Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Filing 271

RESPONSE in Opposition re 262 MOTION for Discovery To Conduct Personal Jurisdiction Discovery filed by Meijer Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Third Affidavit of Robert VerHeulen in Support of Jurisdictional Defendants' Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Conduct Personal Jurisdiction Discovery)(Joffe, Jason)

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Mars Inc. et al Doc. 271 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, AMY HOLLUM, PATRICIA DAVIS, SUSAN PETERS, DEBORAH HOCK, MIKE FLOYD, BETH WILSON, CLAIRE KOTZAMPALTIRIS, DONNA HOPKINS-JONES, NICOLE PIAZZA, MARIAN LUPO, JANE HERRING, JO-ANN MURPHY, STEPHANIE STONE, PATRICIA HANRAHAN, DEBBIE RICE, ANN QUINN, SHARON MATHIESEN, SANDY SHORE, CAROLYN WHITE, LOU WIGGINS, MICHELLE LUCARELLI, RAUL ISERN, DANIELE VALORAS, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Class Representatives, vs. MARS, INC., MARS PETCARE US, INC., PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, CO., THE IAMS CO., COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY, HILL'S PET NUTRITION, DEL MONTE FOODS, CO., NESTLE USA INC., NESTLE PURINA PETCARE CO., NESTLE S.A., NUTRO PRODUCTS INC., MENU FOODS, INC., MENU FOODS INCOME FUND, DOANE PET CARE ENTERPRISES, INC., PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC., NEW ALBERTSON'S INC., ALBERTSON'S LLC, THE KROGER CO. OF OHIO, SAFEWAY INC., H. E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY, MEIJER INC., MEIJER SUPER MARKETS, INC., THE STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET COMPANY, PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES STORES, INC., PET SUPERMARKET, INC., PET SUPPLIES "PLUS," PET SUPPLIES PLUS/USA INC., PETSMART INC., TARGET CORP., WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendants. ___________________________________________________/ Dockets.Justia.com Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 2 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF DEFENDANT MEIJER, INC.'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS'/ CLASS REPRESENTATIVES' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO CONDUCT PERSONAL JURISDICTION DISCOVERY Defendant, Meijer, Inc. ("Meijer") gives notice of filing the attached Third Affidavit of Robert VerHeulen in Support of Jurisdictional Defendants' Memorandum In Opposition To Plaintiffs' Motion For Leave To Conduct Personal Jurisdiction Discovery, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Dated: December 10, 2007 Respect fully submitted, SQUIRE SANDERS & DEMPSEY, LLP 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 4000 Miami, FL 33131 Phone: 305-577-7000 Facsimile: 305-577-7001 Email: JJoffe@ssd.com By: _/s/ Jason Joffe____________ Jason Joffe Florida Bar No. 0013564 Attorneys for Defendant Meijer, Inc. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 10th day of December, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send a notice of electronic filing to all counsel of record identified on the attached Service List. /s/ Jason Joffe Jason Joffe 2 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 3 of 9 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, ETC., ET AL., VS. MARS, INC., et al. Case No. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF SERVICE LIST Catherine J. MacIvor cmacivor@mflegal.co m Jeffrey Eric Foreman jforeman@mflegal.com Jeffrey Bradford Maltzman jmaltzman@mflegal.com Darren W. Friedman dfriedman@mflegal.com MALTZMAN FOREMAN PA 2 S Biscayne Boulevard Suite 2300 One Biscayne Tower Miami, FL 33131-1803 Telephone: 305-358-6555 Facsimile: 305-374-9077 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Robin Lea Hanger rlhanger@ssd.co m SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 200 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4000 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: 305-577-7040 Facsimile: 305-577-7001 Attorneys for Defendant PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. John B.T. Murray, Jr. jbmurray@ssd.co m SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 1900 Phillips Point West Palm Beach 777 South Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, Florida 33480 John B.T. Murray, Jr., Esquire Telephone: 561-.650-7200 Facsimile: 561-655-1509 Attorneys for Defendant PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 4 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Gary L. Justice gjust ice@gibsondunn.com Charles Abbott cabbott@gibsondunn.co m Gail E. Lees glees@gibsondunn.com William Edward Wegner wwegner@gibso ndunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 4600 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: 213-229-7000 Facsimile: 213-229-6163 Adriana Riviere-Badell ariviere-badell@hunton.com M a r t y Steinberg msteinberg@hunton.com HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LLP Mello n Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue Suite 2500 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: 305-810-2500 Facsimile: 305-810-2460 Attorneys for Nutro Products, Inc. Kathleen S. Phang kphang@sfklaw.co m Charles Philip Flick cflick@sfklaw.co m SEIPP, FLICK & KISSANE Two Alhambra Plaza, Suite 800 Miami, FL 33134-5241 Telephone: 305-995-5600 Facsimile: 305-995-6100 Attorneys for Target Corp. Hugh J. Turner, Jr. hugh.turner@akerman.com AKERMAN SENTERFITT & EIDSON 350 E Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-0006 Telephone: 954-463-2700 Facsimile: 954-463-2224 Attorneys for Publix Supermarkets, Inc. Alan Graham Greer agreer@richmangreer.com RICHMAN GREER WEIL BRUMBAUGH MIRABITO & CHRISTENSEN Miami Center, Tenth Floor 201 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: 305-373-4010 Facsimile: 305-373-4099 D. Jeffery Ireland djireland@ficlaw.com Laura A. Sanom lsanom@ficlaw.co m Brian D. Wright bwright@ficlaw.co m FAUKI