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

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

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TRUMP ALIOTO TRUMP & PRESCOTT LLP

Mario N. Alioto, Esq. (SBN 56433) 

 malioto@tatp.com 

Lauren C. Russell, Esq. (SBN 241151) 

 laurenrussell@tatp.com 

2280 Union Street 

San Francisco, CA 94123 

Telephone: (415) 563-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 346-0679 

Attorneys for Plaintiff John Candido 

Additional Counsel on Signature Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN CANDIDO, on behalf of himself and all 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY, HERSHEY 

CANADA, INC., MARS, INC., 

MASTERFOODS USA, INC., MARS 

CANADA, INC., NESTLE S.A., NESTLE 

U.S.A., INC., ITWAL, LTD., and CADBURY 

SCHWEPPES PLC, 

 Defendants. 

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF 

TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING 

TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

 Plaintiff John Candido (“Plaintiff”), by and through his counsel of record, hereby submits 

this Stipulation Re Extension of Time for Defendants to Respond to Complaint. 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the above-captioned case on or about January 

24, 2008; 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff alleges price fixing of chocolate; 

 WHEREAS forty complaints have been filed to date in federal district courts throughout 

the United States by plaintiffs purporting to bring class actions on behalf of direct and indirect 

purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of Chocolate 

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(collectively, “the Chocolate Cases”); 

 WHEREAS several motions are pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation to transfer the Chocolate Cases for coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1407, and Plaintiff and defendants The Hershey Company, Mars, 

Incorporated, Masterfoods USA, Inc., and Nestle U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, “the Chocolate 

Companies”) anticipate that additional responses will be filed; 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended Complaints in 

the Chocolate Cases; 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff and the Chocolate Companies have agreed that an orderly schedule 

for any response to the pleadings in the Chocolate Cases would be more efficient for the parties 

and for the Court; 

 WHEREAS no prior extensions have been granted; and 

 THEREFORE, PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR 

RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for the Chocolate Companies to answer, move, or otherwise respond to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: (1) forty-five 

days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the Chocolate Cases; or (2) fortyfive days after Plaintiff provides written notice to the Chocolate Companies that Plaintiff does 

not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint, provided however, that in the event that 

the Chocolate Companies should agree or be ordered to respond prior to that date in any 

Chocolate case, the Chocolate Companies will respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned 

case on that earlier date. 

2. The defense counsel identified below shall accept service of the Complaint filed in this 

case, including any amended or consolidated complaint, on behalf of the domestic entities that 

they represent. Defendants shall not contest the sufficiency of process or service of process; 

provided, however, that by entering into this Stipulation no Defendant waives any other defense, 

including but not limited to the defense of lack of personal or subject matter jurisdiction, 

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improper venue, or service of an improper entity. 

3. The Plaintiff will not seek discovery until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

rules on the pending motions to transfer and the transferee district enters a case management 

order, provided, however, that in the event that the Chocolate Companies should agree or be 

ordered to provide discovery in any Chocolate case before that date, the Chocolate Companies 

will simultaneously provide the same discovery to the Plaintiff in the above-captioned action. 

4. This extension is available, without further stipulation with counsel for plaintiff, to all 

named defendants. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Based on the above Stipulation, Plaintiff requests that the Court enter the proposed order 

attached hereto. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: February 6, 2008 TRUMP ALIOTO TRUMP & PRESCOTT LLP 

 By: /s/ Lauren C. Russell 

 

TRUMP ALIOTO TRUMP & PRESCOTT LLP 

Mario N. Alioto, Esq. (56433) 

Lauren C. Russell, Esq. (241151) 

2280 Union Street 

San Francisco, CA 94123 

Telephone: (415) 563-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 346-0679 

 malioto@tatp.com 

 laurenrussell@tatp.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff John Candido

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Dated: February 6, 2008 

 By: ___/s/ David Marx, Jr._________________ 

 David Marx, Jr. 

 McDermott Will & Emery LLP 

 227 West Monroe Street 

 Chicago, Illinois 

 Telephone: (312) 984-7668 

 Fax: (312) 984-7700 

 Attorney for Mars, Incorporated and 

 Masterfoods USA, Inc. 

 By: ____/s/ Thomas D. Yannucci____________ 

 Thomas D. Yannucci, P.C.. 

 Kirkland & Ellis LLC 

 655 Fifteenth Street 

 Washington, DC 20005-5793 

 Telephone: (202) 879-5000 

 Fax: (202) 879-5200 

 Attorney for The Hershey Company 

 By: ______/s/ Roxann E. Henry______________ 

 Roxann E. Henry 

 Howrey LLP 

 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

 Washington, DC 20004 

 Telephone: (202) 383-6503 

 Fax: (202) 383-6610 

 Attorney for Nestle U.S.A., Inc. 

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TRUMP ALIOTO TRUMP & PRESCOTT LLP

Mario N. Alioto, Esq. (SBN 56433) 

 malioto@tatp.com 

Lauren C. Russell, Esq. (SBN 241151) 

 laurenrussell@tatp.com 

2280 Union Street 

San Francisco, CA 94123 

Telephone: (415) 563-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 346-0679 

Attorneys for Plaintiff John Candido 

Additional Counsel on Signature Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN CANDIDO, on behalf of himself and all 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY, HERSHEY 

CANADA, INC., MARS, INC., 

MASTERFOODS USA, INC., MARS 

CANADA, INC., NESTLE S.A., NESTLE 

U.S.A., INC., ITWAL, LTD., and CADBURY 

SCHWEPPES PLC, 

 Defendants. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 

 PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION ATTACHED HERETO, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________________________ ________________________________ 

 Honorable Bernard Zimmerman 

February 24, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

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