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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 07-5944 

REGARDING SCHEDULING MDL NO. 1917 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

Electrograph Sys., Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-

cv-01656;

Siegel v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05502; 

Best Buy Co., Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv05513;

Target Corp. v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05514;

Interbond Corp. of Am. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-

cv-06275;

Office Depot, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv06276;

CompuCom Sys., Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv06396;

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-

cv-06397;

P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp. v. 

Hitachi, Ltd., No. 12-cv-02648; 

Schultze Agency Servs., LLC v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 

12-cv-02649;

Tech Data Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd, No. 13-cv00157;

Sharp Elecs. Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 13-cv01173;

Dell Inc. v. Hitachi Ltd., No. 13-cv-02171; 

Sharp Elecs. Corp. v. Koninklijke Philips Elecs. 

N.V., No. 13-cv-02776; 

State of California v. Samsung SDI Co., LTD., No. CGC-11-515784. 

Case No. 07-5944 SC 

MDL No. 1917 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING 

(Stipulating Parties Listed on Signature Pages)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 07-5944 

REGARDING SCHEDULING MDL NO. 1917 

WHEREAS, on September 13, 2013, the Court held a status conference, following which 

it entered a minute order requesting that parties for the Direct Action Plaintiffs (“DAPs”), Indirect 

Purchaser Class Plaintiffs (“IPPs”), and Defendants submit a new stipulated scheduling order and 

vacating the trial dates in the DAP and IPP actions (Dkt. No. 1931); 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the IPPs, 

DAPs, the California Attorney General,1

 and counsel for the undersigned Defendants2 in the 

above-captioned actions as follows: 

SCHEDULE

January 21, 2014 Last day for IPPs, DAPs, and the California Attorney General to 

serve opening expert reports on the merits; last day for Defendants 

to serve opening expert reports on affirmative defenses; 

April 22, 2014 Last day for Defendants to serve opposition expert reports on the 

merits; last day for IPPs, DAPs, and the California Attorney 

General to serve opposition expert reports on affirmative defenses; 

July 22, 2014 Last day for IPPs, DAPs, and the California Attorney General to 

serve rebuttal expert reports on the merits; last day for Defendants 

to serve rebuttal expert reports on affirmative defenses; 

September 5, 2014 Close of fact and expert discovery; 

October 3, 2014 Last day to file dispositive motions; 

November 21, 2014 Last day to file oppositions to dispositive motions; 

December 19, 2014 Last day to file replies in support of dispositive motions; 

January 16, 2015 Hearing on dispositive motions; the last day for actions filed outside 

of N.D. Cal. to be returned to courts in which they were originally 

1

 The California Attorney General joins in this stipulation, but only insofar as it concerns the close of fact and expert 

discovery on Defendants, the date of expert reports, mediation, and settlement discussions. 

2

 The following entities are opposing motions to amend certain DAP complaints and/or contesting personal 

jurisdiction and do not join in this stipulation: Technicolor SA (f/k/a Thomson SA), Technicolor USA, Inc. (f/k/a 

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., 

and Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. (f/k/a Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics, USA, Inc.). In addition, on August 1, 

2013, Special Master Legge entered an Order (Dkt. No. 1820) staying discovery against Thomson Consumer 

Electronics, Inc., so it is not participating in discovery. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 07-5944 

REGARDING SCHEDULING MDL NO. 1917 

filed will be 5 days after the Court rules on dispositive motions; 

January 23, 2015* Last day for filing motions in limine and other non-dispositive pretrial motions; 

January 30, 2015 Last day to meet and confer re pre-trial order; 

February 6, 2015 Parties must exchange proposed exhibits and witness lists; 

February 6, 2015 Last day for filing pre-trial order, agreed set of jury instructions and 

verdict forms; 

February 13, 2015 Last day for filing oppositions to motions in limine; 

February 20, 2015 Last day for filing replies in support of motions in limine; 

February 27, 2015 Hearing on motions in limine; 

February 27, 2015 Final pre-trial conference; 

March 9, 2015 Trial(s). 

*All deadlines from January 23, 2015 onward do not apply to those actions that were filed 

outside of the N.D. Cal. and, following the Court’s rulings on dispositive motions, they will be 

returned to the courts in which they were originally filed. 

Additionally, the Parties, including the California Attorney General, will discuss 

settlement, including the Court’s suggestion that the Parties consider whether it would be 

beneficial to appoint a settlement mediator, and will report back to the Court with a separate 

proposal on this subject after meeting and conferring on this issue. 

***

The undersigned Parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court enter this 

stipulation as an order. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:___________________ ______________________________________

Hon. Samuel Conti 

United States District Judge

October 7, 2013

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