Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc

Filing 54

ORDER RELATING CASES by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. RE 44 , 48 , 50 , 51 . (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/1/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,

Case No. 15-cv-00941-HSG

Plaintiff,
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ORDER RELATING CASES

v.

Re: Dkt. Nos. 44, 48, 50, 51

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE
INC,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Before the Court are four administrative motions to consider whether eight cases filed in
this district are related to the above-captioned matter.
The Court finds that the actions “concern substantially the same parties, property,

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transaction, or event,” and that “[i]t appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome

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duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different

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Judges.” Civ. L.R. 3-12(a). Accordingly, the Court determines that the following cases are

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related to 3:15-cv-00941-HSG and reassigns them to the undersigned for all future proceedings:

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3:15-cv-01212-MEJ

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3:15-cv-01276-MEJ

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3:15-cv-01281-MEJ

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3:15-cv-01297-EDL

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3:15-cv-01340-EDL

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3:15-cv-01406-JSC

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The Court also determines that Case Nos. 3:15-cv-01301-HSG and 3:15-cv-01408-HSG

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are related to 3:15-cv-00941-HSG.
The parties are instructed that any future filings in the reassigned cases are to bear the

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initials of the undersigned immediately after the case number. The case management conferences

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in the reassigned cases will be rescheduled by the Court. The parties shall adjust the dates for the

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conference, disclosures and report required by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26

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accordingly. Unless otherwise ordered, any noticed dates for motion hearings are vacated and

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must be re-noticed by the moving party before the undersigned. Any deadlines set by the ADR

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Local Rules remain in effect.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 1, 2015
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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