Free Response in Opposition to Motion - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00619-LAB-RBB

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RICHARD E. MCCARTHY [SBN 106050] [email protected] TANYA M. SCHIERLING [SBN 206984] [email protected] SOLOMON WARD SEIDENWURM & SMITH, LLP 401 B Street, Suite 1200 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 231-0303 Facsimile: (619) 231-4755 Attorneys for Petitioner HANSEN BEVERAGE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HANSEN BEVERAGE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Petitioner, v. DSD DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation Respondent.

CASE NO. 08-CV-0619 LAB (RBB) EX PARTE APPLICATION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL1 Date: June 9, 2008 Time: 11:15 a.m. Hon. Larry A. Burns

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Filed concurrently with Petitioner Hansen Beverage Company's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss or Stay Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 79.2 and the Protective Order entered in the underlying arbitration on September 20, 2007,2 Petitioner Hansen Beverage Company ("Petitioner") hereby applies ex parte to this Court for leave to file under seal the report entitled "Confidential Calculation of Damages to DSD Distributors, Inc. Resulting From Loss of the Right to Distribute Products of Hansen Beverage Company" prepared by Ippolito Christon & Co. and dated December 28, 2007 (the "Expert Report"). Petitioner seeks to file the Expert Report in connection with its opposition to the motion to dismiss or stay filed by Respondent DSD Distributors, Inc. ("DSD"). DSD submitted the Expert Report as evidence during the arbitration proceedings underlying the Petition to Confirm in this action. Petitioner seeks to file this document under seal because it comprises and contains Confidential Information under the terms of the September 20, 2007 Protective Order entered in the underlying arbitration. The Protective Order provides that "the arbitration proceedings, and all matters disclosed therein, are confidential." Protective Order, 1:27-2:1. A Proposed Order is submitted herewith. DATED: May 23, 2008 SOLOMON WARD SEIDENWURM & SMITH, LLP

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/s/ Tanya M. Schierling RICHARD E. MCCARTHY TANYA M. SCHIERLING Attorneys for Petitioner HANSEN BEVERAGE COMPANY

Copy previously filed with the Court on April 4, 2008 in connection with another application to file under seal.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I caused the EX PARTE APPLICATION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL to be served in the following manner: Electronic Mail Notice List The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this

Electronic Mail Notice List Leila Nourani, Esq. Michael B. McCollum, Esq. Foley & Lardner 555 South Flower Street, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 972-4500 Facsimile: (213) 486-0065 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant DSD Distributors, Inc. Julie A. Lewis Nowlan & Mouat, LLP 100 South Main Street P.O. Box 8100 Janesville, WI 53547-8100 Telephone: (608) 755-8100 Facsimile: (608) 755-8110 [email protected] Attorneys for DSD Distributors, Inc.

/s/ Tanya M. Schierling TANYA M. SCHIERLING

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