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

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United 

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For the Northern District of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

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MDL No. 1917 

Case No. C-07-5944-SC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL 

MASTER PURSUANT TO THE CASE 

STATUS CONFERENCE 

This Order Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS 

On August 7, 2015, the parties met for a case status 

conference. Pursuant to discussion therein, the Court intends to 

appoint U.S. Magistrate Judge (Ret.) James Larson as Special Master 

and charge him to produce Reports and Recommendations ("R&Rs") on 

all appropriate pending motions required for trial in the above 

captioned case. See Fed R. Civ. P. 53(a)(1)(C). This includes all 

summary judgment motions, motions in limine, and Daubert motions 

pertaining to matters that will remain within this judicial 

district, and further includes motions for cases that will be 

remanded to a different jurisdiction of origin which Judge Larson 

believes can be decided applying Ninth Circuit law without any 

significant risk of conflicting circuit law resulting in appellate 

issues. The Court would authorize Judge Larson to hold hearings at 

his discretion should he believe doing so would be helpful in 

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

resolving a motion pending before him. Judge Larson is appointed 

with the express condition that all his R&Rs are to be provided 

directly to Chambers for in camera review and he is not to share 

them with or otherwise make them known to any party. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 53(e). Once the Court has determined that settlements are 

sufficiently finalized and the proper time has arrived to act on 

the R&Rs, the Court will publish the collected R&Rs to the parties 

for review, opportunity to be heard, and objections. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 53(f)(1)-(2). To ensure all objections can be reviewed and 

settled without endangering the soon-to-follow trial dates, the 

Court intends to limit the time for objections to 10 days following 

publication of R&Rs. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(f)(2). 

This appointment and these restrictions will allow the parties 

to continue in their efforts toward pending settlements while also 

preparing the Court to quickly proceed to trial once dates are 

announced during an upcoming trial setting conference. Any order 

appointing Judge Larson will be understood not to alter the 

appointment of Judge Vaughn R. Walker as Special Master over a 

different subset of motions in this case. 

Parties have already been given some opportunity to be heard 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(b)(1), but are hereby ORDERED to 

SHOW CAUSE, in writing, within 10 days of the date of this order 

should any have further objections to the Court's appointment. No 

action is required should a party have no further objection. All 

other matters discussed during the status conference are addressed 

in a related minute order, ECF No. 3961, or else parties may file 

their requests with the Court. In so doing, be advised the Court 

has already carefully considered the order of trials and remains 

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

disinclined to alter its announced plan unless the relevant parties 

should settle and thus obviate a need for some of the trials. 

 The Court is made aware of settlements in the normal course of 

filings by Parties. However, Parties are hereby ORDERED to also 

notify any relevant Special Master of any settlements reached and 

associated motions thereby mooted otherwise pending before that 

Special Master on or after the date of this order. Such notice 

must be given within 1 business day of reaching a settlement, shall 

be given in whatever manner deemed convenient by the relevant 

Special Master (vice being filed in ECF), and shall be separate 

from any notice to or approvals otherwise required by the Court 

(whose procedures remain unchanged). A "relevant Special Master" 

includes Judge Larson, Judge Walker, or whomever else the Court has 

or may in the future appoint to assist in pre-trial, discovery, or 

other appropriate matters. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 Dated: August 17, 2015 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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