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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. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

RAOUL D. KENNEDY (Bar No. 40892)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, California 94301

Telephone: (650) 470-4500

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570

Email: raoul.kennedy@skadden.com

JEFFREY A. MISHKIN (admitted pro hac vice)

ANTHONY J. DREYER (admitted pro hac vice)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

Four Times Square 

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000

Facsimile: (917) 777-2000

Email: jeffrey.mishkin@skadden.com

Email: anthony.dreyer@skadden.com

Attorneys for Defendant

PGA TOUR, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WILLIAM MICHAEL HICKS and

KENNETH HARMS, as Class Representative 

Plaintiffs, et al.

Plaintiffs,

v.

PGA TOUR, INC.

Defendants.

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

Plaintiffs William Michael Hicks and Kenneth Harms, as Class Representative Plaintiffs, et 

al. (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant PGA TOUR, INC. (the “TOUR”), through their 

respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, this Court entered an order on February 20, 2015 stipulating the parties’ 

agreements with respect to certain scheduling matters in this action (Dkt. 17);

WHEREAS, the TOUR moved to transfer venue in this action to the Middle District of 

Florida on March 5, 2015 (the “Motion”) (Dkt. 25);

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint on March 16, 2015 (Dkt. 28);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Motion, Plaintiffs have served on the TOUR 

interrogatories, requests for production, and deposition notices;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1: 

1. The TOUR will file any supplemental papers to its Motion to address the new 

factual allegations and new parties set forth in the First Amended Complaint on or before April 8, 

2015; 

2. The TOUR will serve Plaintiffs with their responses and objections to Plaintiffs’ 

interrogatories, requests for production, and deposition notices on or before April 8, 2015;

3. The parties will confer no later than April 13, 2015 regarding any objections or 

disputes in connection with Plaintiffs’ discovery requests;

4. In the event that the parties are able to resolve all discovery disputes through the 

meet-and-confer process:

(a) the TOUR shall produce its answers to interrogatories and document 

production by May 13, 2015;

(b) depositions in connection with the Motion shall be completed by June 5, 

2015;

(c) Plaintiffs’ brief in opposition to the Motion shall be due on June 15, 2015;

(d) the TOUR’s reply brief shall be due on June 29, 2015; and

(e) the hearing date for the Motion shall be July 16, 2015, or as soon thereafter 

as the parties may be heard.

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5. In the event that there are outstanding discovery disputes that require the Court’s 

resolution:

(a) pursuant to ¶ 14 of the Court’s Standing Order for Civil Cases, the parties 

shall submit a joint letter to the Court stating the nature and status of their 

dispute;

(b) Plaintiffs shall serve their portion of the joint letter upon the TOUR by April 

22, 2015;

(c) the TOUR shall serve its portion of the joint letter upon Plaintiffs by May 1, 

2015;

(d) the parties shall file the joint letter on or before May 4, 2014;

(e) the TOUR will produce its answers to interrogatories and document 

production within 30 days after the Court’s resolution of any discovery 

disputes relating to the Motion;

(f) depositions in connection with the Motion shall be completed within 21 days 

after the completion of document production;

(g) Plaintiffs shall file their brief in opposition to the Motion within 10 days 

after the completion of depositions;

(h) the TOUR’s reply brief shall be due within 14 days after the filing of 

Plaintiffs’ opposition; and

(i) the hearing date for the Motion shall be on a Thursday no less than 14 days 

after the filing of Plaintiffs’ reply brief;

6. The TOUR will answer, move, or otherwise plead in response to the Complaint 

within 30 days of the entry of an order on the motion to transfer venue; and

7. In light of the pending Motion, the Case Management Conference and all related 

deadlines (including the deadlines for the Case Management Statement and ADR Certification) are 

vacated.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that this Stipulation does not constitute a 

waiver of any other defense including, but not limited to, the defenses of lack of personal or subject 

matter jurisdiction or improper venue.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

DATED: April 7, 2015

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

By: /s/ Raoul D. Kennedy

RAOUL D. KENNEDY

JEFFREY A. MISHKIN (admitted pro hac vice)

ANTHONY J. DREYER (admitted pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Defendant

PGA TOUR, INC.

DATED: April 7, 2015

THE LANIER LAW FIRM, P.C.

By: /s/ Lee Cirsch

LEE CIRSCH

W. MARK LANIER (admitted pro hac vice)

EUGENE R. EGDORF (admitted pro hac vice)

BENJAMIN T. MAJOR (admitted pro hac vice)

RYAN D. ELLIS (admitted pro hac vice)

ARTHUR R. MILLER (admitted pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs William Michael Hicks and 

Kenneth Harms, as Class Representative Plaintiffs, et al.

ECF ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer of this document attests that concurrence in 

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

/s/ Raoul D. Kennedy

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00489-VC

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

The Honorable Vince Chhabria

United States District Court Judge

Date: April 8, 2015

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