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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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MDL No. 1917 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS'

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SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

GARY L. HALLING, Cal. Bar No. 66087 

JAMES L. McGINNIS, Cal. Bar No. 95788 

MICHAEL W. SCARBOROUGH, Cal. Bar No. 203524 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4106 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

E-mail: ghalling@sheppardmullin.com

 jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com

 mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC., 

SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., 

SAMSUNG SDI (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD., 

SAMSUNG SDI MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., 

SAMSUNG SDI BRASIL LTDA., 

SHENZEN SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. and 

TIANJIN SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

 DIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

 Case No. 07-5944 SC 

MDL No. 1917 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

DIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS' 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL 

DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO CIVIL 

LOCAL RULES 7-11 AND 79-5(d) 

[re Samsung SDI documents] 

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The Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs filed an Administrative Motion to Seal Documents 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5(d) (Dkt. # 1057) ("Motion to Seal") related to the 

filing of the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to 

Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (''DPPs' Opposition"), the Declaration of R. 

Alexander Saveri in Opposition in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment ("Saveri Declaration"), and the exhibits attached to the Saveri Declaration, all of which 

were lodged conditionally under seal on February 24, 2012 pursuant to Plaintiffs' Motion to Seal. 

Defendants Samsung SDI America, Inc., Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Sdn. 

Bhd., Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. De C.V., Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda., Shenzen Samsung SDI Co., 

Ltd. Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (collectively the "Samsung SDI Defendants") filed the 

Declaration of Michael W. Scarborough ("Scarborough Decl.") in support of Plaintiffs' Motion to 

Seal, requesting a narrowly tailored order to maintain certain documents and document excerpts 

under seal. 

The documents at issue are the (i) Saveri Declaration Exhibit 23; (ii) Saveri 

Declaration Exhibit 54; (iii) Saveri Declaration, page 6, line 6 (starting with "They") to line 21 

(ending with "forecasts.'"); (iv) Saveri Declaration, page 11, lines 17-24; (v) Saveri Declaration, 

Item #54 on page 4 of the Index of Exhibits; (vi) DPPs' Opposition, page 3, line 20 (starting with 

"For") to line 24 (ending with "televisions"); (vii) DPPs' Opposition, pages 3-4, fn. 3; (viii) DPPs' 

Opposition, page 5, line 8 (from "over" through "%"); and (ix) DPPs' Opposition, page 24, line 8 

(starting with "over") to line 9 (ending with "co-conspirators'"). Exhibit 54 is a two-page excerpt 

of the Samsung SDI Defendants' sales transaction data, produced in this action as SDCRT0083118 and designated by the Samsung SDI Defendants as "Highly Confidential" under the 

Protective Order. The Saveri Declaration at page 11, lines 17-24 and Item #54 on page 4 of the 

Index of Exhibits and the DPPs' Opposition at page 5, line 8, and page 24, lines 8-9 contain related 

discussions of and citations to Exhibit 54. Exhibit 23 is the Samsung SDI Defendants' 

Supplemental Responses to Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories, Nos. 4 and 5, 

designated by the Samsung SDI Defendants as "Confidential" under the Protective Order. The 

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Saveri Declaration at page 6, line 6 (starting with "They") to line 21 (ending with "forecasts.'") and

the DPPs' Opposition, page 3, line 20 (starting with "For") to line 24 (ending with "televisions") 

and pages 3-4, fn. 3 contain related discussions of and citations to Exhibit 23. 

After due consideration of the papers submitted and the arguments of counsel, the 

Court finds that the above materials described in the Scarborough Decl. contain proprietary and 

sensitive business information, and a substantial probability exists that the Samsung SDI 

Defendants would be competitively harmed if the materials were publicly disclosed. The Court 

also finds that the Samsung SDI Defendants have narrowly tailored this sealing request to only 

those exhibits and references thereto necessary to protect their proprietary and sensitive business 

information. The Court thus finds compelling reasons to maintain under seal the materials 

described in the Scarborough Decl. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the following documents and document 

excerpts shall be maintained permanently under seal in their entirety: 

a. Saveri Declaration Exhibit 23; 

b. Saveri Declaration Exhibit 54; 

c. Saveri Declaration, page 6, line 6 (starting with "They") to line 21 (ending 

 with "forecasts.'"); 

d. Saveri Declaration, page 11, lines 17-24; 

e. Saveri Declaration, Item #54 on page 4 of the Index of Exhibits; 

f. DPPs' Opposition, page 3, line 20 (starting with "For") to line 24 (ending 

 with "televisions"); 

g. DPPs' Opposition, pages 3-4, fn. 3; 

h. DPPs' Opposition, page 5, line 8 (from "over" through "%"); and 

i. DPPs' Opposition, page 24, line 8 (starting with "over") to line 9 (ending 

 with "co-conspirators'"). 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ ____________________________________ 

HONORABLE SAMUEL CONTI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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