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Parties Involved:
Top Agent Network, Inc.
Plaintiff
Zillow, Inc.
Defendant

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TOP AGENT NETWORK, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ZILLOW, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-04769-RS 

CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING 

ORDER

Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties attended a Case 

Management Conference on September 10, 2015. After considering the Joint Case Management 

Statement submitted by the parties and consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties and 

good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

MEDIATION. The parties will seek to engage in private mediation in the next 180 days.

2. DISCOVERY. 

On or before February 5, 2016, all non-expert discovery shall be completed by the parties. 

Discovery shall be limited as follows: (a) five (5) percipient witness depositions per side 

(excluding expert depositions, non-party depositions, and 30(b)(6) depositions); (b) twenty-five 

(25) interrogatories per party, including all discrete subparts; (c) a reasonable number of requests 

for production of documents or for inspection per party; and (d) no more than twenty-five (25) 

requests for admission per party. Each side may take up to six (6) hours of testimony per 

deposition. Multiple days of deposition of a single witness will not be permitted absent agreement 

of the parties or court order. The parties shall be permitted to revisit these limits as discovery 

progresses. They must meet and confer in an attempt to resolve any issues before seeking the 

court’s intervention.

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3. EXPERT WITNESSES.

The disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses shall proceed as follows: 

a. On or before February 12, 2016, the parties will designate experts in accordance 

with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

b. On or before March 11, 2016, the parties will designate their supplemental and 

rebuttal experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

c. On or before April 15, 2016, all discovery of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) shall be completed.

4. FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.

A Further Case Management Conference shall be held on January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

All parties shall appear telephonically and must contact Court Conference at (866) 582-6878 at 

least one week prior to the Conference to arrange their participation. The parties shall file a Joint 

Case Management Statement at least one week prior to the Conference. 

5. PRETRIAL MOTIONS.

All dispositive pretrial motions must be filed and served pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7. 

Each party is limited to one motion for summary judgment absent leave of Court. All pretrial 

motions shall be heard no later than July 28, 2016.

6. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. 

The final pretrial conference will be held on October 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., in 

Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, 

California. Each party or lead counsel who will try the case shall attend personally. 

7. TRIAL DATE.

A jury trial shall commence on December 5, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th 

Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 10, 2015

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RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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