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

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Michael P. Lehmann (77152; mlehmann@cmht.com) 

COHEN, MILSTEIN, HAUSFELD & TOLL, P.L.L.C. 

One Embarcadero Center 

Suite 2440 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 229-2080 

Facsimile: (415) 986-3643 

Counsel for Plaintiffs

(Additional Counsel on Signature Page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

____________________________________ 

 : 

RACHEL DILLER and TRONG : 

NGUYEN, individually and on behalf of : Case No. 07-cv-06394-JSW 

others similarly situated; : 

 : STIPULATION REGARDING 

 Plaintiffs, : EXTENSION OF TIME FOR 

 v. : CERTAIN DEFENDANTS TO 

 : RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT

AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED; : 

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS COMPANY, : 

LIMITED; CATHAY PACIFIC : 

AIRWAYS LIMITED; CHINA AIRLINES : 

LIMITED; EVA AIRWAYS : 

CORPORATION; JAPAN AIRLINES : 

INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, : 

LIMITED; MALAYSIA AIRLINES : 

SYSTEM BERHAD; NORTHWEST : 

AIRLINES CORPORATION; : 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED; : 

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL : 

PUBLIC COMPANY, LIMITED, : 

 : 

 Defendants. : 

____________________________________: 

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WHEREAS the undersigned plaintiffs have filed the above-captioned case; 

WHEREAS plaintiffs allege antitrust violations by defendant airlines in the sale of 

passenger air transportation services containing transpacific flight segments; 

WHEREAS multiple complaints have been filed to date in federal district courts 

throughout the State of California by plaintiffs purporting to bring class actions on behalf of 

purchasers of passenger air transportation services containing transpacific flight segments 

(collectively “the Transpacific Air Passenger cases”); 

WHEREAS a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

(“JPML”) to transfer the Transpacific Air Passenger cases to this jurisdiction for coordinated and 

consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1407; 

WHEREAS the JPML has scheduled a hearing on the pending transfer motion for 

January 30, 2008; 

WHEREAS plaintiffs anticipate the possibility of filing a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint in the Transpacific Air Passenger cases; 

WHEREAS plaintiffs and Singapore Airlines Limited, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., 

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and China Airlines, Ltd. (“Defendants”) have agreed that an orderly 

schedule for any response to the pleadings in the Transpacific Air Passenger cases would be 

more efficient for the parties and for the Court; 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS, BY AND 

THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS 

FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for Defendants to answer, move or otherwise respond to plaintiffs’ 

complaint shall be extended until forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint in the Transpacific Air Passenger cases, or such other time as the parties may jointly 

agree in writing; 

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2. This extension is available, without further stipulation with counsel for plaintiffs, 

to all named defendants who notify plaintiffs in writing of their intention to join this Stipulation; 

and 

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Singapore Airlines Limited, All 

Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., China Airlines, Ltd. or any other named 

defendant joining the Stipulation of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack 

of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or 

service of process. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: January 15, 2008 By: /s/ Michael P. Lehmann 

 By:

Michael P. Lehmann (77152) 

COHEN, MILSTEIN, HAUSFELD & TOLL, 

P.L.L.C. 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2440 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 229-2080 

Facsimile: (415) 986-3643 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

 

 /s/ William R. Sherman 

 

 By:

William R. Sherman 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Telephone: (202) 637-1094 

Facsimile: (202) 637-2201 

Counsel for Defendant Singapore Airlines 

Limited 

/s/ Douglas E. Rosenthal 

Douglas E. Rosenthal 

CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP 

1627 I Street, NW, 10th Floor 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 204-3510 

Facsimile: (202) 204-3501 

Counsel for Defendant All Nippon Airways Co., 

Ltd. 

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 By: /s/ Edward B. Schwartz

 By:

Edward B. Schwartz 

DLA PIPER LLP 

500 8th Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: (202) 799-4516 

Facsimile: (202) 799-5516 

Counsel for Defendant Cathay Pacific Airways 

Ltd.

 /s/ James V. Dick 

 James V. Dick 

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: (202) 626-6714 

Facsimile: (202) 626-6780 

Counsel for Defendant China Airlines, Ltd. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

By_______________________________ 

 Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge

Dated: January 16, 2008

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