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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

For the Northern District of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

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MDL No. 1917 

Case No. C-07-5944-SC 

ORDER RE: THOMSON LETTERS 

OF REQUEST 

This Order Relates To: 

Sharp Electronics Corp. v. Hitachi 

Ltd., No. C-13-1173-SC; 

Electrograph Systems, Inc. v. 

Technicolor SA, No. 13-cv-05724; 

Siegel v. Technicolor SA, No. 13-

cv-05261; 

Best Buy Co., Inc. v. Technicolor 

SA, No. 13-cv-05264; 

Target Corp. v. Technicolor SA, 

No. 13-cv-05686 

Interbond Corporation of America 

v. Technicolor 

SA, No. 13-cv-05727; 

Office Depot, Inc. v. Technicolor 

SA, No. 13-cv-05726; 

 

Costco Wholesale Corporation v. 

Technicolor SA, No. 13-cv-05723; 

P.C. Richard & Son Long Island 

Corporation v. Technicolor SA, No. 

13-cv-05725; 

Schultze Agency Services, LLC v. 

Technicolor SA, Ltd., No. 13-cv05668; 

Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart 

Corp. v. Technicolor SA, No. 3:13-

cv-05262; 

Tech Data Corp., et al. v. 

Hitachi, Ltd., et al., No. 13-cv00157; 

Crago, et al. v. Mitsubishi Elec. 

Corp., et al., No. 14-cv-02058. 

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

Now before the Court are two motions seeking the issuance of 

letters of request for international judicial assistance in 

obtaining documents and witnesses in France from Defendant Thomson 

SA. Specifically, Direct Action Plaintiffs ("DAPs") seek the 

issuance of letters of request for international judicial 

assistance in the production of documents, ECF No. 2716 ("Docs. 

Mot."), and depositions in France, ECF No. 2776 ("Depos. Mot."), 

pursuant to the procedures of the Hague Convention.1

 Previously, 

the Court issued an order resolving most of the pending discovery 

issues related to Thomson SA, ECF No. 2945 ("Thomson Discovery 

Order"), but ordered Sharp, the chief proponent of these motions, 

to file a statement explaining whether, in light of that order, the 

motions for the issuance of letters of request are moot. Sharp has 

since filed that statement, ECF No. 2949 ("Sharp Statement"), and 

explained that while the motion for the issuance of letters of 

request seeking documents is moot, its motion for letters of 

request seeking depositions is still ripe. Id. at 2. In that 

statement, Sharp explains that Thomson has withdrawn its opposition 

to the remaining motion seeking issuance of letters of request in 

depositions. Id. at 3; ECF No. 2949-2 ("Benson Decl.") at ¶ 4. 

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1

 Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or 

Commercial Matters, Mar. 18, 1970, 23 U.S.T. 2555, T.I.A.S. No. 

7444 (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1780) ("Hague Convention"). 

 

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

Accordingly, the Court orders as follows: 

 Sharp's motion seeking the issuance of letters of request 

for international judicial assistance in the production 

of documents is DENIED as moot. 

 Sharp's motion seeking the issuance of letters of request 

for international judicial assistance in depositions is 

GRANTED. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 Dated: November 3, 2014 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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