UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

In re: Refrigerant Compressors Case No. 2:09-md-02042

Antitrust Litigation

Honorable Sean F. Cox

United States District Court

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ORDER

REGARDING INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS’ CASE

The parties have filed several stipulations and orders extending the time for Defendants

to answer the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated Amended Complaint and

extending the time for the parties to submit their Initial Disclosures with respect to the Indirect

Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated Amended Complaint. Most recently, the parties have

requested that the Court extend those dates until February 24, 2014. Having considered the

parties’ joint request, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Defendants shall answer the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated Amended

Complaint no later than February 24, 2014;

2. All parties shall submit their Initial Disclosures with respect to the Indirect Purchaser

Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated Amended Complaint no later than February 24, 2014; and

3. This Court will not grant any further extensions of these dates.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court will hold a Status Conference, as to the

Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ case only, on February 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

S/Sean F. Cox 

Sean F. Cox

United States District Judge

Dated: January 9, 2014

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

IN RE: REFRIGERANT COMPRESSORS 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 

INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS 

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No. 2:09-md-2042 

MDL No. 2042 

Honorable Sean F. Cox 

 STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES AND TO ANSWER THE 

INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS’ 

THIRD CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT 

This matter having come before the Court upon the stipulation of the parties as evidenced 

by the signatures of their counsel below; and 

The Court being otherwise fully advised in the premises hereof: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

1. Defendants shall answer the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated 

Amended Complaint (Doc. #314) on or before : February 24, 2014. 

3. All parties shall submit their Initial Disclosures with respect to the Indirect 

Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Third Consolidated Amended Complaint (Doc. #314) on or before February 

24, 2014. 

Stipulated to and approved by: 

Dated: January 6, 2014 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ David E. Plunkett (with consent) 

David E. Plunkett (P66696) 

Richard E. Rassel (P57540) 

Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C. 

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BH01\1806569.6 

ID\HBI - 105622\0001 

BH01\1806569.9 

ID\HBI - 105622\0001 

380 N. Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 

Birmingham, MI 48009 

(248) 642-0333 

dep@wwrplaw.com 

rer@wwrplaw.com 

Interim Lead Counsel for the Indirect Purchaser Class

/s/ Howard B. Iwrey 

Howard B. Iwrey (P39365) 

James P. Feeney (P13335) 

Dykema Gossett PLLC 

39577 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 

(248) 203-0841 

jfeeney@dykema.com 

hiwrey@dykema.com 

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Leah Brannon 

Brian Byrne 

Elaine Ewing 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 974-1500 

lbrannon@cgsh.com 

bbyrne@cgsh.com 

eewing@cgsh.com 

Counsel for Defendants Whirlpool S.A. and Embraco North 

America, Inc.

/s/ Fred K. Hermann (with consent) 

Fred K. Herrmann (P49519) 

Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC 

500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2500 

Detroit, MI 48226 

(313) 961-0200 

fherrmann@kerr-russell.com 

Jeffrey L. Kessler 

A. Paul Victor 

David Greenspan 

Winston & Strawn LLP 

 200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166 

(212) 294-4698 

jkessler@winston.com 

pvictor@winston.com 

dgreenspan@winston.com 

Counsel for Defendants Panasonic Corporation and 

Panasonic Corporation of North America

 

 /s/ John W. Allen (with consent) 

John W. Allen (P10120) 

Varnum LLP 

251 North Rose Street, 4th Floor 

Kalamazoo, MI 49007 

(269) 382-2300 

 jwallen@varnumlaw.com 

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James M. Andriola 

Reed Smith LLP 

599 Lexington Avenue 

New York, New York 10022 

(212) 521-5400 

 jandriola@reedsmith.com 

Counsel for Danfoss A/S, Danfoss, Inc., Danfoss 

Commercial Compressors, Ltd.,Danfoss Scroll 

Technologies, LLC, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors,Inc. 

and Danfoss Flensburg GmbH 

/s/ Dennis M. Barnes (with consent) 

Dennis M. Barnes (P39401) 

Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, PLLC 

211 W. Fort St. 15th Floor 

Detroit, MI 48226 

(313) 965-9725 

dbarnes@bsdd.com 

 William L. Monts III 

 Corey W. Roush 

 Benjamin F. Holt 

 Hogan Lovells US LLP 

 555 Thirteenth Street, NW 

 Washington, DC 20004 

 (202) 637-5600 

 william.monts@hoganlovells.com 

Counsel for Defendants Appliances Components 

Companies, S.p.A. and ACC USA LLC 

 

 

/s/ Edward A. Geltman (with consent) 

Edward A. Geltman 

edward.geltman@squiresanders.com

Iain R. McPhie 

iain.mcphie@squiresanders.com

Jeremy W. Dutra 

jeremy.dutra@squiresanders.com

 Squire Sanders (US) LLP 

1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 300 

Washington, DC 20036 

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Tel.: (202) 626-6600 

Fax: (202) 626-6780 

David A. Ettinger 

dettinger@honigman.com

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 

660 Woodward Avenue 

2290 First National Building 

Detroit, MI 48226-3506 

Tel.: (313)465-7368 

Fax: (313) 465-7369 

Counsel for the Tecumseh Defendants 

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