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

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Dale C. Campbell, State Bar No. 99173 

James Kachmar, State Bar No. 216781 

WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK

Law Corporation 

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

(916) 558-6000 – Main 

(916) 446-1611 – Facsimile 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

The Morning Star Packing Company, 

Liberty Packing Company, LLC, California 

Fruit & Tomato Kitchens, LLC, and 

The Morning Star Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE MORNING STAR PACKING 

COMPANY, a California limited 

partnership; LIBERTY PACKING 

COMPANY, LLC, a California limited 

liability company; CALIFORNIA FRUIT & 

TOMATO KITCHENS, LLC, a California 

limited liability company; and THE 

MORNING STAR COMPANY, a 

California corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

SK FOODS, L.P., a California limited 

partnership; SCOTT SALYER, an 

individual; RANDALL RAHAL, an 

individual; INTRAMARK USA, INC., a 

New Jersey corporation; INGOMAR 

PACKING COMPANY, LLC, a California 

limited liability compnay; GREG 

PRUETT, an individual; LOS GATOS 

TOMATOR PRODUCTS; STUART WOOLF, 

an individual; ALAN HUEY, an 

individual; and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive, 

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Case No. 2:09-CV-00208 MCE-EFB

STIPULATION RE ACCEPTANCE OF 

SERVICE AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT; ORDER 

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Plaintiffs The Morning Star Packing Company, Liberty Packing Company, 

LLC, California Fruit and Tomato Kitchens, LLC and The Morning Star Company 

(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants Ingomar Packing Company, LLC, Greg 

Pruett, Los Gatos Tomato Products, and Stuart Woolf (“Defendants”), by and 

through their respective counsel of record, hereby submit the following stipulation 

and proposed order pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a). 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint in the above-captioned 

case on January 29, 2010; 

WHEREAS, on or about March 12, 2010, counsel for Plaintiffs sent a copy of 

the first amended complaint to counsel for each of the Defendants and 

requested that each counsel accept service on behalf of their respective clients; 

WHEREAS, following receipt of the March 10, 2010 letter from Plaintiffs’ 

counsel, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants engaged in informal discussions to 

resolve the claims asserted by Plaintiffs against Defendants in the first amended 

complaint; 

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties have concluded that Plaintiffs claims 

against Defendants cannot be resolved as of this time and counsel for the 

Defendants have agreed to accept service of the first amended complaint and 

summons on behalf of each of their respective clients with an effective service 

date of June 7, 2010; 

WHEREAS, the parties anticipate that one or more of the Defendants may 

file a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in response to 

the first amended complaint; 

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties have agreed to extend the time for the 

Defendants to respond to the first amended complaint and, in the event that any 

response is by way of a Rule 12 motion, that Plaintiffs shall have additional time in 

which to file an opposition to such motion(s); and 

WHEREAS, this is the first extension of time to respond to the first amended 

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complaint agreed to by Plaintiffs and Defendants in this matter. 

THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their respective 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Defendants shall agree to accept service of process including the 

summons and first amended complaint in this matter through their respective 

counsel of record with an effective date of such service being June 7, 2010; 

2. Defendants shall file and serve a response to the first amended 

complaint on or before August 9, 2010; and 

3. To the extent that one or more Defendants responds to the first 

amended complaint by filing a motion under Rule 12 of the FRCP, the hearing of 

such motion shall be set for a hearing date sufficient to allow Plaintiffs no less than 

45 days in which to file an opposition to such motion(s). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 22, 2010 WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK 

 Law Corporation 

 By: /s/ - James Kachmar 

 James Kachmar 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 The Morning Star Packing Company, 

 Liberty Packing Company, LLC, 

California 

 Fruit & Tomato Kitchens, LLC, and 

 The Morning Star Company 

Dated: July 22, 2010 BINGHAM McCUTCHEN 

 By: /s/ - Stephen Zovickian 

Stephen Zovickian 

Attorneys for Defendant Ingomar 

Packing Company 

Dated: July 22, 2010 RAMSEY & EHRLICH, LLP 

 By: /s/ - Miles Ehrlich 

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Miles Ehrlich 

Attorneys for Defendant Greg Pruett 

Dated: July 22, 2010 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 

 By: /s/ - George A. Nicoud III 

George A. Nicoud III 

Attorneys for Defendant Los Gatos 

Tomato Products 

Dated: July 22, 2010 COLETT, ERICKSON, FARMER & O’NEILL, LLP 

 By: /s/ - William S. Farmer 

Williams S. Farmer 

Attorneys for Defendant Stuart Woolf 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 26, 2010 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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