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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBIN REESE, individually and on behalf of 

all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ODWALLA, INC. AND THE COCA-COLA CO.,

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 13-CV-947 YGR

ORDER DISSOLVING STAY AND DIRECTING 

FILING OF MOTION TO DISMISS 

In its March 25, 2014 Order (Dkt. No. 60), the Court granted the motion of Defendants 

Odwalla, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company (collectively “Odwalla”) based upon primary 

jurisdiction grounds. The primary jurisdiction doctrine “allows courts to stay proceedings or to 

dismiss a complaint without prejudice pending the resolution of an issue within the special 

competence of an administrative agency...and is to be used only if a claim involves an issue of first 

impression or a particularly complicated issue Congress has committed to a regulatory agency.” 

Clark v. Time Warner Cable, 523 F. 3d 1110, 1114 (9th Cir. 2008). The Court granted the motion 

to dismiss, but stayed the action rather than dismissing it without prejudice, while awaiting the 

completion of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) action concerning the term 

“evaporated cane juice” (or “ECJ”). 

On July 25, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Notice (Dkt. No. 85) indicating that the FDA had 

completed its process and issued administrative guidance concerning ECJ and requesting that the 

stay be lifted. Based thereon, the Court ORDERS that the Stay of this Action is DISSOLVED, and the 

action may proceed. 

In the Joint Notice, Odwalla also requests that the Court rule on the other grounds asserted 

in its prior motion to dismiss. The prior motion to dismiss having been granted, there is no pending 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

motion before the Court. Odwalla may file its motion to dismiss within 14 days of issuance of this 

order on a regular, noticed-motion schedule on an available law and motion hearing date. In 

briefing the motion and opposition, the parties are directed that their briefs and supporting papers 

should be complete in themselves, and should not incorporate prior motions or briefing by 

reference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: July 27, 2016 _______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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