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1 GIBSON, DUN & CRUTCHER LLP JOEL S. SANDERS, SBN 107234 2 GEORGE A. NICOUD III, SBN 106111 RACHEL S. BRASS, SBN 219301 3 REBECCA JUSTICE LAZARUS, SBN 227330 One Montgomery Street, Suite 3100
4 San Francisco, Californa 94104
Telephone: (415) 393-8200
5 Facsimile: (415) 986-5309
Email: JSandersêgibsondun.com
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8 Attorneys for Defendants
MATSON
NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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14 Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, )
WINKLER WOODS, LLC, Individually and on )
Plaintiff,
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Case No. CV 08-03169 VRW
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STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF RESPONSIVE PLEADING DEADLINE
NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.; ) ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.; ) 18 HORIZON LINES, LLC; and HORIZON
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1 WHEREAS the undersigned plaintiff has filed the above-captioned case;
2 WHEREAS plaintiff alleges antitrust violations on behalf of purchasers of domestic
3 containerized ocean shipping services for service between the continental United States and
4 Hawaii ("Hawaiian Ocean Shipping");
5 WHEREAS twelve complaints have been fied to date in multiple federal district cours by
6 plaintiffs purorting to bring class actions on behalf of purchasers of
Hawaiian Ocean Shipping
7 (collectively "the Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Cases");
8 WHEREAS, a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the
9 "Panel") to transfer the Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Cases to this jurisdiction for coordinated and
10 consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1407;
11 WHEREAS, a hearing on the motion for transfer is currently scheduled for July 31, 2008
12 before the Panel, and the cases wil
likely be transferred by the end of August 2008;
13 WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates the possibility of a Consolidated Complaint in the
14 Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Cases;
15 WHEREAS plaintiff
and Matson Navigation Company, Inc., Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.,
16 Horizon Lines, LLC, and Horizon Lines, Inc. ("Defendants") have agreed that an orderly schedule 17 for any response to the pleadings in the Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Cases would be more efficient
18 for the paries and for the Cour;
19 PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS, BY
20 AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS
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The deadline for Defendants to answer, move, or otherwise respond to plaintiffs
23 Complaint shall be extended until the earliest ofthe following dates: (1) fort-five days after the
24 filing of a Consolidated Complaint in the Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Cases; or (2) forty-five days
25 after plaintiff provides wrtten notice to Defendants that plaintiff does not intend to fie a
26 Consolidated Complaint, provided however, that in the event that Defendants should agree to an
27 earlier response date in any Hawaiian Ocean Shipping Case, Defendants wil respond to the
28 Complaint in the above-captioned case on that earlier date.
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This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Defendants of any defense,
2 including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter
3 jurisdiction, improper venue, or service of process.
4 IT is SO STIPULATED.
5 Dated: July 1., 2008
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Joel Sanders Rachel S. Brass GIBSON, DUN & CRUTCHER, LLP One Montgomery Street, Suite 3100 San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: (415) 393-8200 Facsimile: (415) 986-5309
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Counsel for Defendants Matson Navigation Company, Inc. and
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
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McGUlREWOODS LLP
arel C. Menthe McGUlREWOODS LLP 1800 Centu Park East, 8th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: (310) 315-8200 Facsimile: (310) 315-8210
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Richard J. Rappaport
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Amy B. Manng Tamy L. Adkins
McGUlREWOODS LLP 77 West Wacker Drive Suite 4100
Chicago, Ilinois 60601
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Telephone: (312) 849.8100 Facsimile: (312) 849.3690
Counsel for Defendant Horizon Lines, LLC
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Dated: July A-, 2008
SA VERI & SA VERI INC.
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Guido Saver R. Alexander Saveri SA VERI & SA VERI INC.
111 Pine Street, Suite 1700
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 217-6810 Facsimile: (415) 217-6813
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Joseph M. Alioto ALIOTO LAW FIRM 555 California Street, Suite 3160 San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: (415) 434-8900 Facsimile: (415) 434-9200
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Gilmur R. Muray Derek G. Howard MURR Y & HOWARD, LLP
436 14th Street, Suite 1413
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 444-2660 Facsimile: (510) 444-2522
Counselfor Plaintif
Winkler Woods, LLC
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