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Nature of Suit Code: 196
Nature of Suit: Franchise
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMY MEADOWS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DICKEY'S BARBECUE RESTAURANTS 

INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02139-JST 

ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING

Now before the Court is Defendant Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.’s Motion to 

Compel Arbitration. ECF No. 15. The Court heard argument on the motion on August 20, 2015. 

For the reasons stated at the hearing, the Court now orders the parties to submit supplemental 

briefing on the following questions:

1. Whether, in light of Mortensen v. Bresnan Commc’ns, LLC, 722 F.3d 1151, 1153 

(9th Cir. 2013), this Court must conclude that the Texas choice-of-law provision in the parties’ 

Franchise Agreements is valid, and apply that clause in this proceeding.

2. Whether the arbitration clause of the Franchise Agreement is unconscionable or 

otherwise unenforceable under Texas law. 

Plaintiffs will submit a brief of not more than ten pages addressing these topics by August 

31, 2015. Defendants will submit a brief of not more than ten pages addressing these topics by 

September 7, 2015. The Court particularly seeks factually analogous, relevant authorities that the 

parties have not already cited. 

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Unless the Court sets the matter for further argument, Dickey’s motion will then stand 

under submission. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 27, 2015

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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