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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Plaintiffs’ counsel are advised to prepare a demonstrative for the Court showing all the

various alternative proposals contemplated. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS O’CONNOR, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-13-3826 EMC 

ORAL ARGUMENT PREPARATION

ORDER

On August 6, 2015, this Court will hear oral argument on Plaintiffs’ pending motion for class

certification. Docket No. 276. In their briefs (and particularly across numerous footnotes), counsel

for Plaintiffs suggests that this Court could certify subclasses if it decides not to certify the broader

class Plaintiffs seek. Counsel also suggests (as an alternative to total certification) that the Court

could certify a liability-only class (or, possibly, various liability-only subclasses), leaving damages

determinations to be made at some later date.

Plaintiffs shall be prepared to discuss in detail specifically what subclasses it believes are

certifiable and why.1

 Relatedly, Plaintiffs shall be prepared to discuss in detail specifically how they

propose any class (or subclass) action could be tried. Finally, Plaintiffs shall be prepared to discuss

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 their proposed common damages methodologies for any and all proposed class actions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2015

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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