Western Export Services, Inc. v. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Plaintiff: Western Export Services, Inc.
Defendant: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Case Number: 1:2020cv01980
Filed: July 7, 2020
Court: US District Court for the District of Colorado
Presiding Judge: R Brooke Jackson
Nature of Suit: Contract: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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September 4, 2020 Filing 16 Civil Case Dismissed without prejudice pursuant to the MINUTE ORDER filed in this case on 9/3/20. Text Only Entry (jdyne, )
September 3, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 15 MINUTE ORDER re: #14 Joint Status Report. In light of the parties' agreement to go to arbitration, the Court directs that this case be dismissed without prejudice. By Judge R. Brooke Jackson on 9/3/2020. (rbjsec. )
September 2, 2020 Filing 14 Joint STATUS REPORT and Request for Guidance by Plaintiff Western Export Services, Inc.. (Stich, Max)
July 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER granting #10 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond re #1 Complaint. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company's answer is due 9/14/2020. While the Court is not sure that defendant and its counsel need 45 more days to respond, this kind of request is ordinarily stipulated to by opposing counsel, and in the absence of that, will be granted by the Court. More importantly, however, the parties should immediately confer about what appears to be a valid dispute resolution clause in a contract between two sophisticated businesses. See ECF No. 1-1 at paragraph 5. The questions I pose are (1) have the parties followed 5(a) and (b). If not, what is the remedy. If so, then unless there is a good reasons why 5(c) is unconscionable, why are they not proceeding in arbitration as agreed? If the problem is that they cannot agree on an arbitrator or a jurisdiction, they should be prepared to explain how that disagreement should be resolved. This does not appear to be a case that will be resolved on its merits in the Court. By Judge R. Brooke Jackson on 7/27/2020. Text Only Entry(rbjsec. )
July 23, 2020 Filing 12 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Anya Amalia Havriliak on behalf of Ghirardelli Chocolate CompanyAttorney Anya Amalia Havriliak added to party Ghirardelli Chocolate Company(pty:dft) (Havriliak, Anya)
July 23, 2020 Filing 11 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Eliseo R. Puig, Jr on behalf of Ghirardelli Chocolate CompanyAttorney Eliseo R. Puig, Jr added to party Ghirardelli Chocolate Company(pty:dft) (Puig, Eliseo)
July 23, 2020 Filing 10 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond re #1 Complaint, by Defendant Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Proposed Order (PDF Only))(Rothstein, Evan)
July 23, 2020 Filing 9 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance Amended by Lawrence A. VandenBout on behalf of Western Export Services, Inc. (VandenBout, Lawrence)
July 23, 2020 Filing 8 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Lawrence A. VandenBout on behalf of Western Export Services, Inc.Attorney Lawrence A. VandenBout added to party Western Export Services, Inc.(pty:pla) (VandenBout, Lawrence)
July 23, 2020 Filing 7 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Max S. Stich on behalf of Western Export Services, Inc.Attorney Max S. Stich added to party Western Export Services, Inc.(pty:pla) (Stich, Max)
July 9, 2020 Filing 6 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Western Export Services, Inc.. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company served on 7/8/2020, answer due 7/29/2020. (Koclanes, Peter)
July 8, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 5 MINUTE ORDER: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Court will not hold a Scheduling Conference. The Court requests that counsel confer and attempt to agree on a schedule and submit a proposed scheduling order with in 45 days of a response to the complaint pointing out any areas of disagreement. Please email the proposed order to Jackson_Chambers@cod.uscourts.gov in Word format and efile into CM/ECF. The Court will review the proposed order and make such rulings as are appropriate and will provide the parties with potential trial preparation conference and trial dates for you to choose from. By Judge R. Brooke Jackson on 7/8/2020. Text Only Entry (rbjsec. )
July 8, 2020 Filing 4 SUMMONS issued by Clerk. (Attachments: #1 Magistrate Judge Consent Form) (agarc, )
July 7, 2020 Filing 3 Case assigned to Judge R. Brooke Jackson and drawn to Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang. Text Only Entry. (agarc, )
July 7, 2020 Filing 2 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. (Koclanes, Peter)
July 7, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT and Jury Demand against Ghirardelli Chocolate Company (Filing fee $ 400,Receipt Number 1082-7374332)Attorney Peter G. Koclanes added to party Western Export Services, Inc.(pty:pla), filed by Western Export Services, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Civil Cover Sheet, #3 Summons)(Koclanes, Peter)

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Plaintiff: Western Export Services, Inc.
Represented By: Peter G. Koclanes
Represented By: Lawrence A. VandenBout
Represented By: Max S. Stich
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Defendant: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Represented By: Anya Amalia Havriliak
Represented By: Eliseo R. Puig, Jr.
Represented By: Evan Michael Rothstein
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