Venezia et al v. Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. et al, No. 3:2014cv03141 - Document 13 (N.D. Cal. 2014)
Court Description: ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 9 . Case Management Statement due by 11/5/2014. Initial Case Management Conference set for 11/12/2014 10:00 AM in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Nathanael Cousins on 9/19/2014. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/19/2014)
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Venezia et al v. Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Doc. 13 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Niall E. Lynch (Bar No. 157959) niall.lynch@lw.com 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94111-6538 Telephone: +1.415.391.0600 Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095 Attorney for Defendants FERRELLGAS PARTNERS, L.P. and FERRELLGAS, L.P. FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Tammy H. Boggs (Bar No. 252538) tboggs@foley.com 3579 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, California 92130 Telephone: +1.858.847.6700 Facsimile: +1.858.792.6773 Attorney for Defendants AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P., AMERIGAS PROPANE L.P., and AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC. 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 16 17 18 19 SEAN VENEZIA, MICHAEL S. HARVEY, GREGORY LUDVIGSEN, ARTHUR HULL, and ALAN ROCKWELL, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, CASE NO. 3:14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 20 Plaintiffs, 21 v. 22 23 24 25 26 27 FERRELLGAS PARTNERS, L.P., a limited partnership; FERRELLGAS, L.P., a limited partnership d/b/a Blue Rhino; AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P., a limited partnership, and AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P., a limited partnership d/b/a AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange, and AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC., a corporation, Defendants. 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Dockets.Justia.com 1 Plaintiffs Sean Venezia, Michael S. Harvey, Gregory Ludvigsen, Arthur Hull, and Alan 2 Rockwell, by and through their respective counsel (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Ferrellgas 3 Partners, L.P., Ferrellgas, L.P., AmeriGas Partners, L.P., AmeriGas Propane, L.P., and 4 AmeriGas Propane, Inc., by and through their respective counsel (collectively, “Defendants”), 5 hereby stipulate the following: 6 WHEREAS, on July 10, 2014, Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all others 7 similarly situated, filed a complaint captioned Sean Venezia v. Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. et al., 8 No. 3:14-cv-03141, a putative class action alleging violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 9 State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Laws, and State Consumer Protection and Unfair 10 11 Competition Laws; WHEREAS, pursuant to the July 11, 2014 Order Setting Initial Case Management 12 Conference and ADR Deadlines, the Initial Case Management Conference was scheduled for 13 October 8, 2014 at 10:00 AM; 14 WHEREAS, over thirty similar actions have been filed against Defendants in at least six 15 other courts—the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the United 16 States District Court for the District of Kansas, the United States District Court for the Southern 17 District of California, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 18 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the United States 19 District Court for the Central District of California. These actions raise allegations and claims 20 similar to those asserted in the Complaint pending before this Court. Motion practice regarding 21 the appropriate forum for consolidation and/or transfer of this case and over thirty others is 22 currently underway before the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”). See JPML 23 Docket No. 2567, In re Pre-Filled Propane Tank Antitrust Litigation; 24 25 WHEREAS, the JPML has set a hearing on the Motion to Transfer and Consolidate on October 2, 2014, which necessitates the requested continuance; 26 WHEREAS, no prior extension has been requested; 27 WHEREAS, in order to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of the Court’s and parties’ 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO resources prior to the JPML’s ruling on the Motion to Transfer and Consolidate, the parties agree 1 Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 to continue the Initial Case Management Conference until after the Motion to Transfer and 2 Consolidate has been adjudicated, motions to dismiss have been filed and resolved, and an 3 answer has been filed in this case; and 4 5 6 7 8 9 WHEREAS, this Stipulation and Order is without prejudice to, or waiver of, any rights, arguments, or defenses otherwise available to the parties to this action. NOW, THEREFORE, in the interest of judicial economy and good cause showing, the undersigned parties, by and through their counsel of record, stipulate as follows: The Initial Case Management Conference, currently scheduled for October 8, 2014 at 10:00 AM, shall be continued until thirty days after an answer is filed in this case, with the other 10 dates set by the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines 11 continued accordingly. 12 The parties respectfully request that the Court enter an Order approving this Stipulation. 13 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Dated: September 17, 2014 Respectfully submitted, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP By: /s/ Niall E. Lynch Niall E. Lynch LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Niall E. Lynch 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94111-6538 Telephone: (415) 391-0600 Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 niall.lynch@lw.com Attorney for Defendants Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas, L.P. 24 25 26 27 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO 2 Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 Dated: September 17, 2014 2 3 Respectfully submitted, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP By: /s/ Tammy H. Boggs Tammy H. Boggs 4 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Tammy H. Boggs 3579 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92130 Telephone: (858) 847-6700 Facsimile: (858) 792-6773 tboggs@foley.com 5 6 7 8 Attorney for Defendants AmeriGas Partners, L.P., AmeriGas Propane, L.P. and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. 9 10 11 Dated: September 17, 2014 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Respectfully submitted, LUKAS, NACE, GUTIERREZ & SACHS, LLP By: /s/ Brooks E. Harlow Brooks E. Harlow LUKAS, NACE, GUTIERREZ & SACHS, LLP Brooks E. Harlow 8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1200 McLean, VA 22101 Telephone: (703) 584-8678 Facsimile: (703) 584-8694 bharlow@fcclaw.com Attorney for Plaintiffs Sean Venezia, Michael S. Harvey, Gregory Ludvigsen, Arthur Hull and Alan Rockwell 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO 3 Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Case management conference schduled 2 for November 12, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Joint case management statement due November 5, 2014. 3 DATED:______________________ September 19, 2014 S T ED GRAN 7 10 11 FO s A H ER M. Cousin LI thanael Judge Na RT 9 NO 8 R NIA 6 UNIT ED 5 RT U O 4 ______________________________ ISTRIC ES DM. Cousins TC Hon. Nathanael T TA United States Magistrate Judge N F D IS T IC T O R C 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO 4 Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 ATTESTATION CLAUSE 2 I, Niall Lynch, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file 3 this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Continuing Initial Case Management Conference pursuant 4 to Civil Local Rule 5-1. I hereby attest that Tammy Boggs and Brooks Harlow have concurred 5 in this filing. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America 6 that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 17th day of September, 2014 at San 7 Francisco, California. 8 9 Dated: September 17, 2014 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 10 11 12 13 By: /s/ Niall E. Lynch Niall E. Lynch Attorney for Defendants Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas, L.P. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO 5 Case Number: 14-CV-03141-NC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
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