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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTORS V. EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM (CASE NO. 07-05060 CW)

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

KEVIN P. BROWN

RIECK AND CROTTY, P.C.

55 West Monroe Street, Suite 3390

Chicago, IL 60603-5602

Telephone: (312) 726-4646

Facsimile: (312) 578-9593

Email: kbrown@rieckcrotty.com

MICHAEL R. SIMMONDS (SBN 96238)

JEFFREY A. TOPOR (SBN 195545)

SIMMONDS & NARITA LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3010

San Francisco, CA 94104-4816

Telephone: (415) 283-1000

Facsimile: (415) 352-2625

msimmonds@snllp.com

jtopor@snllp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Ice Cream Distributors of Evansville

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTORS OF

EVANSVILLE, an Indiana limited liability

company,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM, a California

corporation,

 Defendant.

 

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CASE NO. 07-05060 CW

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

ORDER AS MODIFIED

Date: March 25, 2008

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor

Judge: The Honorable Claudia Wilken

The parties to this action, Ice Cream Distributors of Evansville (“ICD”) and Dreyer’s

Grand Ice Cream, Inc. and Edy’s Grand Ice Cream (collectively “Dreyer’s”) jointly request the Court

continue the Case Management Conference scheduled for March 25, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. for 60 days.

As the Court is aware from the prior stipulations requesting a continuance herein, an

Involuntary Petition for Bankruptcy was filed against ICD in the United States Bankruptcy Court for

the Western District of Kentucky, Case No. 07-33484 (the “Bankruptcy Litigation”). An Order of

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ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTORS V. EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM (CASE NO. 07-05060 CW)

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2.

Relief was subsequently entered and ICD is currently in bankruptcy. Accordingly, the assets of ICD,

including ICD’s claims herein, are under the control and direction of the United States Bankruptcy

Trustee (“Trustee”) appointed in the Bankruptcy Litigation. The bankruptcy remains pending and

counsel for ICD has not received any direction on how the Trustee intends to proceed with respect to

the present litigation.

As the Court is also aware from the prior stipulation requesting a continuance herein,

ICD is currently in discussions with various lenders and the Trustee regarding ICD obtaining debtor in

possession financing which would allow ICD to pursue its claims herein. ICD had been advised by

potential lenders that ICD should receive a response to its applications by mid-February 2008. As of

the filing of this Motion, the lenders have requested additional information which ICD is in the process

of providing but ICD has not received and approval or a denial of request for funding.

Should ICD receive approval of such funding, ICD will be required to file a Motion in

the Bankruptcy Litigation seeking the approval of the debtor in possession financing. ICD believes that

it can obtain the approval of the Bankruptcy Court of its debtor in possession financing within 30 days

of the approval of such funding by a lender. If ICD is required to proceed without funding, it will be

unable to pay counsel and counsel will be required to withdraw. Counsel’s withdrawal would likely

result in this matter being dismissed and ICD being unable to pursue its claims. Accordingly, ICD

requests a continuance of the Case Management Conference to May 28, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.

Counsel for ICD has spoken to Counsel for Dreyer’s and Dreyer’s has agreed and

stipulates to a continuance of the Case Management Conference to May 28, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. 

There have been three prior continuances of the Case Management Conference as a result

of ICD’s bankruptcy and pursuant to stipulation. The first continuance was from November 13, 2007

to December 18, 2007. The second continuance was from December 18, 2007 to January 29, 2008. The

third continuance was from January 29, 2008 to March 25, 2008.

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ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTORS V. EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM (CASE NO. 07-05060 CW)

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 3.

The requested continuance would not have an effect on the schedule of the case as the

Case Management Conference has not yet occurred and a scheduling order has not been entered.

DATED: March 18, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

RIECK AND CROTTY, P.C.

By: /s/ Kevin P. Brown 

 KEVIN P. BROWN

 Attorney for Plaintiff

 Ice Cream Distributors of Evansville

DATED: March 18, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP

By: /s/ Iris Sockel Mitrakos 

 IRIS SOCKEL MITRAKOS

 Attorney for Defendant

 EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM, INC.

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ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTORS V. EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM (CASE NO. 07-05060 CW)

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 4.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Case Management

Conference is continued to June 10, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.

DATED: 3/20/ 2008

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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