O'Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al, No. 4:2009cv03329 - Document 315 (N.D. Cal. 2014)

Court Description: ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 313 Stipulation Amending re 293 Clerk's Judgment to Certify Final Judgment Under Rule 54(b). (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/16/2014)

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O'Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al Doc. 315 1 GLENN D. POMERANTZ (State Bar No. 112503) glenn.pomerantz@mto.com 2 KELLY M. KLAUS (State Bar No. 161091) kelly.klaus@mto.com 3 CAROLYN HOECKER LUEDTKE (State Bar No. 207976) carolyn.luedtke@mto.com 4 ROHIT K. SINGLA (State Bar No. 213057) rohit.singla@mto.com 5 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 560 Mission Street 6 Twenty-Seventh Floor San Francisco, California 94105-2907 7 Telephone: (415) 512-4000 Facsimile: (415) 512-4077 8 GREGORY L. CURTNER (Pro Hac Vice) 9 gcurtner@schiffhardin.com ROBERT J. WIERENGA (State Bar No. 183687) 10 rwierenga@schiffhardin.com KIMBERLY K. KEFALAS (Pro Hac Vice) 11 kkefalas@schiffhardin.com SCHIFF HARDIN LLP 12 350 Main St., Suite 210 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 222-1500 13 Telephone: Facsimile: (734) 222-1501 14 Attorneys for Defendant 15 National Collegiate Athletic Association 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION 17 18 19 EDWARD O’BANNON, et al., 20 21 Plaintiffs, v. 22 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 23 ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC.; AND COLLEGIATE LICENSING 24 COMPANY, Case No. 09-CV-3329-CW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING JUDGMENT [DKT. NO. 293] TO CERTIFY FINAL JUDGMENT UNDER RULE 54(b) Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken Defendants 25 26 27 28 24479952.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CERTIFYING FINAL JUDGMENT; 09-CV-3329-CW Dockets.Justia.com 1 WHEREAS, on August 8, 2014, the Court entered Judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs 2 against the Defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [Dkt. No. 293], and 3 further clarified that Judgment by Order entered August 19, 2014 [Dkt. No. 298] (collectively, the 4 “Judgment”); and 5 WHEREAS, although the Court has finally resolved Plaintiffs’ claims against the NCAA, 6 the Court has not yet finally approved the settlement of Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants 7 Electronic Arts, Inc. (“EA”) and Collegiate Licensing Company (“CLC”), and therefore the 8 Judgment against the NCAA resolves claims against “fewer than all” parties to the case and does 9 not constitute a final judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b); and 10 WHEREAS, although the NCAA has filed a notice of appeal [Dkt. No. 299], and the Court 11 of Appeals has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), over “orders … granting … 12 injunctions,” and orders and decisions that are “inextricably bound up with the grant of the … 13 injunction,” see, e.g., Paige v. State of Cal., 102 F.3d 1035, 1039 (9th Cir. 1996), § 1292(a)(1) 14 does not vest the Court of Appeals with jurisdiction to consider questions unrelated to the 15 permanent injunction; and 16 WHEREAS, as a result of the current posture of the Judgment, the NCAA may not appeal 17 the Judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 until this Court certifies that judgment as final under Rule 18 54(b) or—likely several months from now, at least—enters final judgment on Plaintiffs’ claims 19 against CLC and EA, thereby “adjudicating all the claims and all the parties’ rights and liabilities.” 20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b). 21 NOW, THEREFOR, the parties stipulate that that Court’s Judgment of August 8, 2014 22 [Dkt. No. 293], as clarified on August 19, 2014 [Dkt. No. 298], should be amended to provide that 23 the Judgment is CERTIFIED as a Final Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 54(b), on the ground that there is no just reason for delay of the entry of final judgment as to all of 25 Plaintiffs’ claims against the NCAA, as supported by the following considerations: 26 First, a Rule 54(b) certification promotes judicial efficiency. The Ninth Circuit already 27 has jurisdiction over the NCAA’s appeal of this Court’s order granting a permanent injunction and 28 related orders. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1); Paige, 102 F.3d at 1039. A Rule 54(b) certification 24479952.1 -1STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CERTIFYING FINAL JUDGMENT; 09-CV-3329-C 1 would ensure that the Court of Appeals also has jurisdiction over any other issues relating to 2 Plaintiffs’ claims against the NCAA. Without a certification, the Ninth Circuit might have to 3 resolve two separate appeals relating to the same claims and parties. Second, the Judgment 4 resolved all of Plaintiffs’ claims against the NCAA. Plaintiffs’ claims against the only other 5 defendants, EA and CLC, are the subject of a settlement. If the settlement receives final approval, 6 then there will not be any later appeal that shares common issues with an appeal taken now from 7 the judgment against the NCAA. Third, the equities support entering partial final judgment under 8 Rule 54(b) because it is in the parties’ interest to obtain a prompt and complete resolution of all 9 grounds for appeal through a single proceeding. Accordingly, it is hereby stipulated by and between the parties that that Court’s Judgment 10 11 of August 8, 2014 [Dkt. No. 293], as clarified on August 19, 2014 [Dkt. No. 298], is CERTIFIED 12 as a final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b). 13 DATED: September 4, 2014 14 HAUSFELD LLP 15 16 17 18 19 20 By: /s/ Sathya S. Gosselin * Michael D. Hausfeld (pro hac vice) Hilary K. Scherrer (SBN 209451) Sathya S. Gosselin (SBN 269171) 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 540-7200 Facsimile: (202) 540-7201 E-mail: mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com hscherrer@hausfeldllp.com sgosselin@hausfeldllp.com 21 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP By: /s/ Kelly M. Klaus Glenn D. Pomerantz (SBN 112504) Kelly M. Klaus (State Bar No. 161091) 560 Mission Street, 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 512-4000 Facsimile: (415) 512-4077 E-mail: Glenn.Pomerantz@mto.com Kelly.Klaus@mto.com Attorneys for Defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association Michael P. Lehmann (SBN 77152) 22 Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. (SBN 248460) 44 Montgomery St., 34th Floor 23 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 633-1908 24 Facsimile: (415) 358-4980 E-mail: mlehmann@hausfeldllp.com 25 abailey@hausfeldllp.com 26 Counsel for Antitrust Plaintiffs 27 * Signed with concurrence of signatories pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i). 28 24479952.1 -2STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CERTIFYING FINAL JUDGMENT; 09-CV-3329-C 1 KEKER & VAN NEST LLP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP 2 3 By: /s/ R. James Slaughter* Robert Van Nest 4 R. James Slaughter 633 Battery Street 5 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 391-5400 6 Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 E-mail: rslaughter@kvn.com 7 rvannest@kvn.com By: /s/ Peter M. Boyle* William H. Brewster R. Charles Henn, Jr. 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 815-6500 Facsimile: (404) 815-6555 E-Mail: bbrewster@kilpatricktownsend.com chenn@kilpatricktownsend.com 8 Attorneys for Defendant Electronic Arts, Inc. Peter M. Boyle 607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 508-5831 Facsimile: (202) 585-0057 e-Mail: pboyle@kilpatricktownsend.com 9 10 11 Attorneys for Defendant Collegiate Licensing Company 12 13 [PROPOSED] ORDER 14 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Dated: _____________ 10/16/2014 __________________________ 16 The Honorable Claudia Wilken United States Chief District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 24479952.1 -3STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CERTIFYING FINAL JUDGMENT; 09-CV-3329-C

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