Ben & Jerry's Franchising, Inc. v. MPA Group, Inc., et al.
Plaintiff: Ben & Jerry's Franchising, Inc. and Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Defendant: MPA Group, Inc. and Mehrdad Porghavami
Case Number: 2:2007cv02599
Filed: December 3, 2007
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Office: Sacramento Office
County: Sacramento
Presiding Judge: Dale A. Drozd
Presiding Judge: Lawrence K. Karlton
Nature of Suit: Contract: Franchise
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 2201 Declaratory Judgement
Jury Demanded By: None

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November 24, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 262 JUDGMENT signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 11/23/09; 207 Motion for Summary Judgment GRANTED in favor of Wonder Ice Cream LLC. (Manzer, C)
November 23, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 260 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 11/20/09 ORDERING Ben and Jerry's Motion for Summary Judgment 207 is GRANTED in its entirety; Mehrdad Prghavami's Motion for Summary Judgment 219 is DENIED in its entirety; judgment is entered in of Ben and Jerry's Franchising Inc and Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc and against Mehrdad Prghavami on the third and fifth claims for relief of the First Amended Complaint 65 ; Ben & Jerrys Motion for Summary Judgment on the Seventh Claim fo r Relief of the First Amended Complaint (for Declaratory Relief) is moot based on the granting of Ben & Jerrys Motion for Summary Judgment on the counterclaims of the Second Amended Counterclaim; Default judgment is entered in favor of Ben & Jerrys F ranchising, Inc. and Ben & Jerrys Homemade, Inc. and against MPA Group, Inc. (MPA) on the Second and Third Claims for Relief of the First Amended Complaint because MPAs answer to those claims has been previously stricken by this Court by Order, dated 8/31/09 199 ; Mehrdad Porghavami and MPA are ordered to pay Ben & Jerrys Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Seven Dollars ($12,757) within 60 days of the date of this Order; and it is declared that Ben & Jerrys is not liable to Mehrdad Porghavami or MPA for any of the counterclaims asserted by them; and it is declared that Ben & Jerrys is the prevailing party and is awarded costs of suit in the amount to be determined by application to the clerk of the court. (Carlos, K)
November 19, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 254 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 11/19/2009granting 253 Request to seal documents filed by Mehrdad Porghavami. (Waggoner, D)
November 3, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 235 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 11/3/09, ORDERING that Exhibits 5, 13, 14 and 23 to dft Mehrdad Porghavami's Opposition to Pltf's Motion for Summary Judgment are to be filed under SEALED. (Kastilahn, A)
August 31, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 199 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 08/28/09 ORDERING that the 148 , 156 Motions to Strike are GRANTED in its entirety and, accordingly, 70 MPA Group, Inc.'s Answer to the First Amended Complaint and MPA's 73 Second Amended Count er-Claim against Ben & Jerry's and Wonder are hereby STRICKEN and MPA Group, Inc.'s claims are DISMISSED. Counter-Claimants/Dfts' 146 , 147 Motions to Exclude the Expert Witness Testimony and Reports of Robert H. Wallace and Gerard S. Clancy are DENIED w/o prejudice to them being refiled at time of trial. (Benson, A.)
August 25, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 191 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 8/25/09 ORDERING that 132 Ben & Jerry's Motion to Strike Porghavami's demand for jury trial is GRANTED with respect to claims against Ben & Jerrys. (Kastilahn, A)
July 21, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 164 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 07/20/09; the date for filing dispositive motions will be extended to at least 30 days from the date of the Court's ruling on motions to dismiss and strike the answer and cross complaint; the Court shall set a specific date following the ruling. (Manzer, C)
April 7, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 99 ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 4/6/09 re 98 ORDERING that the Scheduling Order is AMENDED as follows: Designation of Expert Witnesses ddl 5/15/2009; Discovery ddl 7/6/2009; Dispositive Motion ddl 8/5/2009; Dispositive Motion Hearing ddl 9/9/2009. (Duong, D)
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Plaintiff: Ben & Jerry's Franchising, Inc.
Represented By: Robert D. Rachlin - NOT CAED ADMITTED
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