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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL

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COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP

MICHAEL G. RHODES (116127) (rhodesmg@cooley.com)

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, CA 92121

Telephone: (858) 550-6000

Facsimile: (858) 550-6420

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP

JOHN C. DWYER (136533) (dwyerjc@cooley.com)

LORI R.E. PLOEGER (202113) (ploegerle@cooley.com) 

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155

Telephone: (650) 843-5000

Facsimile: (650) 849-7400

Attorneys for Defendant

eBay Inc.

JACOBSON, RUSSELL, SALTZ & FINGERMAN, LLP

MICHAEL J. SALTZ (msaltz@jrsfllp.com)

10866 Wilshire Boulevard

Suite 1550

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Telephone: (310) 446-9900

Facsimile: (310) 446-9909

FEAZELL & TIGHE, L.L.P.

AUSTIN TIGHE (entered Pro Hac Vice) (austin@feazelltighe.com)

6300 Bridgepoint Parkway

Bridgepoint 2, Suite 220

Austin, Texas 78730

Telephone: (512) 372-8100

Facsimile: (512) 372-8140

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EDGAR BUTLER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EDGAR BUTLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

EBAY, INC.,

Case No. C-06-2704 JW

Joint Stipulation of Dismissal and 

Order Thereon

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EBAY’S INITIAL DISCLOSURES

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Defendant.

WHEREAS, since the Court’s Order filed December 13, 2006 in which the Court granted 

defendant eBay Inc.’s (“eBay”) motion to dismiss the Complaint’s Third Cause of Action under 

the California Auction Act (Cal. Civ. Code Sections 1812.600 et seq.), the parties hereto through 

their respective counsel of record have met and conferred on multiple instances to discuss the 

possible resolution of this case; and 

WHEREAS, the parties through such counsel have reached agreement on the terms and 

conditions expressed in this Stipulation regarding dismissal of this action; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HEREIN, by and through their 

undersigned counsel and representative plaintiff, subject to the approval of the Court, as follows:

1. The Court’s Order filed December 13, 2006 holding that, among other 

things, eBay is not bound, encompassed, or otherwise governed by the 

California Auction Act is accepted by the parties and their counsel as 

binding legal precedent and law of this case.

2. Within ninety (90) calendar days of the Court’s execution and entry of this 

Stipulation and Order, eBay (defined herein to mean eBay Inc. and its 

directly and wholly owned United States subsidiaries) shall institute 

commercially reasonable measures consistent with industry custom and 

practice to place upon its website (www.ebay.com, the “Website”) 

appropriate cautionary language advising sellers who list items for sale on 

the Website of the following: “Your listing may not appear on the Website 

immediately upon insertion, and in fact may be delayed from several hours 

to upwards of an entire day. Any such delay is the byproduct of eBay’s 

ordinary and customary efforts to screen listings for compliance with 

company policies and procedures, including for example and (without 

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limitation) policies and procedures designed to prevent fraud or violations

of the offensive materials policies. Accordingly, when selecting a listing 

duration form the options given, please understand that the actual length of 

a listing available on the Website will be less than the literal duration 

selected” (such language shall be referred to herein for brevity as the 

“Disclaimer”). The actual language of the Disclaimer may vary from the 

language set forth above as long as the substance of such language is

provided. In light of dynamic and changing nature of the Website, eBay 

reserves the right to make unilateral and periodic changes to the Disclaimer 

and further reserves the right to discontinue the Disclaimer entirely if 

circumstances materially change such that it is no longer necessary or 

appropriate (for example only and without limitation, if all listings 

eventually are delayed for pre-insertion screening by eBay, then eBay may 

discontinue the Disclaimer). The location of the Disclaimer on the Website 

and page flows therein shall be at eBay’s sole and complete discretion.

3. In consideration of the curative disclosure being made pursuant to 

Paragraph 2 hereof and in further recognition of the difficulty that 

individual proposed class members would have in attempting to establish 

and prove under prevailing legal requirements recoverable damages claims 

on an individual or class basis, all class damages or economic claims for 

relief of every kind and nature (for example and without limitation, 

compensatory, consequential or punitive damages or claims for economic 

restitution or disgorgement) are hereby dismissed without prejudice with 

respect to the proposed class. In all other respects, however, this 

Stipulation and Order is binding upon the proposed class pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) without the need for any class 

notice given that only injunctive and equitable relief is being obtained 

hereby.

