Hicks et al v. PGA Tour, Inc.

Filing 66

Order by Hon. Vince Chhabria denying 64 Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages.(knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/30/2015)

1 RAOUL D. KENNEDY (Bar No. 40892)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
2 525 University Avenue, Suite 1400
Palo Alto, California 94301
3 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
4 Email:
[e-mail]
5 JEFFREY A. MISHKIN (admitted pro hac vice)
ANTHONY J. DREYER (admitted pro hac vice)
6 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
7 New York, NY 10036
Telephone: [phone]
8 Facsimile: [phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
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[e-mail]
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Attorneys for Defendant
11 PGA TOUR, Inc.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

16 WILLIAM MICHAEL HICKS and
KENNETH HARMS, as Class Representative
17 Plaintiffs, et al.
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Plaintiffs,
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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC
DEFENDANT PGA TOUR, INC.’S
MOTION FOR A PAGE EXTENSION
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
DENYING REQUEST

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Defendants.

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MOTION FOR PAGE EXTENSION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11, Defendant PGA

2 TOUR, Inc. (the “TOUR”), by and through its counsel of record, hereby seeks leave of this Court
3 to file a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint and Memorandum of Points and
4 Authorities in Support Thereof (“Brief”) in excess of the 15-page limit prescribed by ¶ 19 of this
5 Court’s Civil Standing Order.
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Specifically, the First Amended Complaint contains seven different causes of action that

7 implicate complicated issues including the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Lanham Act, as well as
8 various state law claims that likely are governed by laws of numerous different states. In light of
9 the numerous issues that must be addressed in the TOUR’s Brief, the TOUR respectfully requests
10 that the page limit for its Brief be extended to 25 pages. The TOUR will submit its Brief on or
11 before August 21, 2015 and will make every effort to submit a Brief that is concise as possible.
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Plaintiffs do not consent to this request. In the event the Court grants the TOUR’s request

13 for a page extension, however, Plaintiffs request a comparable extension for their opposition brief,
14 which the TOUR does not oppose.
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DATED: July 29, 2015
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

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/s/ Raoul D. Kennedy
RAOUL D. KENNEDY
JEFFREY A. MISHKIN (admitted pro hac vice)
ANTHONY J. DREYER (admitted pro hac vice)
Attorneys for Defendant PGA TOUR, INC.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the page limit for the TOUR’s moving brief in support of a
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