"The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation"

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Declaration of Thomas R. Merrick in Support of 253 Memorandum in Opposition To Defendant's Motion for Reconsideration of Rule 23(b)(2) Class filed byMelanie Tucker. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3)(Related document(s) 253 ) (Merrick, Thomas) (Filed on 9/14/2009)

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1 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 2 JOHN J. STOIA, JR. (141757) BONNY E. SWEENEY (176174) 3 THOMAS R. MERRICK (177987) 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 4 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 6 [e-mail] [e-mail] 7 THE KATRIEL LAW FIRM 8 ROY A. KATRIEL (pro hac vice) 1101 30th Street, N.W., Suite 500 9 Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 11 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 12 [Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 SAN JOSE DIVISION 16 THE APPLE IPOD ITUNES ANTI-TRUST ) Lead Case No. C-05-00037-JW(RS) ) 17 LITIGATION ) CLASS ACTION ) 18 ) DECLARATION OF THOMAS R. This Document Relates To: ) MERRICK IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' 19 ) OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION ALL ACTIONS. 20 ) FOR RECONSIDERATION OF RULE 23(b)(2) CLASS 21 Judge: Hon. James Ware 22 Date: October 5, 2009 Time: 9:00 a.m. 23 Ctrm: 8 ­ 4th Floor 24 25 26 27 28

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I, THOMAS R. MERRICK, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice before all of the courts of the State of

3 California and am associated with the law firm of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP. I 4 have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein, and, if called upon, I could and would 5 competently testify thereto. 6 2. I am Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of Plaintiffs Melanie Tucker, Mariana Rosen, and

7 Somtai Troy Charoensak in the above-captioned action. 8 3. I submit this declaration in support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion

9 for Reconsideration of Rule 23(b)(2) Class. 10 11 12 Exhibit 2: 13 14 15 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 16 true and correct. Executed this 14th day of September, 2009, at San Diego, California. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Attached hereto are true and correct copies of the following documents: Relevant excerpts from the deposition transcript of Somtai Charoensak, taken January 12, 2007; Relevant excerpts from the deposition transcript of Mariana Rosen, taken January 24, 2007; and Relevant excerpts from the deposition transcript of Melanie Tucker, taken October 26, 2007.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 14, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the

3 Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 4 addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 5 mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 6 participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 7 I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on September 14, 2009. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 s/ Thomas R. Merrick THOMAS R. MERRICK COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101-3301 Telephone: [phone] (fax) E-mail: [e-mail]

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