Liberty v. Smith et al, No. 3:2014cv03810 - Document 11 (N.D. Cal. 2014)

Court Description: ORDER granting 10 STIPULATION To Set A Briefing Schedule and Page Limits for the Motion to Dismiss Briefing Papers. Motions due by 11/21/2014. Responses due by 1/9/2015. Replies due by 1/30/2015. Motion Hearing set for 2/20/2015 10:00 AM in Courtroom 6, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Charles R. Breyer Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 11/17/2014. (beS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/17/2014)

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Liberty v. Smith et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Doc. 11 Stephen D. Hibbard (SBN 177865) Emily V. Griffen (SBN 209162) Lisa M. Hathaway (SBN 273050) SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3800 San Francisco, CA 94111-5994 Telephone: (415) 616-1100 Facsimile: (415) 616-1199 Email: shibbard@shearman.com egriffen@shearman.com lisa.hathaway@shearman.com Attorneys for Defendants Frederick W. Smith; James L. Barksdale; John A. Edwardson; Shirley Ann Jackson; Steven R. Loranger; Gary W. Loveman; R. Brad Martin; Joshua Cooper Ramo; Susan C. Schwab; David P. Steiner; and Paul S. Walsh 10 [Additional counsel listed on signature page] 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 16 CHRISTOPHER LIBERTY, derivatively on behalf of FEDEX CORPORATION, Plaintiff, 17 vs. 18 19 20 21 22 23 Case No. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB STIPULATED REQUEST AND ORDER TO SET A BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND PAGE LIMITS FOR THE MOTION TO DISMISS BRIEFING PAPERS FREDERICK W. SMITH; JAMES L. BARKSDALE; JOHN A. EDWARDSON; SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON; STEVEN R. LORANGER; GARY W. LOVEMAN; R. BRAD MARTIN; JOSHUA COOPER RAMO; SUSAN C. SCHWAB; DAVID P. STEINER; and PAUL S. WALSH, 24 Defendants, 25 -and- 26 FEDEX CORPORATION, 27 Nominal Defendant. 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562 Dockets.Justia.com 1 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2, Plaintiff Christopher Liberty (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants 2 Frederick W. Smith, James L. Barksdale, John A. Edwardson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Steven R. 3 Loranger, Gary W. Loveman, R. Brad Martin, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Susan C. Schwab, David P. 4 Steiner, Paul S. Walsh (the “Individual Defendants”), and Nominal Defendant FedEx Corporation 5 (together with Plaintiff and the Individual Defendants, the “Parties”) by and through their 6 undersigned counsel, respectfully stipulate and agree, subject to Court approval, to set a briefing 7 schedule and page limits for Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Shareholder Derivative 8 Complaint (“Complaint”). In support of this stipulation, the Parties state as follows: 9 10 11 12 WHEREAS, on August 21, 2014, Plaintiff filed a Shareholder Derivative Complaint for Breach of Fiduciary Duty against Defendants (Dkt. No. 1); WHEREAS, on August 25, 2014, a summons was issued as to the Individual Defendants (Dkt. No. 7); 13 WHEREAS, the Individual Defendants have agreed to waive service of the complaint; 14 WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred via telephone and have agreed on a briefing 15 schedule for Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Complaint whereby Defendants’ opening briefing 16 papers will be filed on November 21, 2014; Plaintiff’s opposition papers will be filed on January 9, 17 2015; Defendants’ reply papers will be filed on January 30, 2015; and, subject to the Court’s 18 availability, the Parties will set Febraury 13, 2015 as the hearing date for Defendants’ motion to 19 dismiss; 20 WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 7-4(b) provides that memoranda of points and authorities may 21 not exceed 25 pages, but this Court’s Standing Order provides that any such memoranda may not 22 exceed 15 pages; 23 WHEREAS, Defendants believe that, given the length of the Complaint, which spans 175 24 paragraphs over 66 pages, and the legal issues that must be addressed, the 15-page limit for 25 memoranda of points and authorities would prevent the Parties from adequately setting forth their 26 arguments in support of and in opposition to Defendants’ motions to dismiss; and 27 28 WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred and agree that, in the interests of the Parties and judicial economy, the Defendants should be permitted to file a memorandum of points and STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS 1 CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562 1 authorities in support of their motion to dismiss of up to 25 pages, and Plaintiff should be permitted 2 to file a memorandum of points and authorities in support of his opposition to Defendants’ motion 3 to dismiss of up to 25 pages. STIPULATION 4 5 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate, subject to Court approval, as follows: 6 1. The deadline for Defendants to file their motion to dismiss is November 21, 2014. 7 2. The deadline for Plaintiff to file its opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss is 8 January 9, 2015. 9 3. 10 January 30, 2015. 11 4. 12 13 14 15 16 The deadline for Defendants to file their reply in support of their motion to dismiss is Subject to the Court’s availability, the Parties will set February 13, 2015 as the hearing date for Defendants’ motion to dismiss. 5. Defendants’ memorandum of points and authorities in support of their motion to dismiss shall not exceed 25 pages. 6. Plaintiff’s memorandum of points and authorities in support of his opposition to the motion to dismiss shall not exceed 25 pages. 17 18 19 Dated: November 14, 2014 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 20 21 By: /s/ Stephen D. Hibbard Stephen D. Hibbard 22 Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3800 San Francisco, CA 94111-5994 Telephone: 415.616.1100 Facsimile: 415.616.1199 23 24 Attorneys for Defendants Frederick W. Smith; James L. Barksdale; John A. Edwardson; Shirley Ann Jackson; Steven R. Loranger; Gary W. Loveman; R. Brad Martin; Joshua Cooper Ramo; Susan C. Schwab; David P. Steiner; and Paul S. Walsh 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS 2 CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562 1 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 2 By: /s/ Richard R. Roberts Richard R. Roberts (pro hac vice appl. pending) 3 4 Legal Department - Litigation Building B, Second Floor 3620 Hacks Cross Road Memphis, TN 38125 Telephone: 901.434.8575 Facsimile: 901.434.4523 5 6 7 Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Federal Express Corporation 8 9 10 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 11 By: /s/ Mark C. Molumphy Mark C. Molumphy 12 13 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 Telephone: 650.697.6000 Facsimile: 650.697.0577 14 15 Attorneys for Plaintiff Christopher Liberty, derivatively on behalf of Federal Express Corporation 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS 3 CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562 1 2 3 ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3)) In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories. 4 DATED: November 14, 2014 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 5 By: 6 7 /s/ Stephen D. Hibbard Stephen D. Hibbard Attorneys for Defendants Frederick W. Smith; James L. Barksdale; John A. Edwardson; Shirley Ann Jackson; Steven R. Loranger; Gary W. Loveman; R. Brad Martin; Joshua Cooper Ramo; Susan C. Schwab; David P. Steiner; and Paul S. Walsh 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS 4 CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 3 S 7 RT 9 H ER 10 FO . Breyer harles R Judge C NO 8 R NIA Hon. Charles R.RDERED O Breyer United S SODistrict Judge T I State I LI 6 DATED: Nov. 17, 2014 UNIT ED 5 RT U O 4 S DISTRICT TE C TA A 2 *** N D IS T IC T R OF C 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHED. & PAGE LIMITS 5 CASE NO. 3:14-cv-03810-CRB 315562

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