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Parties Involved:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Defendant
Minden Pictures, Inc.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL CASE NO. CV 13-3246-EMC

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Christopher Seidman (SBN 98884)

Harmon & Seidman LLC

101 South Third Street, Suite 265

Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

Tel: (970) 245-9075

Fax: (970) 245-8086

E-mail: chris@harmonseidman.com

Gregory N. Albright (SBN 145547)

Harmon & Seidman LLC

485 Dorset Street

Cambria, California 93428

Tel: (805) 927-2722

E-mail: greg@harmonseidman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Minden Pictures Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO COURTHOUSE

MINDEN PICTURES, INC.

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.,

Defendant

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Case No. CV 13-3246-EMC

PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION FOR 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

(PROPOSED)

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PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL CASE NO. CV 13-3246-EMC

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WHEREAS, this present case (“Wiley II”) and the earlier-filed case of Minden Pictures, 

Inc. v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Case No. C 12-04601 EMC (“Wiley I”), are related;1

WHEREAS, the parties previously submitted in this present case a Stipulated Motion to 

Stay All Proceedings Herein Pending Resolution of Summary Judgment Motions in Related Case,2

and on September 17, 2013, this Court entered an Order staying all proceedings in this case, until 

further Order of this Court;3

WHEREAS, the Court has set this matter for a Case Management Conference on November 

17, 2015;4

WHEREAS, on January 27, 2014, this Court issued an Order granting Defendant John 

Wiley & Sons, Inc.’s (“Wiley’s”) Motion for Summary Judgment and dismissing Wiley I in its 

entirety with prejudice;5

WHEREAS, on January 27, 2014 this Court also entered Judgment in Wiley’s favor on all 

of the claims by plaintiff Minden Pictures, Inc. (“Minden Pictures”) in Wiley I;

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WHEREAS, on February 11, 2014, Minden Pictures filed its Notice of Appeal from this 

Court’s judgment and rulings in Wiley I to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit;

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WHEREAS, on July 29, 2015, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Case No. 14-15267, 

reversing the judgment of the district court,

8 and issued its Mandate to the District Court on 

September 3, 2015;9

 1 See Wiley I, Doc. 58 (Related Case Order); Wiley II, Doc. 5 (Related Case Order).

2 Wiley II, Doc. 17-0.

3 Wiley II, Doc. 18.

4 Wiley II, Doc. 33.

5 Wiley I, Doc. No. 78.

6 Wiley I, Doc. No. 79.

7 Wiley I, Doc. No. 83.

8 Wiley I, Doc. No. 106.

9 Wiley I, Doc. No. 107.

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WHEREAS, the reinstatement of Wiley I makes proceedings in this case duplicative;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT THE PARTIES jointly request the 

Court enter an Order dismissing the above action, without prejudice to Plaintiff’s right to seek 

recovery of its fees and costs, except that Wiley does not concede any such costs or fees are 

available or appropriate.

DATED: Respectfully submitted by:

s/ Christopher Seidman

Christopher Seidman (SBN 98884)

Harmon & Seidman LLC

101 South Third Street, Suite 265

Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

Tel: (970) 245-9075

Fax: (970) 245-8086

E-mail: chris@harmonseidman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Minden Pictures, Inc.

DATED: Stipulation entered into by:

s/ Steven D. Zansberg

Steven D. Zansberg (No. 177528)

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP

1888 Sherman Street, Suite 370

Denver, CO 80203

szansberg@lskslaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this stipulation has been obtained from each 

of the signatories above indicated by a conformed signature (/s) within this e-filed document.

s/ Christopher Seidman

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

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Edward M. Chen 

U.S. District Judge

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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