 Facsimile: (202) 789-1813 Don Barrett, Esq. dbarrett@barrettlawgroup.com BARRETT LAW GROUP, P.A. P.O. Box 927 404 Court Square North Lexington, MS 39095 Telephone: (662) 834-2488 Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 ATTESTATION Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories. Dated: December 18, 2013 ____ /s/ Beatrice B. Nguyen 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -5- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 ORDER 2 3 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED as modified below in bold. Accordingly: 4 (a) Defendants’ answers or motion to dismiss will be due on or before January 22, 2014; 5 (b) Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be due on or before March 6 7 5, 2014; (c) Defendants’ reply in support of a motion to dismiss will be due on or before April 2, 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2014; (d) Defendants’ motion to dismiss and Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss each may include up to 40 pages; (e) Defendants’ reply in support of a motion to dismiss may include up to 15 pages; (f) Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be heard on April 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. (g) The last day for the parties to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, early 16 settlement, ADR process, and discovery plan; file ADR Certification signed by Parties and 17 Counsel; and file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone 18 19 Conference is continued from January 10, 2014, to April 9, 2014; (h) The last day for the parties to file the Rule 26(f) Report, complete their initial 20 21 22 disclosures or objections thereto, and file the Case Management Statement is continued from January 24, 2014, to April 16, 2014; and 23 24 25 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -6- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO 1 2 (i) The Case Management Conference shall be continued from January 28, 2014 to April 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. 3 4 5 Dated: December 19, 2013_ _____________________ 6 _____________________________________ Hon. William H. Orrick United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C ROWELL & M ORING LLP -7- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW Error! Unknown document property name. STIP. RE: SCHEDULE, PG. LIMITS FOR MOT. TO DISMISS, AND CASE MGMT. CONF.; Case No. 3:13-CV-01180-WHO

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