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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER
RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP
BONNY E. SWEENEY (176174)
GREGORY S. WESTON (239944)
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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
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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’ MOTION FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF PURSUANT
TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 7-11
Case 5:05-cv-00037-JW Document 119 Filed 07/09/2007 Page 1 of 8
"The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation"
Doc. 119
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PLTFFS’ MOTION FOR ADMIN RELIEF PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 7-11 - C-05-00037-JW
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By this motion for administrative relief pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11, Melanie Tucker,
Somtai Troy Charoensak and Mariana Rosen (collectively “Plaintiffs”) hereby request the Court to
clarify whether the discovery bifurcation provision of the case management order that governed one
of the two cases consolidated into The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation now governs the
consolidated action. Plaintiffs oppose such bifurcation, for the reasons that follow:
I.
Procedural Background of Slattery/Charoensak v. Apple
The first of the two actions consolidated into The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation
was filed on January 3, 2005, Slattery v. Apple Computer, Inc. (“Slattery/Charoensak action”). The
second action, Tucker v. Apple