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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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Peter W. Craigie, State Bar No. 99509 

Kristen E. Drake, State Bar No. 202827 

Craigie, McCarthy & Clow 

540 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94133 

Telephone: 415-732-7788 

Facsimile: 415-732-7783 

E-mail: craigielaw@aol.com 

Louis T. Pirkey 

E-mail: lpirkey@pirkeybarber.com 

Susan J. Hightower 

E-mail: shightower@pirkeybarber.com 

Pirkey Barber LLP 

600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2120 

Austin, Texas 78701 

Telephone: 512-322-5200 

Facsimile: 512-322-5201 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

Grocery Outlet Inc. 

Robert A. Weikert, SBN 121146 

 E-mail: raweikert@thelen.com 

Veronica Colby Devitt, SBN 79955 

 E-mail: vdevitt@thelen.com 

John A. Chatowski, SBN 174471 

 E-mail: jachatowski@thelen.com 

Marlene J. Williams, SBN 197107 

 E-mail: mjwilliams@thelen.com 

THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & 

STEINER LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94105-3606 

Telephone: 415-371-1200 

Facsimile: 415-371-1211 

Attorneys for Defendants and 

Counterclaimants American Stores 

Company, LLC and New Albertsons, Inc. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

AMERICAN STORES COMPANY, LLC, and 

NEW ALBERTSONS, INC., 

 Defendants. 

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AMERICAN STORES COMPANY, LLC, and 

NEW ALBERTSONS, INC., 

 Counterclaimants. 

vs. 

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

 Counterdefendant. 

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Civil Case No. C06-02173 JSW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE BERNARD 

ZIMMERMAN FOR SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

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STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED AND RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED, 

by and between plaintiff and counterdefendant Grocery Outlet Inc. (“Grocery Outlet”) and 

defendants and counterclaimants American Stores Company, LLC and New Albertsons, Inc. 

(“Defendants”) as follows: 

1) On January 25, 2008, this Court directed counsel to meet and confer and submit a 

request by February 1, 2008 for a referral to a specific Magistrate Judge, or if the parties could 

not agree upon a specific Magistrate Judge, a panel of proposed Magistrate Judges for a 

settlement conference. 

2) The parties have met and conferred and request that the case be referred to 

Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman for a settlement conference. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: February 1, 2008 CRAIGIE, McCARTHY & CLOW 

_______________/s/ Peter W. Craigie___________

Peter W. Craigie 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

Grocery Outlet Inc. 

Dated: February 1, 2008 THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN 

& STEINER LLP 

______________/s/ Robert A. Weikert __________

Robert A. Weikert 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

AMERICAN STORES COMPANY, LLC and 

NEW ALBERTSONS, INC. 

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GENERAL ORDER 45 CERTIFICATION

I, Peter W. Craigie, hereby attest pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45 that the 

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 

Dated: February 1, 2008 CRAIGIE, McCARTHY & CLOW 

______________/s/ Peter W. Craigie____________

Peter W. Craigie 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

Grocery Outlet Inc. 

ORDER

For good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

This case is referred to Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman for a settlement conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________, 2008 _______________________________ 

 The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Court Judge 

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to be completed by May 5, 2008.

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