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4. Except for the rights and obligations created by this Stipulation and Order 

and excluding those matters expressly reserved (and dismissed without 

prejudice) as specified in Paragraph 3 hereof, plaintiff Edgar Butler and the 

proposed class consisting of all persons who within the past four calendar 

years from the date that this Stipulation and Order is executed and entered 

by the Court who have paid money to eBay to use eBay’s services and 

Website to post items for sale (collectively “Plaintiffs”), hereby fully, 

completely and generally forever release eBay and its agents, employees, 

representatives, predecessors, successors, affiliates, parent and subsidiary 

entities, assigns, shareholders, officers, directors, attorneys, insurers, heirs, 

executors and administrators, from any and all claims, rights, demands, 

obligations, agreements, contracts, representations, and promises of actions 

of every kind and nature, whether known or unknown, suspected or 

unsuspected, existing or claimed to exist, arising from or relating to the 

allegations of the complaint in this action. Plaintiffs acknowledge that they 

have read, considered and understand the provisions and significance of 

Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which presently provides as 

follows:

“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS 

WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST 

IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, 

WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY 

AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

Plaintiff expressly waives any and all rights he has or may have 

under Civil Code § 1542 as now worded or hereafter amended. In 

connection with this waiver, Plaintiff acknowledges that he is aware that he

may hereafter discover claims presently unknown or unsuspected or facts 

in addition to or different from those which he now knows or believes to be 

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true with respect to the claims, matters and causes of action released 

herein.

5. eBay shall pay the sum of $210,000 via check made payable to the law 

firm trust account of Feazell & Tighe, c/o Austin Tighe. The foregoing 

payment shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days of the execution 

and entry of this Stipulation and Order by the Court. Excluding such 

payment, the parties shall respectively bear all of their costs and attorneys’ 

fees incurred in connection with this action.

6. Pursuant to this Stipulation, this action is hereby dismissed in its entirety

with prejudice as to plaintiff Edgar Butler and the proposed class (as 

defined in Paragraph 4 hereof) except as otherwise expressly reserved as 

specified in Paragraph 3 hereof.

7. The Court reserves jurisdiction to enforce the terms and conditions of this 

Stipulation

Having read and understood the foregoing, and having obtained the express permission 

and consent of their respective clients with respect thereto, the undersigned counsel of record and 

named representative plaintiff hereby acknowledge their agreement and consent hereto by signing 

below.

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Dated: _February 16, 2007 Feazell & Tighe, L.L.P.

/s/See Attachment A___ 

Austin Tighe

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

EDGAR BUTLER

/s/See Attachment A___

Mr. Edgar Butler

Dated: _February 16, 2007 Cooley Godward KRONISH LLP

/s/See Attachment A___

Michael G. Rhodes

Attorneys for Defendant

EBAY, INC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________, 2007

The Honorable James Ware

United States District Judge

February 21

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on February 16, 2007, I electronically filed

this JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL AND ORDER THEREON using the CM/ECF 

system, which will send notification of such filing to the following attorneys of record at the 

following listed email addresses.

Michael J. Saltz

Jacobson, Russell, Saltz & Fingerman, LLP

10866 Wilshire Blvd 

Suite 1550 

Los Angeles, CA 90024

email:

msaltz@jrsfllp.com

Austin Tighe, Esq.

Feazell & Tighe LLP

6300 Bridgepoint Parkway

Suite 220 

Austin, TX 78730

email:

austin@feazell-tighe.com

I also hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I am personally and readily familiar 

with the business practice of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP for collection and processing of 

correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service, and I placed copies of this 

JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL AND ORDER THEREON into envelope(s) and 

caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States 

Postal Service at San Diego, California, to be served on the parties listed below by First Class 

Mail on this 16th day of February 2007:

Patrick Mulligan

Eric Roberson

The Law Office of Patrick J. Mulligan, P.C.

911 Turtle Creek Blvd. 

Suite 900 

Dallas, TX 75219

VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL

/s/Kendra A. Jones

Kendra A. Jones

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, CA 92121-1909

Telephone: (858) 550-6000

FAX: (858) 550-6420

Email: hmeservy@cooley.com

Attorneys for Defendant eBay Inc.

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