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

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JOINT STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1 EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & 

AGREEMENT OF DEFENSE COUNSEL TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT -- CASE NO. 07-5634 

Joseph W. Cotchett (36324) 

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

Steven N. Williams (175489) 

swilliams@cpmlegal.com 

Nanci E. Nishimura (152621) 

nnishimura@cpmlegal.com 

Neil Swartzberg (215133) 

nswartzberg@cpmlegal.com 

Aron K. Liang (228936) 

aliang@cpmlegal.com 

COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY 

San Francisco Airport Office Center 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: (650) 697-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Wortman, Adams, 

Garcia and the Proposed Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

 

DONALD WORTMAN, WILLIAM 

ADAMS, MARGARET GARCIA ,

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

AIR NEW ZEALAND, ALL NIPPON 

AIRWAYS, CATHAY PACIFIC 

AIRWAYS, CHINA AIRLINES, EVA 

AIRWAYS, JAPAN AIRLINES 

INTERNATIONAL, MALAYSIA 

AIRLINES, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, 

QANTAS AIRWAYS, SINGAPORE 

AIRLINES, THAI AIRWAYS, UNITED 

AIRLINES 

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Case No. 07-5634-CRB 

(MDL No. 1913 - In re Transpacific 

Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust 

Litigation) 

JOINT STIPULATION PURSUANT TO 

LOCAL RULE 6-1 EXTENDING TIME 

FOR JAPAN AIRLINES 

INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & 

AGREEMENT OF DEFENSE COUNSEL 

TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

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JOINT STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1 EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & 

AGREEMENT OF DEFENSE COUNSEL TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT -- CASE NO. 07-5634

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Pursuant to Local Rule 6-1, and in light of the February 19, 2008 Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) Order transferring this case and the other Transpacific 

Passenger Air cases to this Court, Plaintiffs Donald Wortman, William Adams, and Margaret 

Garcia (“Plaintiffs”), and Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd., (“Defendant”), through counsel, 

hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that Defendant’s time to answer, move or 

otherwise plead is enlarged until either, 45 days after plaintiffs in the Transpacific Passenger Air 

cases file and serve a consolidated amended complaint, or 45 days after plaintiffs in the 

Transpacific Passenger Air cases provide notice that a consolidated amended complaint will not 

be filed. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Parties understand that the Court may issue 

a scheduling order that supersedes the date by which Defendant must answer, move or otherwise 

plead. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that defense counsel shall accept service 

on behalf of Defendant of the summons and complaints in the above-captioned matter, including 

any amended or consolidated complaints, and further, that Defendant shall not contest sufficiency 

of process or service of process. 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall obligate Defendant to answer, 

move, or otherwise respond to any complaint until the time provided in the preceding paragraph. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

 

Dated: February 22, 2008 By: ____/s/ Neil Swartzberg________ Joseph W. Cotchett (36324) 

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

Steven N. Williams (175489) 

swilliams@cpmlegal.com 

Nanci E. Nishimura (152621) 

nnishimura@cpmlegal.com 

Neil Swartzberg (215133) 

nswartzberg@cpmlegal.com 

Aron K. Liang (228936) 

aliang@cpmlegal.com 

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COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY 

San Francisco Airport Office Center 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: (650) 697-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Wortman, Adams, 

Garcia and the Proposed Class 

Dated: February 22, 2008 By: _/s/ William Karas (with authorization)____

William Karas 

Email: wkras@steptoe.com 

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 

1330 Connecticut Ave., NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 429-3000 

Facsimile: (202) 429-3902 

Attorneys for Defendant Japan Airlines 

International Co., Ltd. 

ATTESTATION OF FILING 

 Pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, section 45 X(B), I, Neil Swartzberg, hereby 

attest that concurrence in the filing of this stipulation and proposed order has been obtained from 

Counsel for Defendant Japan Airline International Co., Ltd. who has provided the conformed 

signature above. 

COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY 

By: ____/s/ Neil Swartzberg________ Neil Swartzberg 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Wortman, Adams, 

Garcia and the Proposed Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

Dated: February 26, 2008

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