O'Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al

Filing 198

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting #196 Stipulation Concerning Dismissal of Claims (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/9/2014)

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MICHAEL D. HAUSFELD (pro hac vice) 1 mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com HILARY K. SCHERRER (SBN 209451) 2 hscherrer@hausfeldllp.com SATHYA S. GOSSELIN (SBN 269171) 3 sgosselin@hausfeldllp.com SWATHI BOJEDLA 4 sbojedla@hausfeldllp.com (pro hac vice) HAUSFELD LLP 5 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 650 Washington, D.C. 20006 6 Telephone: (202) 540-7200 Facsimile: (202) 540-7201 7 MICHAEL P. LEHMANN (SBN 77152) 8 mlehmann@hausfeldllp.com BRUCE J. WECKER (SBN 78530) 9 bwecker@hausfeldllp.com HAUSFELD LLP 10 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, California 94104 11 Telephone: (415) 633-1908 Facsimile: (415) 358-4980 12 Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Class Counsel 13 GLENN D. POMERANTZ (SBN 112503) glenn.pomerantz@mto.com KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091) kelly.klaus@mto.com ROHIT K. SINGLA (SBN 213057) rohit.singla@mto.com CAROLYN HOECKER LUEDTKE (SBN 207976) carolyn.luedtke@mto.com MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 560 Mission Street, Twenty-Seventh Floor San Francisco, California 94105-2907 Telephone: (415) 512-4000 Facsimile: (415) 512-4077 GREGORY L. CURTNER (Pro Hac Vice) gcurtner@schiffhardin.com ROBERT J. WIERENGA (SBN 183687) rwierenga@schiffhardin.com SCHIFF HARDIN LLP 350 Main St., Suite 210 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Telephone: (734) 222-1500 Facsimile: (734) 222-1501 Attorneys for Defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW EDWARD C. O’BANNON, JR. on behalf of 18 himself and all others similarly situated, 19 20 Plaintiffs, v. 21 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA); ELECTRONIC 22 ARTS, INC.; and COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY, 23 Defendants. 24 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS Judge: Crtrm: Hon. Claudia Wilken 2, 4th Floor 25 26 27 28 23530916.2 Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS 1 WHEREAS, the individual named Antitrust Plaintiffs are defined as Ed O’Bannon, Oscar 2 Robertson, William Russell, Harry Flournoy, Alex Gilbert, Sam Jacobson, Thad Jaracz, David 3 Lattin, Patrick Maynor, Tyrone Prothro, Damien Rhodes, Eric Riley, Bob Tallent, Danny 4 Wimprine, Ray Ellis, Jake Fischer, Jake Smith, Darius Robinson, Chase Garnham, and Moses 5 Alipate (“Antitrust Plaintiffs”); 6 WHEREAS, on May 14, 2014, Antitrust Plaintiffs informed the National Collegiate 7 Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Court that the Antitrust Plaintiffs do not seek a jury trial on 8 their claims but rather intend to try their claims exclusively to the Court; 9 WHEREAS, on May 19, 2014, Antitrust Plaintiffs filed a statement informing the Court 10 that they are dismissing with prejudice all claims against the NCAA for individual damages, 11 disgorgement of profits, and an accounting, while preserving their claims for injunctive and 12 declaratory relief; 13 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT: 14 1. Each individual named Antitrust Plaintiff dismisses with prejudice all of their 15 claims against the NCAA for individual damages (a) asserted in the Third Consolidated Amended 16 Complaint (“TCAC”) or (b) arising from the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ allegations in the TCAC. 17 2. Each individual named Antitrust Plaintiff dismisses with prejudice all of their 18 claims against the NCAA for any disgorgement of profits or unjust enrichment (a) asserted in the 19 TCAC or (b) arising from the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ allegations in the TCAC. 20 3. Each individual named Antitrust Plaintiff dismisses with prejudice all of their 21 claims against the NCAA for any type of accounting. 22 4. The individual named Antitrust Plaintiffs confirm that it is their intention to dismiss 23 — and they do hereby dismiss — with prejudice any and all of their claims or requests for relief 24 (a) asserted in the TCAC or (b) arising from the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ allegations in the TCAC 25 against the NCAA or its member institutions that seek a monetary remedy, regardless whether 26 such remedy or relief might be styled as “equitable” in some circumstances. This stipulation bars 27 the individual named Antitrust Plaintiffs from replicating in a new action against the NCAA or its 28 1175437.1 -1Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS 1 member institutions the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ claims or requests for relief (a) asserted in the TCAC 2 or (b) arising from the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ allegations in the TCAC that seek a monetary remedy, 3 regardless whether such remedy or relief might be styled as “equitable” in some circumstances. 4 5. Consistent with previous submissions to the Court and the NCAA, the Antitrust 5 Plaintiffs will not pursue monetary remedies, however styled, or an accounting at the upcoming 6 June 9, 2014 bench trial. 7 6. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to, or does, waive the NCAA’s objections to 8 proceeding with a trial of any of the claims of the Antitrust Plaintiffs, including for injunctive and 9 declaratory relief, as a bench trial, rather than as a trial before a jury, or as a bench trial before a 10 jury trial in any related matters. 11 7. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to, or does, waive the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ 12 claims against the NCAA and its member institutions for injunctive and declaratory relief. 13 8. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to, or does, waive the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ 14 claims against Electronic Arts, Inc. and Collegiate Licensing Company, as asserted in the TCAC. 15 16 Respectfully submitted, 17 HAUSFELD LLP 18 19 By: /s/ Michael Hausfeld Michael D. Hausfeld Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Class Counsel 1700 K St. NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006 20 21 22 23 Dated: June 8, 2014 24 25 26 27 28 1175437.1 -2Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS 1 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 2 3 By: /s/ Rohit Singla 1 Rohit K. Singla Attorneys for Defendant NCAA 560 Mission Street, Twenty-Seventh Floor San Francisco, California 94105-2907 4 5 6 Dated: June 8, 2014 7 8 9 [PROPOSED] ORDER 10 Pursuant to the stipulation of counsel, IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 12 Dated:____________ 6/9/2014 13 _______________________________________ The Honorable Claudia Wilken Chief United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 I, Sathya S. Gosselin, attest that I have obtained concurrence from Rohit K. Singla in the filing of 27 this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Concerning Dismissal of Claims. See N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 51(i)(3). 28 1175437.1 -3Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 I hereby certify that on June 8, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the 2 3 Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification to the e-mail addresses 4 registered. 5 By: /s/ Sathya S. Gosselin Sathya S. Gosselin Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Class Counsel HAUSFELD LLP 1700 K St. NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1175437.1 -4Case No. 09-cv-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS

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