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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 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LYNN BARTON, On Behalf of Herself and all 

Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., 

FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, TICOR TITLE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, TICOR TITLE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF FLORIDA, CHICAGO TITLE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONAL TITLE 

INSURANCE OF NEW YORK, INC., 

SECURITY UNION TITLE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, THE FIRST AMERICAN 

CORPORATION, FIRST AMERICAN TITLE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, UNITED 

GENERAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 

COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, LAWYERS TITLE 

INSURANCE CORPORATION, 

TRANSNATION TITLE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, STEWART TITLE GUARANTY 

COMPANY and STEWART TITLE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Defendants. 

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No. 08-cv-1341 JSW 

No. 08-cv-1374 JSW 

) No. 08-cv-1928 MEJ 

) No. 08-cv-3391 JSW 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO 

CONSOLIDATE RELATED 

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ACTION FILED: March 10, 2008

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The Court, having considered the papers filed in support of the motion by the parties in the 

above-captioned cases to consolidate these actions, and, for good cause shown, hereby enters the 

following Order: 

1. Pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the following related 

actions are to be consolidated for all purposes, including, but not limited to, discovery and all 

pretrial and trial proceedings: 

ABBREVIATED CASE NAME CASE NO. DATE FILED 

Barton v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al. 08-1341-JSW 03/10/08 

Gentilcore v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et 

al. 

08-1374-JSW 03/11/08 

Blackwell v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et 

al. 

08-1928-MEJ 4/11/08 

Romero v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al. 08-3391-JSW 7/14/08 

2. A Master Docket and a Master File are hereby established for the consolidated 

actions. 

3. The following actions, now pending in other districts within California shall be 

consolidated for all purposes, including, but not limited to, discovery and all pretrial and trial 

proceedings, upon the transfer of such cases to this District: 

ABBREVIATED CASE NAME CASE NO. DATE FILED 

Martinez v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et 

al. 

08-0499-MJL (S.D. Cal.) 03/18/08 

Davis v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al. 08-1897-DSF (C.D. Cal.) 03/20/08 

Kothari v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al. 08-0440-DSF (C.D. Cal.) 4/23/08 

Magana v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et 

al. 

08-0591-DSF (C.D. Cal.) 5/28/08 

Moynahan v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et 

al. 

08-0620-AHS (C.D. Cal.) 6/04/08 

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4. The consolidated actions shall be identified as In re California Title Insurance 

Antitrust Litigation, Civil Action No. 08-CV-1341-JSW. Any other actions now pending or later 

filed in or transferred into this District that arise out of the same facts and claims alleged in the 

related actions shall be consolidated for all purposes, if and when they are brought to the Court’s 

attention. 

5. Every pleading filed in these consolidated actions, or in any separate action included 

herein, shall bear the following caption: 

In re CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

File No: 08-CV-1341-JSW 

CLASS ACTION

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 

6. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to all actions governed by this Order, 

the words “All Actions” shall appear immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in 

the caption set out above. 

7. When a pleading is intended to be applicable only to some, but not all, of the 

consolidated actions, the Court’s docket number for each individual action to which the pleading is 

intended to be applicable and the last name of the first-named plaintiff in the action shall appear 

immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption set out above. 

8. When a document is filed and the caption shows that it is to be applicable to less 

than all of the consolidated actions, the clerk shall file the document in the Master File, and shall 

note the filing in both the Master Docket and the docket of each applicable action. 

9. When a case related to the subject matter of the consolidated actions is filed in this 

Court or transferred to this Court from another court, the clerk of this Court shall: 

 a. Place a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action, after 

notification to counsel, who shall mail to the attorneys for the plaintiffs in 

the newly-filed or transferred case a copy of this Order and direct that this 

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Order be served upon or mailed to any new defendants in the newly-filed or 

transferred case; and 

 b. Make an appropriate entry on the Master Docket. This Court requests the 

assistance of counsel in calling the attention of the clerk of this Court to the 

filing or transfer of any new case which may properly be consolidated as 

part of In re California Title Insurance Antitrust Litigation. 

10. California Plaintiffs shall file a Consolidated Complaint within thirty (30) days of 

the later of appointment of Interim Class Counsel or receipt in this District of the last case set forth 

as related in this litigation. Defendants’ answer or other responsive pleadings are due forty-five 

(45) days following the filing of the Consolidated Complaint. The deadline set forth in this Court’s 

Initial Scheduling Order for the Rule 26(f) conference is extended until ten (10) days following the 

filing of Defendants’ Answers, or in the event Defendants file motions to dismiss, 10 days after the 

Court’s ruling on those motions, with corresponding extensions of the additional deadlines set forth 

in the Initial Scheduling Order. 

ORDERED this _____ day of _________, 2008. 

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The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Court Judge 

DATE: July 23, 2008 

Submitted by: 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By /s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN 

Jeff D. Friedman (173886) 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

reed@hbsslaw.com 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Barton and Gentilcore 

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