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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER AWARDING PLAINTIFFS REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND RELATED 

NONTAXABLE EXPENSES AND COSTS 

JOSHI V. STARBUCKS, CASE NO. 2:09-CV-00095-FCD-DAD 

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John Karl Buche (SBN 239477) 

BUCHE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

875 Prospect, Suite 305 

La Jolla, California 92037 

Telephone: 858.459.9111 

Facsimile: 858.459.9120 

Email: jbuche@buchelaw.com

Damian E. LaCroix (PHV) (SBN (TX) 24027433) 

The LaCroix Law Firm 

416 Westheimer 

Houston, Texas 77002 

Telephone: 713.623.8200 

Facsimile: 713.623.8400 

EMAIL: dlacroix@cbl-law.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

RAKESH JOSHI and PRANIKA JOSHI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAKESH JOSHI and PRANIKA 

JOSHI, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION, a 

Washington corporation, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive, 

 Defendant. 

 Case No. 2:09-CV-00095-FCD-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AWARDING PLAINTIFFS 

REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

AND RELATED NONTAXABLE 

EXPENSES AND COSTS 

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Plaintiffs Rakesh Joshi and Pranika Joshi (“Plaintiffs”) and defendant 

Starbucks Corporation (“Starbucks”), through their respective counsel (collectively, 

the “Parties”), submit the following stipulation: 

WHEREAS on January 12, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Acceptance of 

Starbucks’ Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 Offer of Judgment to pay Plaintiffs 

Four Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($400,000.00) in damages on Plaintiffs’ 

breach of contract cause of action; 

WHEREAS the Offer of Judgment also required Starbucks to pay Plaintiffs for 

reasonable attorneys’ fees, and related nontaxable expenses and costs Plaintiffs 

incurred in connection with this lawsuit; 

WHEREAS on January 12, 2010, pursuant to the Offer of Judgment, this Court 

entered an interlocutory judgment awarding Plaintiffs Four Hundred Thousand and 

NO/100 Dollars ($400,000.00) in damages on Plaintiffs’ breach of contract cause of 

action; 

WHEREAS the only remaining issue before the Court is determining the 

amount of Plaintiffs’ reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and 

costs; 

WHEREAS the Parties have reached an agreement as to an agreed-upon 

amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and costs to be 

awarded Plaintiffs; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Plaintiffs shall be awarded One Hundred 

Eighty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two and 49/100 Dollars 

($184,322.49) as reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and costs. 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties, by and through 

their respective attorneys of record, as follows: Plaintiffs shall be awarded One 

Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two and 49/100 Dollars 

($184,322.49) as reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and costs in 

addition to the Four Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($400,000.00) awarded 

Plaintiffs on January 12, 2010 for damages on Plaintiffs’ breach of contract cause of 

action. 

Dated: March ____, 2010 THE LACROIX LAW FIRM, P.C. 

s/Damian E. LaCroix 

Damian E. LaCroix 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Rakesh Joshi and Pranika Joshi 

Dated: March _____, 2010 WILLENKEN WILSON LOH & LIEB, LLP 

s/Eileen M. Ahern 

Eileen M. Ahern 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Starbucks Corporation 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 14, 2010 

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