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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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SHARTSIS 

FRIESE LLP

ONE MARITIME PLAZA

EIGHTEENTH FLOOR

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Case No.

CV09-3881 PJH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE TUCK 

BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP

JAMES P. MARTIN (Bar #170044)

jmartin@sflaw.com

FELICIA A. DRAPER (Bar #242668)

fdraper@sflaw.com

SIMONE M. KATZ-O’NEILL (Bar #246490)

skatz@sflaw.com

One Maritime Plaza, Eighteenth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 421-6500

Facsimile: (415) 421-2922

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TUCK BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC and 

Counterdefendants CHALKBOARD 

DISTRIBUTORS, LLC AND JAY KAPLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

TUCK BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC, a 

California limited liability company,

Plaintiff,

v.

ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a 

Georgia corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. CV09-3881 PJH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: DISMISSAL WITH

PREJUDICE OF TUCK BECKSTOFFER 

WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST 

ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Trial Date: June 20, 2011

Complaint Filed: July 29, 2009

ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a 

Georgia corporation,

Counterclaimant,

v.

CHALKBOARD DISTRIBUTORS, LLC 

dba GEORGIA PRIME WINE & SPIRITS, 

a Georgia limited liability company, and 

JAY KAPLAN, an individual,

Counterdefendants.

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Case No.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE TUCK 

BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Tuck 

Beckstoffer Wines LLC (“TB Wines”), Defendant, Counterclaimant and Counterdefendant

Ultimate Distributors, Inc. (“Ultimate”), and Counterdefendants and Counterclaimants 

Chalkboard Distributors, LLC dba Georgia Prime Wine & Spirits (“Chalkboard”) and Jay Kaplan 

(“Kaplan”) by and through their respective counsel, hereby submit this Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to the Court:

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on July 29, 2009, TB Wines filed a Complaint against Ultimate in the 

Superior Court of California in and for the County of Napa;

WHEREAS, on August 24, 2009, Ultimate filed a Notice of Removal;

WHEREAS, on September 21, 2009, Ultimate filed its Answer and Counterclaims against 

TB Wines, Chalkboard, and Kaplan;

WHEREAS, on October 30, 2009, Chalkboard and Kaplan filed their Answer and 

Counterclaims against Ultimate;

WHEREAS, on January 22, 2010, the Court issued an Order granting the Motion to Strike 

the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Counterclaims of Ultimate Pursuant to the Anti-SLAPP 

Statute (C.C.P. § 425.16) brought by TB Wines, Chalkboard and Kaplan;

WHEREAS, on February 4, 2010, Ultimate filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, 

dismissing its remaining counterclaim against TB Wines without prejudice;

WHEREAS, TB Wines and Ultimate have entered into a Settlement Agreement and have 

agreed that TB Wines’ Complaint against Ultimate and Ultimate’s Counterclaims against TB 

Wines shall be dismissed with prejudice; and

WHEREAS, Ultimate, Chalkboard and Kaplan have not settled their disputes related to 

this case.

STIPULATION

NOW THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, the parties stipulate as follows:

1. TB Wines’ Complaint against Ultimate shall be dismissed with prejudice.

2. Such dismissal shall have no effect on the Counterclaims asserted by Ultimate 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE TUCK 

BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

against Chalkboard and Kaplan, or the Counterclaims asserted by Chalkboard and Kaplan against 

Ultimate, all of which remain pending in this action.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: May 21, 2010 SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP

By:/s/ James P. Martin

JAMES P. MARTIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TUCK BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC and 

Counterdefendants CHALKBOARD 

DISTRIBUTORS, LLC AND JAY KAPLAN

DATED: May 21, 2010 CONKLE, KREMER & ENGEL

Professional Law Corporation

By:/s/ William C. Conkle

WILLIAM C. CONKLE

Attorneys for Defendant, Counterclaimant 

and Counterdefendant ULTIMATE 

DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

DATED: May 21, 2010 GLASPY & GLASPY

By:/s/ Paul Glaspy

PAUL GLASPY

Attorneys for Defendant, Counterclaimant 

and Counterdefendant ULTIMATE 

DISTRIBUTORS, INC

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE TUCK 

BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

DATED: May 21, 2010

By: /s/Lawrence Allen Rosenbluth

LAWRENCE ALLEN ROSENBLUTH

Attorneys for Counterdefendants and 

Counterclaimants

CHALKBOARD DISTRIBUTORS, LLC dba 

GEORGIA PRIME WINE & SPIRITS and 

JAY KAPLAN

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO 

ORDERED.

DATED:

HONORABLE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5/26/10

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

ECF CERTIFICATION

I, JAMES P. MARTIN, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being 

used to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE OF TUCK BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC’S COMPLAINT AGAINST 

ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest 

that WILLIAM C. CONKLE, PAUL GLASPY and LAWRENCE ROSENBLUTH have 

concurred in this filing.

DATED: May 21, 2010 SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP

By: /s/ James P. Martin

JAMES P. MARTIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TUCK BECKSTOFFER WINES LLC and 

Counterdefendants CHALKBOARD 

DISTRIBUTORS, LLC AND JAY KAPLAN

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