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IL FORNAIO (AMERICA) CORPORATION v. LAZZARI FUEL COMPANY, LLC

No. C 13-05197 WHA.

IL FORNAIO (AMERICA) CORPORATION, OLIVETO PARTNERS, LTD. and THE FAMOUS ENTERPRISE FISH COMPANY OF SANTA MONICA, INC., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. LAZZARI FUEL COMPANY, LLC, CALIFORNIA CHARCOAL AND FIREWOOD, INC., CHEF'S CHOICE MESQUITE CHARCOAL, RICHARD MORGEN, ROBERT COLBERT, MARVIN RING, and WILLIAM W. LORD, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 10, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IL Fornaio (America) Corp., Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Cheryl Pritzker , Pritzker Levine LLP, Aaron M. Sheanin , Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Bethany Caracuzzo , Pritzker Levine LLP, Bruce Lee Simon , Pearson Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Robert George Retana , Pearson Simon Warshaw & Penny LLP & Shiho Yamamoto .

Oliveto Partners, Ltd., Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Cheryl Pritzker , Pritzker Levine LLP, Aaron M. Sheanin , Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Bethany Caracuzzo , Pritzker Levine LLP, Bruce Lee Simon , Pearson Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Robert George Retana , Pearson Simon Warshaw & Penny LLP & Shiho Yamamoto .

The Famous Enterprise Fish Company of Santa Monica, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Cheryl Pritzker , Pritzker Levine LLP, Aaron M. Sheanin , Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Bethany Caracuzzo , Pritzker Levine LLP, Bruce Lee Simon , Pearson Simon & Warshaw, LLP, Robert George Retana , Pearson Simon Warshaw & Penny LLP & Shiho Yamamoto .

Darbar Cuisine, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Carl Nils Hammarskjold , Saveri and Saveri & Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc..

Lazzari Fuel Company, LLC, Defendant, represented by David C. Brownstein , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger LLP & William S Farmer , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger LLP.

California Charcoal And Firewood, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jean Pierre Nogues, Jr. , Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp, Michael Eliott Chait , Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP & Thomas Paul Lambert , Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.

Chef's Choice Mesquite Charcoal, Defendant, represented by Jeffrey Scott Sanger , Sanger Swysen and Dunkle, Robert Marshall Sanger , Sanger Swysen Dunkle & Stephen Kerr Dunkle , Sanger Swysen and Dunkle.

William W. Lord, Defendant, represented by Jeffrey Scott Sanger , Sanger Swysen and Dunkle, Robert Marshall Sanger , Sanger Swysen Dunkle & Stephen Kerr Dunkle , Sanger Swysen and Dunkle.

Richard Morgen, Defendant, represented by David C. Brownstein , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger LLP.

Robert Colbert, Defendant, represented by David C. Brownstein , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger LLP.

Marvin Ring, Defendant, represented by Jean Pierre Nogues, Jr. , Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp, Thomas Paul Lambert , Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp & Michael Eliott Chait , Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP.

Mark Schulz, 3rd party plaintiff, represented by Derek G. Howard , Minami Tamaki LLP & Sean Tamio Tamura-Sato .

ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CLASS SETTLEMENT AND ORDER VACATING CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

All parties in this civil antitrust class action involving direct purchasers of mesquite lump charcoal move for preliminary approval of a proposed class settlement. For the reasons stated herein, the motion is GRANTED.

STATEMENT

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