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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION.

Master File No. 14-cv-03264-JD 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

STRIKE

Re: Dkt. Nos. 600, 619

Defendant Toshin Kogyo Co., Ltd. previously filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s 

complaint on December 4, 2014. Dkt. No. 430. The Court struck that motion without prejudice 

because defendant Toshin Kogyo, a corporation, may appear in this action only through an 

attorney authorized to practice before this Court, and the motion papers did not show that the filer 

of the motion satisfied that condition. Dkt. No. 457.

Defendant Toshin Kogyo Co., Ltd. has filed a similar motion to dismiss the consolidated 

class action complaint, dated March 18, 2015. Dkt. No. 600. The motion suffers from the same 

deficiency, and the direct purchaser plaintiffs have moved to strike the motion on that basis. Dkt. 

No. 619 at 4-5. Plaintiffs also request that the motion be stricken because it “violates the Court’s 

Scheduling Orders, despite Toshin Kogyo having received adequate notice of applicable 

deadlines.” Id. at 5.

The Court grants plaintiffs’ motion to strike (Dkt. No. 619) and strikes Toshin Kogyo’s 

second motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 600). The Court refers Toshin Kogyo to Civil Local Rule 3-

9(b), available at the Court’s website at http://cand.uscourts.gov/localrules/civil. That rule states 

that “[a] corporation, unincorporated association, partnership or other such entity may appear only 

through a member of the bar of this Court.” To be clear, the Court will not consider any 

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arguments in favor of dismissing Toshin Kogyo unless those arguments are presented to the Court 

by an attorney who has been admitted and is authorized to practice before the bar of the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2015

________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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