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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING HEARINGS ON MOTION TO DISMISS

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Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515) 

PRATT & ASSOCIATES 

1871 The Alameda, Suite 425 

San Jose, California 95126 

Telephone: (408) 369-0800 

Facsimile: (408) 369-0752 

Pgore@Prattattorneys.Com 

Attorney for Plaintiffs And the Putative Class

Beatrice B. Nguyen (CSB NO. 172961) 

bbnguyen@crowell.com 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

275 Battery Street, 23RD Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.986.2800 

Facsimile: 415.986.2827 

Attorneys for Defendant E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company 

(Additional counsel listed on signature page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

LOS GATOS MERCANTILE, INC. d/b/a 

LOS GATOS ACE HARDWARE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND 

COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:13-cv-01180-BLF

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER REGARDING HEARING ON 

MOTIONS TO DISMISS

[Civil L.R. 6-1, 6-2, 7-11, and 7-12]

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-11, and 7-12, this Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order is entered into by and between Plaintiffs Los Gatos Mercantile, Inc. d/b/a Los Gatos Ace 

Hardware; Ace Hardware of South Walton, Inc.; Abbott Paint and Carpet, Inc.; Lexington 

Home Center, LLC; Proctor's Building Materials, Inc. d/b/a Proctors Do it Best Bldg Mtrl; 

Greene’s Hardware & Supply Company, Inc.; R.F. Cole, Inc. d/b/a Brewers Paint Center; The 

Carpet Shoppe, Inc.; Columbare, Inc. d/b/a Everyday’s True Value; Jan Harrison; Lee Ranalli; 

Morgan Tanner; Spencer Hathaway; Todd Turley; Debbie Hale; Keli Anno; Deanna Deveney; 

Christopher Kuon-Tsen Lee; Jim Buckingham; Tanda Saxton; John Wozniak; Jerome 

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Sherman; Beverly Jenkins; David Petersen; Tom Stever; Ransome Foose; Brian Bawol; and 

Stacy Franklin (collectively “Plaintiffs”); Defendants E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company; 

Huntsman International, LLC; Kronos Worldwide, Inc.; and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, 

Inc. (collectively “Defendants”); and Defendant National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited 

d/b/a/ Cristal (“Cristal”).

WHEREAS, the Court previously scheduled Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss the 

Second Amended Class Action Complaint and Cristal’s Motion to Dismiss to be heard on 

February 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.;

WHEREAS, Jonathan W. Cuneo, lead counsel for Plaintiffs, has the flu and could only 

travel from Washington, D.C. with difficulty and at the risk of infecting others;

WHEREAS, Katherine Van Dyck, Mr. Cuneo’s colleague and co-counsel in this matter, 

is 31 weeks pregnant and also unable to travel from Washington, D.C. to attend the hearing;

WHEREAS, certain counsel for Defendants have scheduling conflicts prohibiting them 

from appearing at the previously scheduled case management conference on February 19, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate to continue the hearing on the pending 

motions to dismiss until May 7, 2015; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree to postpone the case management conference until a date 

following the agreed upon May 7, 2015 motions hearing.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that:

1. The February 5, 2015 hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and 

Cristal’s Motion to Dismiss be vacated.

2. The February 19, 2015 case management conference be vacated.

3. Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and Cristal’s Motion to Dismiss will be 

heard by the Court on May 7, 2015.

Dated: February 4, 2015 PRATT & ASSOCIATES

/s/ Ben F. Pierce Gore

Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515) 

1871 The Alameda, Suite 425

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San Jose, California 95126

Telephone: (408) 369-0800

Facsimile: (408) 369-0752 

pgore@prattattorneys.com

Don Barrett (admitted pro hac vice)

Barrett Law Group, P.A.

P.O. Box 927

404 Court Square

Lexington, MS 39095

Telephone: (662) 834-2488

dbarrett@barrettlawgroup.com

Charles F. Barrett (admitted pro hac vice)

Charles Barrett, P.C. 

6518 Highway 100, Suite 210 

Nashville, TN 37205 

Telephone: (615) 515-3393 

Facsimile: (615) 515-3395 

Email: charles@cfbfirm.com

Jonathan W. Cuneo (admitted pro hac vice)

Joel Davidow (pro hac vice to be filed)

Katherine Van Dyck (admitted pro hac vice) 

507 C Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20002

Telephone: (202) 789-3960

Facsimile: (202) 789-1813

jonc@cuneolaw.com

joel@cuneolaw.com

kvandyck@cuneolaw.com

Thomas P. Thrash (admitted pro hac vice)

Marcus N. Bozeman

Thrash Law Firm, P.A.