IRELAND & COX P.L.L. 500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W. 10 North Ludlow Street Dayton, OH 45402 Telephone: 937-227-3710 Facsimile: 937-227-3717 Attorneys for Proctor & Gamble Co. 4 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 5 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Omar Ortega oortega@dortaandortega.com DORTA AND ORTEGA P.A. 800 S. Douglas Road, Suite 149 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Telephone: 305-461-5454 Facsimile: 305-461-5226 Philip A. Sechler psechler@wc.com Patrick J. Houlihan phoulihan@wc.co m Dane H. Butswinkas dbutswinkas@wc.co m Christopher M. DAngelo cdangelo@wc.com Thomas G. Hentoff thentoff@wc.com Dane H. Butsinkas dbutswinkas@wc.co m WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 725 12th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: 202-434-5000 Facsimile: 202-434-5029 Attorneys for Mars, Inc. Sherril M. Colombo sco lombo@cozen.co m COZEN O'CONNOR Wachovia Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4410 Miami, FL 33131-2303 Telephone: 305-704-5945 Facsimile: 305-704-5955 Richard Fama rfama@cozen.co m John J. McDonough jmcdonough@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 16th Floor, 45 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Telephone: 212-509-9400 Facsimile: 212-509-9492 John F. Mullen jmullen@cozen.co m 1900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: 215-665-2179 Facsimile: 215-665-2013 Attorneys for Del Monte Foods, Co. 5 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 6 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Alexander Shaknes alex.shaknes@dlapiper.com Amy W. Schulman amy.schulman@dlapiper.co m DLA PIPER LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Telephone: 212-335-4500 Facsimile: 212-335-4501 Lonnie L. Simpson lo nnie.simpson@dlapiper.co m S. Douglas Knox douglas.knox@dlapiper.com 101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2000 Tampa, Florida 33602 Telephone: 813-229-2111 Facsimile: 813-229-1447 William C. Martin william.mart in@dlapiper.com 203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Telephone: 312-368-4000 Facsimile: 312-236-7516 Attorneys for Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund Steve Busey busey@smit hhulsey.co m SMITH HULSEY & BUSEY 225 Water Street, Suite 1800 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Telephone: 904-359-7700 Facsimile: 904-353-9908 Attorneys for Winn Dixie Stores, Inc. 6 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 7 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF John J. Kuster jkuster@sidley.com James D. Arden jarden@sidley.co m Kara L. McCall kmccall@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212-839-5300 Facsimile: 212-839-5599 Benjamine Reid breid@carltonfields.com Olga M. Vieira ovieira@carltonfields.com CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4000 Bank of America Tower at International Place Miami, Florida 33131-9101 Telephone: 305-530-0050 Facsimile: 305-530-0055 Attorneys for Colgate-Palmolive Company Carol A. Licko calicko@hhl.co m HOGAN & HARTSON LLP Mello n Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: 305-459-6500 Facsimile: 305-459-6550 Robert Troyer rctroyer@hhlaw.co m HOGAN & HARTSON LLP One Tabor Center, Suite 1500 1200 Seventeenth Street Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: 303-899-7300 Facsimile: 303-899-7333 Craig A. Hoover cahoover@hhlaw.co m Miranda L. Berge mlberge@hhlaw.co m HOGAN & HARTSON LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: 202-637-5600 Facsimile: 202-637-5910 Attorneys for Nestle U.S.A., Inc. 7 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 8 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Rolando Andres Diaz RD@kubickidraper.co m Cassidy Yen Dang cyd@kubickidraper.com Maria Kayanan mek@kubickidraper.com KUBICKI DRAPER 25 W. Flagler Street, Penthouse Miami, FL 33130-1712 Telephone: 305-982-6708 Facsimile: 305-374-7846 Attorneys for Pet Supermarket, Inc. James K. Reuss jreuss@lanealton.com LANE ALTON & HORST, LLC Two Miranova Place Suite 500 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Telephone: 614-233-4719 Facsimile: 614-228-0146 C. Richard Fulmer, Jr. FULMER LEROY ALBEE BAUMANN & GLASS, PLC 2866 East Oakland Park Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 Telephone: 954-707-4430 Facsimile: 954-707-4431 Attorneys for The Kroger Co. Robert Valadez rvaladez@shelton-valadez.co m Javier Thomas Duran jduran@shelton-valadez.co m SHELTON & VALADEZ, P.C. 600 Navarro, Suite 500 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Telephone: 210-349-0515 Facsimile: 210-349-3666 Ralph G. Patino rpatino@pat inolaw.com Dominick V. Tamarazzo dtamarazzo@patino law.com Carlos B. Salup csalup@pat ino law.com PATINO & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 225 Alcazar Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: 305-443-6163 Facsimile: 305-443-5635 Attorneys for Pet Supplies " Plus " and Pet Attorneys for H.E. Butt Grocery Co. Supplies Plus/USA, Inc. 8 Case 1:07-cv-21221-CMA Document 271 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2007 Page 9 of 9 CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/TURNOFF W. Randolph Teslik rteslik@akingump.co m Andrew Dober adober@akingump.co m AKIN GUMP STAUSS HAUER & FELD 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: 202-887-4000 Facsimile: 202-887-4288 Daniel S. Day dan.day@supervalu.co m SUPERVALU--LEGAL DEPARTMENT 250 Parkcenter Boulevard Boise, Idaho 83726 Telephone: 208-395-5194 Attorneys for New Albertson's Inc., and Albertson's LLC Marcus D. Jimenez mdj@kennynachwalter.com KENNY NACHWALTER, P.A. 1100 Miami Center 201 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: 305-373-1000 Facsimile: 305-372-1861 Attorneys for Safeway, Inc. and The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company 9

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