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Parties Involved:
Circuit City Stores West Coast, Inc
Defendant
Richard Lindstrom
Plaintiff
Christine Steel
Plaintiff
Whirlpool Corporation
Defendant

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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

RICHARD LINDSTROM and CHRISTINE

STEEL, Individually, and as Personal

Representatives of THE ESTATE OF MARY

FRANCES LEE, Deceased,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION and

CIRCUIT CITY STORES WEST COAST,

INC.

Defendants.

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No. C-05-3325 MMC

ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING; VACATING HEARING

Before the Court is the motion to remand, filed September 14, 2005 by plaintiffs. 

Plaintiffs argue in their reply, relying on Gee v. Tenneco, 615 F.2d 857 (9th Cir. 1980), that

defendant Circuit City Stores West Coast is not fraudulently joined because it may be liable

on an “independent duty to warn” theory. As this argument was not presented in plaintiffs’

initial brief in support of their motion to remand, defendants have not had an opportunity to

respond to it.

Accordingly, no later than November 7, 2005, defendants may file a supplemental

memorandum addressing plaintiffs’ new argument for remand. The November 4, 2005

hearing on the motion is hereby VACATED. The Court will rule on the matter without oral

argument unless, after reviewing defendants’ supplemental memorandum, the Court
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determines oral argument would be helpful.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2005 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge