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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC,

Plaintiff,

v.

RAPT TOUCH IRELAND LTD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-03531-VC 

ORDER

A hearing will take place on the application for a temporary restraining order on 

Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The parties should be prepared to discuss the following: 

 Should Section 9.4 of the contract be interpreted as limiting a party's right to seek 

emergency relief to situations where the arbitrator would not be capable of 

providing such relief in a timely fashion? Assuming Delaware law applies, what 

does it say about this topic? Cf. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.8.

 How soon would the arbitrator be able to entertain the request for emergency 

relief that the plaintiff has sought here?

 Even putting aside the meaning of Section 9.4, the issuance of emergency relief in 

federal court is a matter of discretion. Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 

U.S. 7, 24 (2008). If the arbitrator could timely entertain the request for 

emergency relief, why should the Court use its discretion to grant it here?

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 1, 2016

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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