Free Response to Order to Show Cause - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-02231-RJB

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1 JAMES J. MITTERMILLER, Cal. Bar No. 85177 [email protected] 2 FRANK J. POLEK, Cal. Bar No. 167852 [email protected] 3 JOHN C. DINEEN, Cal. Bar No. 222095 [email protected] 4 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP A Limited Liability Partnership Including Professional Corporations 5 501 West Broadway, 19th Floor 6 San Diego, California 92101-3598 Telephone: 619-338-6500 7 Facsimile: 619-234-3815 8 Attorneys for Defendants SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC. and SPRINT 9 SPECTRUM L.P. 10 11 12 13 14 UTILITY CONSUMERS' ACTION NETWORK and ERIC TAYLOR, on 15 behalf of themselves, their members and/or all others similarly situated, as applicable, 16 Plaintiffs, 17 v. 18 SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC.; and SPRINT 19 SPECTRUM L.P.; 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 07 CV 2231 RJB DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE RE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

Defendants.

Judge: Courtroom: Date: Time:

Hon. Robert J. Bryan To Be Assigned July 25, 2008 N/A

Case 3:07-cv-02231-RJB

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Defendants Sprint Solutions, Inc. and Sprint Spectrum L.P. (collectively

2 "Sprint") hereby submit their response regarding the Court's Order to Show Cause Why 3 Action Should Not Be Dismissed. Sprint disputes the allegations contained in Plaintiffs' 4 complaints (including Plaintiffs' original and amended complaints). However, Sprint does 5 not dispute Plaintiffs' contention (set forth in their brief in response to the Order to Show 6 Cause) that the complaint(s) properly allege original jurisdiction under the Class Action 7 Fairness Act, including the required amount in controversy. 8 9 Dated: July 21, 2008 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

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/s/ James J. Mittermiller JAMES J. MITTERMILLER Attorneys for Defendants SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC. and SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. E-mail: [email protected]

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