Maruka Machinery Co Ltd v. Hi Tech Systems Inc

Filing 25

ORDER granting leave to each Plaintiff to amend the operative complaint in its respective case. The Parties shall re-file the amended pleadings by July 7, 2017, with responses to be filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 no later than July 21, 2017. Signed by Honorable Mary Geiger Lewis on 7/6/2017. Associated Cases: 7:17-cv-00490-MGL, 7:17-cv-00917-MGL(abuc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG DIVISION
Maruka Machinery Co. Ltd.,

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Case No. 7:17-cv-00490-MGL
Plaintiff,
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v.
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Hi Tech Systems, Inc.,
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Defendant.
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Hi Tech Systems, Inc.,

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Case No. 7:17-cv-00917-MGL
Plaintiff,
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v.
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Maruka Machinery Co. Ltd.,
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Defendant.
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CONSENT ORDER ALLOWING AMENDMENT OF BOTH PARTIES’ COMPLAINTS
On June 26, 2017, Hi Tech Systems, Inc. (“HTS”) and Maruka Machinery Co, Ltd.
(“Maruka,” and with HTS, the “Parties”) filed separate motions requesting leave to amend their
complaints. Dkt. Nos. 20, 21.1 Following further discussion, the Parties consented to the filing
of each other’s proposed amended complaint, while reserving the rights to make any and all
appropriate motions and assert any and all defenses that may be applicable to the amended
pleadings.
Accordingly, on motion of both Parties, leave is hereby granted to each Plaintiff to amend
the operative complaint in its respective case. The Parties shall re-file the amended pleadings

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Docket cites refer to filings in the lead case, No. 7:17-cv-00490.

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attached to their respective motions for leave to amend by July 7, 2017, with responses to be
filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 no later than July 21, 2017.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Mary Geiger Lewis
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Mary Geiger Lewis
United States District Judge
July 6, 2017
Columbia, SC

WE CONSENT:
s/ Franklin J. Smith, Jr.___________
Franklin J. Smith, Jr., D.S.C. ID No. 3898
Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Post Office Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202
[e-mail]

s/ Alice W. Parham Casey
Alice W. Parham Casey, D.S.C. ID No. 9431
Wyche, P.A.
801 Gervais Street, Suite B
Columbia, SC 29201
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Hi Tech Systems, Inc.

Attorneys for Maruka Machinery Co., Ltd.

June 30, 2017

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