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

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Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (SBN 75484) 

Sarah Khorasanee McGrath (SBN 263935) 

BERMAN DEVALERIO 

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6282 

Email: jtabacco@bermandevalerio.com 

skmcgrath@bermandevalerio.com 

Attorneys for Class Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In Re: SORBATES DIRECT PURCHASER 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

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Master File No. 3:98-cv-04886-MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING

CY PRES AWARD AND 

DISTRIBUTION 

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Dept.: Courtroom 7, 19th Floor 

Judge: Maxine M. Chesney 

This Document Relates To All Actions

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WHEREAS, on November 17, 2000, Judge Charles A. Legge granted Final Settlement 

Approval of Certain Defendants in the above-captioned action (“Action”), and on June 28, 

2002, this Court granted Final Approval of Partial Settlement of the Action, ending the 

litigation;

WHEREAS, upon completion of the processing of Proofs of Claim and pursuant to the 

Court’s Orders Approving the Plan of Allocation of Settlement Proceeds dated April 27, 2001 

and November 15, 2002, Berdon Claims Administration LLC (“Berdon”) distributed the net 

Settlement Fund to Authorized Claimants (“Distribution”); 

WHEREAS, following the Distribution, there currently remains $3,523.13 in the 

Settlement Fund; and 

WHEREAS, this Court retained jurisdiction of this Action for the purpose of 

considering any further application or matter which may arise in connection with the 

administration and execution of the Settlement, the processing of Proofs of Claim and the 

distribution of the Settlement Fund; 

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the Declaration of Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Class Plaintiffs’ 

Lead Counsel, and exhibits thereto, submitted on behalf of Class Plaintiffs, and the 

accompanying Motion in support thereof, and upon all prior proceedings herein and after due 

consideration, it is hereby: 

ORDERED that all Authorized Claimants whose Distribution checks are stale-dated will 

irrevocably forfeit any recovery from the Settlement, and the funds allocated to all such staledated checks will be available to be awarded to the cy pres candidates; and it is further 

ORDERED that Berdon shall distribute the $3,523.13 residual equally to the American 

Antitrust Institute and Loyola University Chicago School of Law Institute for Consumer 

Antitrust Studies, 501(c)(3) charitable organizations recommended by Class Plaintiffs through 

their counsel; and it is further

ORDERED that all persons involved in the review, verification, calculation, tabulation, 

or any other aspect of the processing of the claims submitted herein, or otherwise involved in 

the administration or taxation of the Settlement Fund are released and discharged from any and 

and no opposition to the Motion having been filed, 

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all claims arising out of such involvement, and all Class Members, whether or not they are to 

receive payment from the Settlement Fund, are barred from making any further claim against 

the Settlement Fund or the released persons beyond the amount allocated to them pursuant to 

this Order; and it is further 

ORDERED that this Court retain jurisdiction over any further application or matter 

which may arise in connection with this Action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Judge 

June 24, 2016

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney 

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