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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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1 Scott D. Baker (SBN 84923) 

Email: sbaker@reedsmith.com 

2 Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN 203511) 

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James A. Daire (SBN 23 963 7) 

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Christine M. Morgan (SBN 169350) 

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REED SMITH LLP 

6 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

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Telephone: (415) 543-8700 

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SAFEWA Y INC. 

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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Defendant. 

Case No. 3:11-CV-03003-JST (JCS) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

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The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

Case No. 3:11-CV-03003-JST (JCS) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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1 WHEREAS, on June 17, 2011, plaintiff in the above-captioned action, Michael Rodman, 

2 filed a class action complaint against Safeway Inc. ("Safeway") (ECF No. 1); and 

3 WHEREAS, on March 10, 2014, this Court certified the following class, solely for the 

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All persons in the United States who registered to purchase 

groceries through Safeway.com at any time prior to November 15, 

2011, and made one or more purchases subject to the price markup 

implemented on or about April 12,2010 (the "Class"). 

Excluded from the Class are Defendant, as well as all employees of 

the judges assigned to this action in this Court, their spouses and any 

minor children living in their households, and other persons within a 

third degree relationship to any such federal judge; and finally, the 

entire jury venire called for jury service in relation to this lawsuit. 

Also excluded from the Class are any attorneys or other employees 

of any law firms hired, retained and/or appointed by or on behalf of 

the named Plaintiffs to represent the named Plaintiffs and/or any 

proposed Class members or proposed class in this lawsuit. 

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19 WHEREAS, on February 12, 2015, this Court granted partial summary judgment to 

20 plaintiff and the Class and found that "Safeway breached the contract by charging Plaintiff and the 

21 Class members who registered beginning in 2006 more than the prices permitted under the terms 

22 of the contract" and that "[t]he Class is entitled to damages even for purchases which occurred 

23 after the Special Terms were amended on November 15, 2011" (ECF No. 237); and 

24 WHEREAS, on August 31,2015, this Court granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff 

25 and the Class and found that Class members who registered with Safeway.com on or after January 

26 1, 2006, were entitled to damages "in the amount of the aggregate markup," plus prejudgment 

27 interest of 10 percent per annum from the time of breach under Cal. Civ. Code Section 3289(b ), 

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1 liability for Class members who registered with safeway.com before January 1, 2006 (ECF No. 

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3 WHEREAS, as reflected in submissions by the parties and orders of this Court (ECF Nos. 

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WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in formal and informal discovery; 

WHEREAS, the parties now wish to stipulate to the facts and findings set out below; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to the above-captioned action hereby stipulate and agree 

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Customers who registered with safeway.com before January 1, 2006 entered into a contract 

with Safeway at the time of registration containing the following language: 

Product Pricing and Service Charges 

The prices quoted on our Web site at the time of your order are 

estimated prices only. You will be charged the prices quoted for 

Products you have selected for purchase at the time your order is 

processed at checkout. The actual order value catmot be determined 

until the day of delivery because the prices quoted on the Web site 

are likely to vary either above or below the prices in the store on the 

date your order is filled and delivered. 

Therefore, this Court's prior summary judgment orders (ECF Nos. 237 and 331) are 

equally applicable to Class members who registered before January 1, 2006, as they are to 

Class members who registered between January 1, 2006 and November 14, 2011. 

In view of the foregoing, the parties request that the Court vacate the December 7, 2015 

jury trial, the November 30, 2015 pre-trial conference, and the pre-trial submission 

deadlines set forth in the Court's October 14,2015 Scheduling Order (ECF No. 381). 

The parties will work together to determine the amount of damages and pre-judgment 

interest attributable to the Class members who registered before January 1, 2006 and the 

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Class members who registered between January 1, 2006 and November 14, 2011 for 

submission to the Court to enter in connection with final judgment. Any disputes will be 

submitted to the Court for resolution. 

Safeway contests this Court's prior orders (ECF Nos. 163, 237, 331), and reserves its right 

to appeal from any final judgment in this action to challenge this Court's prior orders or 

any other order made in this action. 

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2 Dated: November 12, 2015 Dated: November 12 2015 

.) " REED SMITH LLP CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP 

4 By: Is/ Jonah D. Mitchell By: Is/ Steven A. Schwartz 

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Scott D. Baker (SBN 84923) Steven A. Schwmiz (pro hac vice) 

Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN 203511) Timothy N. Mathews (pro hac vice) 

6 James A. Daire (SBN 239637) 361 W. Lancaster Ave. 

Christine M. Morgan (SBN 169350) Haverford, P A 19041 

7 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 Telephone: ( 61 0) 64 2-8500 

San Francisco, CA 94105 Facsimile: (610) 649-3633 

8 Telephone: (415) 543-8700 James C. Shah (SBN 260435) 

9 Facsimile: (415) 391-8269 Rose F. Luzon (SBN 221544) 

SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, 

10 Attorneys for Defendant MILLER & SHAH 

SAFEWA Y INC. 401 West A Street, Suite 2350 

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Telephone: (619) 235-2416 

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MICHAEL RODMAN and the Class 

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1 ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE 

2 I, Jonah D. Mitchell, attest that pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby certify that I have 

3 obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document from all the signatories for whom a 

4 signature is indicated by a "conformed" signature (Is/) within this e-filed document.. 

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6 Dated: November 12, 2015 

7 REED SMITH LLP 

8 By: Is/ Jonah D. Mitchell 

9 Scott D. Baker (SBN 84923) 

Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN 203511) 

10 James A. Daire (SBN 239637) 

Christine M. Morgan (SBN 169350) 

11 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

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SAFEW A Y INC. 

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