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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 07-5944

REGARDING TWEETER’S STATE LAW CLAIM M 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

This Document Relates to:

Schultze Agency Servs., LLC v. Hitachi, Ltd., et 

al., No. 12-cv-02649.

Case No. 07-5944 SC

MDL No. 1917

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING SCHULTZE 

AGENCY SERVICES, LLC’s STATE LAW 

CLAIMS

Plaintiff Schultze Agency Services, LLC on behalf of Tweeter Opco, LLC and Tweeter 

Newco, LLC (“Tweeter”) and the undersigned Defendants (together with Tweeter, the 

“Stipulating Parties”) hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, on November 4, 2013, Defendants Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America, 

Inc., Toshiba America Consumer Products, LLC, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., 

and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. moved to dismiss Tweeter’s First Amended 

Complaint (Dkt. No. 2108) (the “Motion to Dismiss”);

WHEREAS, Koninklijke Philips N.V., and Philips Electronics North America Corporation

joined the Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 2187);

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2014, the Court entered an order granting in part and denying 

in part the Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 2436) (the “Motion to Dismiss Order”);

WHEREAS, the Court’s Motion to Dismiss Order dismissed with prejudice Tweeter’s 

claims under Massachusetts law as brought against Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America, Inc., 

Toshiba America Consumer Products, LLC, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Toshiba 

America Electronic Components, Inc., Koninklijke Philips N.V., and Philips Electronics North 

America Corporation.;

WHEREAS, the undersigned Defendants were not parties to the Motion to Dismiss and 

Tweeter currently maintains claims under Massachusetts law against the undersigned Defendants;

(Stipulating Parties Listed on Signature Pages)

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WHEREAS, in order to minimize the burden on the Court, the Stipulating Parties wish to 

apply the Motion to Dismiss Order to Tweeter’s actions against the undersigned Defendants to the 

extent the Motion to Dismiss Order dismissed Tweeter’s claims under Massachusetts law;

WHEREAS, the Stipulating Parties agree that Tweeter shall preserve all rights, including 

all appellate rights, with respect to its claims under Massachusetts law;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for Tweeter and 

the undersigned Defendants, subject to the concurrence of the Court, that:

1. The undersigned Defendants shall be deemed to have joined the Motion to 

Dismiss.

2. The Court’s Motion to Dismiss Order shall be deemed to apply to Tweeter’s 

actions against the undersigned Defendants. 

3. Tweeter retains the same rights, including the right to challenge the Motion to 

Dismiss Order on appeal, as if the undersigned Defendants had joined the Motion to Dismiss and 

the Motion to Dismiss Order had been entered in Tweeter’s actions against the undersigned 

Defendants.

4. Tweeter’s claims under Massachusetts law as brought against the undersigned 

Defendants are hereby dismissed with prejudice.

* * *

The undersigned parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court enter this 

stipulation as an order.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ___________________ ______________________________________ Hon. Samuel Conti

United States District Judge 

April 30, 2014

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 07-5944

REGARDING TWEETER’S STATE LAW CLAIM MDL NO. 1917

DATED: April 23, 2014 By: KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

/s/ Eliot A. Adelson 

ELIOT A. ADELSON (SBN 205284)

Email: eadelson@kirkland.com

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

555 California Street 

27th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1413 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Attorneys for Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi 

Displays, Ltd. (n/k/a Japan Display East, Inc.), 

Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., and 

Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc.

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler

JEFFREY L. KESSLER (pro hac vice)

Email: JKessler@winston.com

A. PAUL VICTOR (pro hac vice)

Email: PVictor@winston.com 

ALDO A. BADINI (SBN 257086)

Email: ABadini@winston.com

EVA W. COLE (pro hac vice)

Email: EWCole@winston.com 

MOLLY M. DONOVAN

Email: MMDonovan@winston.com 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166

Telephone: (212) 294-6700

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

STEVEN A. REISS (pro hac vice)

Email: steven.reiss@weil.com

DAVID L. YOHAI (pro hac vice)

Email: david.yohai@weil.com

ADAM C. HEMLOCK (pro hac vice)

Email: adam.hemlock@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153-0119

Telephone: (212) 310-8000

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007

Attorneys for Defendants Panasonic Corporation 

(f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.), 

Panasonic Corporation of North America, MT 

Picture Display Co., Ltd.

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SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON

By: /s/ Gary L. Halling

GARY L. HALLING (SBN 66087)

Email: ghalling@sheppardmullin.com

JAMES L. MCGINNIS (SBN 95788)

Email: jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com

MICHAEL W. SCARBOROUGH, (SBN 203524)

Email: mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 434-9100

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947

Attorneys for Defendants Samsung SDI America, 

Inc.; Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI 

(Malaysia) SDN. BHD.; Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. 

DE C.V.; Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda.; Shenzen 

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Samsung SDI 

Co., Ltd.

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

By: /s/ William Temko

WILLIAM TEMKO

Email: william.temko@mto.com

JONATHAN ALTMAN

Email: jonathan.altman@mto.com

HOJOON HWANG

hojoon.hwang@mto.com

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 512-4009

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

Counsel for LG Electronics, Inc.; LG Electronics 

USA, Inc.

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

By: /s/ Rachel S. Brass

RACHEL S. BRASS (SBN 219301)

Email: rbrass@gibsondunn.com

JOEL S. SANDERS (SBN 107234)

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Email: jsanders@gibsondunn.com

AUSTIN V. SCHWING (SBN 211696)

aschwing@gibsondunn.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000

San Francisco, California 94105

Tel: (415) 393-8200

Fax: (415) 393-8306

Attorneys for Defendants Chunghwa Picture Tubes, 

Ltd. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia)

BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP

By: /s/ Philip J. Iovieno

PHILIP J. IOVIENO

Email: piovieno@bsfllp.com

ANNE M. NARDACCI

Email: anardacci@bsfllp.com

BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP

30 South Pearl Street, 11th Floor

Albany, NY 12207

Telephone: (518) 434-0600

Facsimile: (518) 434-0665

WILLIAM A. ISAACSON

Email: wisaacson@bsfllp.com

BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP

5301 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20015

Telephone: (202) 237-2727

Facsimile: (202) 237-6131

Attorneys for Plaintiff Schultze Agency Services LLC 

on behalf of Tweeter Opco, LLC and Tweeter Newco, 

LLC

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i), the filer attests that the concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the above signatories.

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