Resnick et al v. Walmart.com USA LLC et al

MOTION to Relate Case ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

N.D. Cal.February 5, 2009

010096-10 283599 V1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JEFF D. FRIEDMAN (173886) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 jefff@hbsslaw.com GERALD J. RODOS JEFFREY B. GITTLEMAN JULIE B. PALLEY BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 3300 Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 Telephone: (215) 963-0600 Facsimile: (215) 963-0838 grodos@barrack.com jgittleman@barrack.com jpalley@barrack.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Tobias L. Millrood and the Proposed Class in Tobias v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al. Case No. 09-cv-00399 JCS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANDREA RESNICK, GARY BUNKER, JOHN HALEY, AMY LATHAM, ERIC ROSLANSKY, and KEVIN SIMPSON, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WALMART.COM USA LLC, WAL-MART STORES, INC., and NETFLIX, INC., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 09-cv-00002 PJH ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED Resnick et al v. Walmart.com USA LLC et al Doc. 81 Dockets.Justia.com - 2 - 010096-10 283599 V1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED – TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12, Plaintiff Tobias L. Millrood respectfully submits this administrative motion to consider whether a case filed in this District, Millrood v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al., Case No. 09-00399 JCS (“Millrood”) (filed January 28, 2009) should be related to another case filed in this District, Resnick, et al. v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al., Case No. 09-cv- 00002 PHJ (“Resnick”) (filed January 2, 2009). Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12(d)(2), Plaintiff states that Millrood involves the same Defendants as in Resnick. The cases involve similar factual allegations as both are proposed class actions on behalf of purchasers of online DVD rentals from Netflix, Inc. Both complaints are brought under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1-2, and sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 29, for damages and injunctive relief against Defendants Netflix, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Walmart.com USA LLC. Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12(a)(2), it appears likely that there will be duplication of labor and expense or the possibility of conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different Judges. Given the similarities of these actions, assignment of these cases to a single Federal District Court Judge will conserve judicial resources and promote efficient determination of the actions while avoiding potentially conflicting results. Accordingly, Plaintiff Tobias Millrood respectfully requests that the action entitled Millrood v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al., be deemed related to Andrea Resnick, et al. v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al., the first filed case in this District, which is presently assigned to the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton. DATED: February 5, 2009. HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP By /s/ Jeff D. Friedman JEFF D. FRIEDMAN 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, California 94710 - 3 - 010096-10 283599 V1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED – Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 jefff@hbsslaw.com Steve W. Berman Anthony D. Shapiro HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 steve@hbsslaw.com tony@hbsslaw.com Gerald J. Rodos Jeffrey B. Gittleman Julie B. Palley BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 3300 Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 Telephone: (215) 963-0600 Facsimile: (215) 963-0838 grodos@barrack.com jgittleman@barrack.com jpalley@barrack.com Steve R. Basser BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE One America Plaza 600 West Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, California 92101 sbasser@barrack.com Telephone: (619) 230–0800 Facsimile: (619) 230–1874 Attorneys for Plaintiff TOBIAS L. MILLROOD - 4 - 010096-10 283599 V1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED – CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on February 5, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses registered, as denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non- CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. /s/ Jeff D. Friedman JEFF D. FRIEDMAN - 5 - 010096-10 283599 V1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED – DECLARATION OF SERVICE I, Pasha Durant, hereby certify that on this 5th day of February 2009, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to be served upon the agents and/or counsel who have not appeared in the case, for service of process for the parties listed below. 1. WALMART.COM USA LLC c/o CT Corporation System, Registered Agent for Service of Process for WAL-MART STORES, INC. 818 West Seventh St. Los Angeles, CA 90017 2. WAL-MART STORES, INC. CT Corporation System, Registered Agent for Service of Process 818 West Seventh St. Los Angeles, CA 90017 3. NETFLIX, INC. Scott Sher Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 1700 K. St. N.W., 5th Floor Washington, DC 2006 /s/ Pasha Durant PASHA DURANT Mailing Information for a Case 3:09-cv-00002-PJH Electronic Mail Notice List The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. Robert G. Abrams AbramsR@howrey.com Paul Alexander alexanderp@howrey.com,melendyk@howrey.com,trostade@howrey.com,petret@howrey.com Peter A. Barile , III BarileP@howrey.com Keith E. Eggleton keggleton@wsgr.com Linda M. Fong lfong@kaplanfox.com Sarah E. Grime cadio@saveri.com Christopher T. Heffelfinger cheffelfinger@bermandevalerio.com,ysoboleva@bermandevalerio.com Thomas A. Isaacson IsaacsonT@howrey.com Jonathan M. Jacobson jjacobson@wsgr.com,ageritano@wsgr.com Emily L. Maxwell , Esq MaxwellE@howrey.com Stephen Edward Morrissey smorrissey@susmangodfrey.com,rshanks@susmangodfrey.com,hdanielson@susmangodfrey.com,mwilliam Marc M. Seltzer mseltzer@susmangodfrey.com Melissa Conwell Shapiro mshapiro@saveri.com Scott Andrew Sher ssher@wsgr.com Harry Shulman CAND-ECF https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/MailList.pl?409787600611577-L_4... 1 of 2 2/4/2009 9:39 AM harry@millslawfirm.com,lornaf@millslawfirm.com Alex C. Turan act@girardgibbs.com,amv@girardgibbs.com Sara Ciarelli Walsh swalsh@wsgr.com Manual Notice List The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these recipients. Richard W. Hess Susman Godfrey LLP 1000 Louisiana Suite 5100 Houston, TX 77002 CAND-ECF https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/MailList.pl?409787600611577-L_4... 2 of 2 2/4/2009 9:39 AM Mailing Information for a Case 3:09-cv-00399-JCS Electronic Mail Notice List The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. Jeff D Friedman jefff@hbsslaw.com,nancyq@hbsslaw.com,sf_filings@hbsslaw.com,jgittleman@barrack.com Jeffrey B. Gittleman jgittleman@barrack.com,rbranch@barrack.com Gerald J. Rodos grodos@barrack.com Manual Notice List The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these recipients. Julie B. Palley Barrack, Rodos & Bacine 3300 Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 CAND-ECF https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/MailList.pl?692270056497849-L_4... 1 of 1 2/4/2009 5:21 PM