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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Anti-trust

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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

IN RE NETFLIX ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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This Document Relates To: 

No. C 07-00643 WHA

No. C 07-01266 WHA

No. C 07-01978 WHA

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No. C 07-00643 WHA

ORDER RE NOTICE TO ABSENT

PUTATIVE CLASS MEMBERS

The Court has received plaintiffs’ and defendant’s responses to the Court’s order to

show cause why the above-captioned actions should not be dismissed, and addressing the

question of notice to absent putative class members. 

Since no class has been certified, Rule 23(e) does not mandate notice to absent class

members. Here, since this action received some press, some absent class members may have

refrained from filing their own actions because they were depending on these actions to toll the

statute of limitations. Because of this, before judgment is entered in this action, plaintiffs are

required to give notice of the termination of these actions using the same channels that were

used to publicize these actions at their outset. 

No later than OCTOBER 17, 2007, plaintiffs shall file with the Court a plan for giving

such notice to absent class members taking care to make sure that the end of these actions gets

as much attention as their start. After this plan is approved and implemented, these actions will

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United States District Court

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be dismissed. This order does not, however, affect the Vargas action, No. C 07-03802. The

case management conference in that action remains set for October 25, 2007, at 11:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 10, 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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