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Parties Involved:
Modesto Seed Company, Inc.
Counter Claimant
Topsource (Beijing) Seed Co., LTD.
Counter Defendant

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Jeffrey H. Lowenthal (State Bar No. 111763)

Michelle Akerman (State Bar No. 265022)

STEYER LOWENTHAL BOODROOKAS

ALVAREZ & SMITH LLP

One California Street, Third Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 421-3400

Facsimile: (415) 421-2234

E-mail: jlowenthal@steyerlaw.com

makerman@steyerlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Topsource (Beijing) Seed Co., Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT

FRESNO DIVISION

TOPSOURCE (BEIJING) SEED CO., 

LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

MODESTO SEED COMPANY, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00208

STIPULATED JUDGMENT AFTER 

SETTLEMENT

Based on the Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Judgment of the parties 

and good cause appearing therefore, the Court hereby finds as follows:

A. On or about May 18, 2011, plaintiff TOPSOURCE (BEIJING) SEED CO., LTD. 

(“Topsource”), on the one hand, and defendant MODESTO SEED COMPANY, INC. 

(“Modesto Seed”), on the other hand, entered a written Contract on Seed Production 

(“Contract”). Under the terms of the Contract, Topsource was to produce approximately 

25,000 kilograms of seeds for Modesto Seed, comprised of tomato seeds (priced at 145-

200 ¥ per kilogram, depending on the variety), pepper seeds (priced at 125 ¥ per 

kilogram), tomato stockseeds (priced at 195 ¥ per kilogram), and pepper stockseeds 

(priced at 235 ¥ per kilogram).

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B. Between September 2011 and December 2011, Topsource delivered approximately 18,115 

kilograms of seeds, for a Contract price of $562.480.40, to Modesto Seed, per the 

Contract.

C. Topsource subsequently sent three invoices to Modesto Seed for the seed it delivered 

between September and December 2011. The first invoice, Invoice No. TPSS2011-004, 

was dated September 27, 2011, and was in the amount of ¥836250 (approximately 

$132,755 based on the exchange rate as of the invoice date). Modesto Seed paid this 

invoice in full by payments made on November 16, 2011 and January 16, 2012, except for 

approximately $570. The second invoice, Invoice No. TPPS2011-024, was dated 

November 4, 2011, and was in the amount of $375,946.44. The third and last invoice, 

Invoice No. TPPS2011-027, was dated November 8, 2011 and was in the amount of 

$52,753.44. On February 21, 2012 and May 7, 2012, Modesto Seed made partial 

payments totaling $199,988 towards Invoice Nos. TPSS2011-024 and TPPS2011-027, but 

has not made any further payments to date. Accordingly, there is currently due and owing 

to Topsource from Modesto Seed $229,281.88 plus interest at the maximum legal rate 

from December 30, 2011.

Accordingly, based on the foregoing and the stipulation of the parties, and good cause 

appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED that judgment 

be entered as follows:

1. Against Modesto Seed Company, Inc. in the amount of $313,770, representing 

$229,281.88 plus interest at the maximum legal rate from December 30, 2011.

2. The parties shall bear their own attorney’s fees and costs.

3. Modesto Seed Company, Inc.’s cross-claim is dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 3, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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