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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

NOT FOR CITATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

eMAG SOLUTIONS LLC, 

Plaintiff, No. C 02-1611 PJH

v. ORDER

TODA KOGYO CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

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The court is in receipt of a letter dated December 15, 2005, from counsel for plaintiff

eMag Solutions LLC, advising the court of plaintiff’s intent to notice a motion for certification of

a settlement class and a motion for preliminary approval of a partial class action settlement, to

be heard on February 8, 2006. The defendants involved in this settlement are Ishigara

Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.; ISK Americas, Inc.; ISK Magnetic Inc.; and Ishihara Corporation USA

(“the ISK defendants”).

With regard to the proposed motion for preliminary approval of settlement, the court

requests that plaintiff include some discussion of whether approval of a partial class action

settlement will be in the interests of judicial economy, in view of the fact that an additional

motion or motions for approval of a partial class action settlement may be necessary with

regard to the remaining defendants, with the attendant hearings and the requirement of notice

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United States District Court

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to the class. 

In addition, because plaintiff’s assertions of antitrust liability are based in on a theory of

conspiracy involving all the defendants, the court will require that the non-ISK defendants be

permitted to file oppositions to any of the proposed provisions for partial class action

settlement. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 16, 2005

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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