1101 Garland Street

Little Rock, AR 72201

Telephone: (501) 374-1058

tomthrash@sbcglobal.net

bozemanmarcus@sbcglobal.net

Dewitt Lovelace

Lovelace & Associates, P.A.

12870 US Hwy 98 West, Ste. 200

Miramar Beach, FL 32550

Telephone: (850) 837-6020

dml@lovelacelaw.com

Shawn M. Raiter

Paul Sand

Larson • King, LLP

2800 Wells Fargo Place

30 East Seventh Street

St. Paul, MN 55101

Telephone: (651) 312-6500

sraiter@larsonking.com

psand@larsonking.com

Phillip Duncan

Richard Quintus

Duncan Firm, P.A.

900 S. Shackleford, Suite 725

Little Rock, AR 72211

Telephone: (501) 228-7600

phillip@duncanfirm.com

richard@duncanfirm.com

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Gerard V. Mantese 

Mantese Honigman Rossman & 

Williamson, P.C.

1361 E. Big Beaver Road

Troy, Michigan 48083

Telephone: (248) 457-9200

Facsimile: (248) 457-9201

gmantese@manteselaw.com Attorneys for IPPs and the Putative Class

Dated: February 4, 2015 s/ Beatrice Nguyen

Beatrice Nguyen (CSB No. 172961)

bbnguyen@crowell.com

CROWELL & MORING LLP

275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-2800

Facsimile: (415) 986-2827

Shari Ross Lahlou

slahlou@crowell.com

Lucy Grace D. Noyola

lnoyola@crowell.com

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 624-2500

Facsimile: (202) 628-5116

Counsel for Defendant

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND 

COMPANY

Dated: February 4, 2015 /s/ James A. Reeder

James Arthur Reeder, Jr.

jreeder@velaw.com

Erica L. Krennerich

ekrennerich@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, TX 77002

Telephone: (713) 758-2202

Facsimile: (713) 615-5947

Counsel for Defendant

HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Dated: February 4, 2015 s/ Paul Edward Coggins

Paul Edward Coggins

pcoggins@lockelord.com

Kelly Rothermel Vickers

kvickers@lockelord.com

LOCKE LORD LLP

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200

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Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (214) 740-8000

Facsimile: (214) 740-8800

Regina J. McClendon

rmcclendon@lockelord.com

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 4100

San Francisco, CA 94104-4815

Telephone: (415) 318-8804

Facsimile: (415) 676-5816

Counsel for Defendant

KRONOS WORLDWIDE, INC.

Dated: February 4, 2015 s/ James Cooper

James Cooper

james.cooper@aporter.com

Ryan Z. Watts

ryan.watts@aporter.com

ARNOLD AND PORTER LLP

555 Twelfth Street NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 942-5000

Facsimile: (202) 942-5999

Robert D. Hallman (No. 239949)

rhallman@aporter.com

ARNOLD AND PORTER LLP

3 Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 471-3100

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400

Counsel for Defendant

CRISTAL USA INC., FORMERLY 

MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS, 

INC.

Dated: February 4, 2015 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP

By: /s/ Jason M. Gonder

Jason M. Gonder (SBN 257522)

525 University Avenue, Suite 400

Palo Alto, California 94301

Phone: (650) 687-8800

Fax: (650) 687-8801

Email: jason.gonder@haynesboone.com

Richard A. Ripley (admitted pro hac vice)

800 17th Street, NW, Suite 500

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Washington, District of Columbia 20006

Phone: (202) 654-4500

Fax: (202) 654-4501

Email: richard.ripley@haynesboone.com

Timothy A. Newman (admitted pro hac vice)

2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700

Dallas, Texas 75219

Phone: (214) 651-5000

Fax: (214) 651-5940

Email: timothy.newman@haynesboone.com

Attorneys for Defendant National Titanium 

Dioxide Company Limited d/b/a Cristal

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ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I attest that concurrence in 

the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories.

Dated: February 4, 2015 s/ Ben F. Pierce Gore

Ben F. Pierce Gore

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Accordingly: 

1. The hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and Cristal’s Motion to 

Dismiss currently scheduled for February 5, 2015 is hereby continued to May 7, 2015 at 

______.

2. The case management conference currently scheduled for February 19, 2015 is 

hereby continued to , 2015 at .

Dated: , 2015 

 Hon. Beth Labson Freeman 

 United Stated District Judge 

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