Free Order on Motion to Relate Case - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-05944-SC

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CRAGO, Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

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) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD., ) CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES (Malaysia) ) Sdn. Bhd., HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI ) AMERICA, LTD., HITACHI ASIA, LTD., ) IRICO GROUP CORP., IRICO DISPLAY ) DEVICES CO., LTD., LG ELECTRONICS, ) INC., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC ) ) INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA, ORION) ELECTRIC CO., LTD., ORION AMERICA, ) ) INC., KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ) ELECTRONICS N.V., PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA, SAMSUNG ) SDI CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA,) INC., SAMTEL COLOR, LTD., THAI CRT ) COMPANY, LTD., TOSHIBA CORPORATION,) ) BEIJING-MATSUSHITA COLOR CRT COMPANY, LTD., MATSUSHITA TOSHIBA ) PICTURE DISPLAY CO., LTD., and LP ) ) DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL, LTD., ) Defendants. ) )

Case No. 07-5944 SC 08-0494 MEJ ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES

The Court hereby finds that civil case Univisions-Crimson Holding, INC., et. al v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD., et. al, Case No. 08-0494, is suitable for CONSOLIDATION for the purposes of discovery and pre-trial hearings. This consolidation is

warranted by common questions of law and fact that pervade these individual matters.

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Consolidation will facilitate discovery and conserve judicial resources. This consolidated case will henceforth be referred to as "IN RE: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation." All documents

are to be filed under case number 07-5944-SC and all future filings are to bear the initials "SC" immediately after the case number. All motions and proceedings now pending in this case are hereby STAYED pending a decision by the Multi District Litigation (MDL) Panel on Plaintiff's Motion for Centralization in case MDL No. 1917.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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