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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 RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Bruce L. Simon (Bar No. 96241) 

 bsimon@psswplaw.com 

Esther L. Klisura (Bar No. 221171) 

 eklisura@psswplaw.com 

PEARSON, SIMON, SOTER, WARSHAW & PENNY, LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

P. John Brady 

 jbrady@stklaw.com 

Daniel D. Owen 

 dowen@stklaw.com 

SHUGHART THOMSON & KILROY, P.C. 

Twelve Wyandotte Plaza 

120 West 12th Street 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105 

Telephone: (816) 421-3355 

Facsimile: (816) 374-0509 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Crago, Inc. and the 

Proposed Direct Purchaser Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Crago, Inc., on behalf of itself and others 

similarly situated. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., Chunghwa 

Picture Tubes (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., 

Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., 

Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Irico Group Corp., Irico 

Display Devices Co., Ltd., LG Electronics, 

Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd., 

Panasonic Corporation of North America, 

Orion Electric Co., Ltd., Orion America, 

Inc., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., 

Philips Electronics North America, 

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI 

America, Inc., Samtel Color, Ltd., Thai 

CRT Company, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, 

Beijing-Matsushita Color CRT Company, 

Ltd., Matsushita Toshiba Picture Display 

Co., Ltd., and LP Displays International, 

Ltd. 

Defendants. 

 Case No. C07-5944 SC 

STIPULATION RE EXTENSION 

OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING 

TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT AND COMPLAINTS IN 

RELATED ACTIONS 

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 WHEREAS the undersigned plaintiff has filed the above-captioned case; 

 WHEREAS plaintiff alleges antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and 

sellers of Cathode-Ray Tubes and products containing Cathode-Ray Tubes (collectively 

“CRT products”); 

 WHEREAS six complaints have been filed to date in federal district courts 

throughout the United States by plaintiffs purporting to bring class actions on behalf of 

direct and indirect purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, 

and sellers of CRT products (collectively “the CRT Cases”); 

 WHEREAS, a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation to transfer the CRT cases to this jurisdiction for coordinated and consolidated 

pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1407, a response to the motion 

supporting coordination or consolidation has been filed, and plaintiff and defendant 

Samsung SDI America, Inc. anticipate that additional responses will be filed; 

 WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended 

Complaints in the CRT Cases; 

 WHEREAS plaintiff and Samsung SDI America, Inc. have agreed that an orderly 

schedule for any response to the pleadings in the CRT Cases would be more efficient for 

the parties and for the Court; 

 WHEREAS plaintiff agrees that the deadline for Samsung SDI America, Inc. to 

answer, move, or otherwise respond to its Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of 

the following dates: (1) forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint in the CRT Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to 

Samsung SDI America, Inc. that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint, provided however, that in the event that Samsung SDI America, Inc. should 

agree to an earlier response date in any CRT case, Samsung SDI America, Inc. will 

respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned action on that earlier date; 

 WHEREAS plaintiff further agrees that this extension is available, without further 

stipulation with counsel for plaintiff, to all named defendants who notify plaintiff in 

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

writing of their intention to join this Stipulation; 

 WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Samsung SDI America, 

Inc. of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal 

jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service 

of process; 

 WHEREAS, with respect to any named defendant joining the Stipulation, this 

Stipulation does not constitute a waiver of any defense, including but not limited to the 

defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, 

sufficiency of process or service of process. 

 PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT 

SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC., BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE 

COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for Samsung SDI America, Inc. to answer, move, or otherwise 

respond to plaintiff's Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: 

(1) forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the CRT 

Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to Samsung SDI 

America, Inc. that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint, 

provided however, that in the event that Samsung SDI America, Inc. should agree to an 

earlier response date in any CRT case, except by court order, Samsung SDI America, Inc. 

will respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned case on that earlier date. 

2. This extension is available, without further stipulation with counsel for 

plaintiff, to all named defendants who notify plaintiff in writing of their intention to join 

this Stipulation; 

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Samsung SDI America, Inc., 

or any other named defendant joining the Stipulation of any defense, including but not 

limited to the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, 

improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process. 

/ / / 

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: December 13, 2007 By: /s/ Bruce L. Simon 

Bruce L. Simon (Bar No. 92641) 

 bsimon@psswplaw.com 

Esther L. Klisura (Bar No. 221171) 

 eklisura@psswplaw.com 

PEARSON, SIMON, SOTER, 

 WARSHAW & PENNY, LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

P. John Brady 

 jbrady@stklaw.com 

Daniel D. Owen 

 dowen@stklaw.com 

SHUGHART THOMSON & 

 KILROY, P.C. 

Twelve Wyandotte Plaza 

120 West 12th Street 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105 

Telephone: (816) 421-3355 

Facsimile: (816) 374-0509 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Crago, Inc. and 

the Proposed Direct Purchaser Class 

DATED: December 13, 2007 By: /s/ Michael W. Scarborough 

Michael W. Scarborough 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & 

HAMPTON LLP 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4109 

Telephone: (415) 774-3234 

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947 

Attorneys for Defendant Samsung SDI 

America, Inc. 

 Pursuant to General Order 45, Part X-B, the filer attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained from Michael W. Scarborough. 

/ / / 

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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

PROPOSED ORDER

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, to conserve party and judicial resources and 

in light of the proceedings currently pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation to consolidate and transfer all pending CRT Cases to one Court, this extension is 

available in all related actions (both current actions and those to be related in the future) to 

any defendant that provides written notice to plaintiff's counsel in such action of this Order 

and its intention to join this extension, without further stipulation with counsel for 

plaintiff(s) in the related actions. 

Dated: ___________________ _________________________________ Honorable Samuel Conti 

 United States District Court Judge 

12/19/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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