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COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER
RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP
BONNY E. SWEENEY (176174)
GREGORY S. WESTON (239944)
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
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Telephone: 619/231-1058
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THE KATRIEL LAW FIRM
ROY A. KATRIEL (pro hac vice)
1101 30th Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: 202/625-4342
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rak@katriellaw.com
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
[Additional counsel appear on signature page.]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
THE APPLE IPOD ITUNES ANTI-TRUST
LITIGATION
This Document Relates To:
ALL ACTIONS.
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Lead Case No. C-05-00037-JW
CLASS ACTION
PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD
BE RELATED
Case 5:05-cv-00037-JW Document 131 Filed 10/16/2007 Page 1 of 9
"The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation"
Doc. 131
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Pursuant to Local Rules 3-12(e) and 7-11(b), Plaintiffs Melanie Tucker, Somtai Troy
Charoensak and Mariana Rosen (“the iPod Plaintiffs”) respectfully submit this opposition to the
Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related (“the Holman motion”), filed on October 12,
2007 by the named plaintiffs in the action captioned Holman v. Apple, Inc., No. C 07-CV-05152-RS
(“Holman”).1
This Court should deny the request to relate the Holman action to the present action, The
Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation, No. C 05-00037 JW (“iPod”). The Local Rules for the
Northern District of California provide that cases should only be related when:
(1) The actions concern substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event;
and
(2) It appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor
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