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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

B & R SUPERMARKET, INC., d/b/a

MILAM’S MARKET, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

VISA, INC., et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 16-01150 WHA

ORDER RE PLAINTIFFS’

DISCOVERY DISPUTES

The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has filed two letter briefs

purporting to be simple discovery disputes (Dkt. Nos. 357, 360). Between the two briefs,

however, the firm has submitted over a hundred pages of attached materials. Similarly, the

response letter submitted by the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP included over fifty

pages of attached materials (Dkt. No. 367). This practice is inconsistent with the streamlining

purpose of letter briefing procedures for discovery disputes.

The hearing on plaintiffs’ discovery disputes currently set for November 29 is

CANCELLED. Discovery matters in this action are hereby REFERRED to a Magistrate Judge to

be determined. Counsel for both sides are responsible for timely bringing discovery disputes

before the Magistrate Judge so that all such disputes will be resolved, and their resolutions 

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implemented, by the discovery cutoff deadline. The Court is unlikely to grant any deadline

extensions on the basis that the Magistrate Judge has not yet ruled on a discovery dispute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 28, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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