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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Melanie Tucker,

Somtai Charoensak, et al.

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Apple Computer, Inc.,

Defendant. /

Case No. C 06-04457 JW 

Related Case No. C 05-00037 JW

ORDER CONSOLIDATING RELATED

CASES; APPOINTING CO-LEAD

COUNSEL

On March 5, 2007, the Court conducted a hearing on its Order to Show Cause Why Cases

Should Not Be Consolidated. Based on the papers submitted to date and the oral arguments of

counsel, the Court orders as follows:

1. The Clerk shall consolidate these Related Cases such that the earlier filed action, 

C 05-00037 JW, is the lead case. All future filings shall be in C 05-00037 JW and

shall bear the caption, "The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation."

2. The Court appoints The Katriel Law Firm, P.L.L.C. and Lerach Coughlin Stoia

Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as Co-Lead Counsel.

3. The Court appoints Somtai Troy Charoensak, Mariana Rosen, and Melanie Tucker as

Lead Plaintiffs.

4. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order, Lead Plaintiffs shall file a

Consolidated Complaint.

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5. In light of this Order, Melanie Tucker's Motion to Appoint Interim Co-Lead Class

Counsel is denied as moot and the hearing presently scheduled for March 19, 2007 is

VACATED.

Dated: March 20, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Adam Richard Sand arsand@JonesDay.com

Andrew S. Friedman afriedman@bffb.com

Bonny E. Sweeney bsweeney@lerachlaw.com

Christopher M. Burke chrisb@lerachlaw.com

John J. Stoia jstoia@lerachlaw.com

Robert A. Mittelstaedt ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com

Tracy Strong tstrong@jonesday.com

Brian P Murray bmurray@rabinlaw.com

Caroline N. Mitchell cnmitchell@jonesday.com

Jacqueline Sailer jsailer@murrayfrank.com

Michael David Braun service@braunlawgroup.com

Roy A. Katriel rak@katriellaw.com

Dated: March 20, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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