IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

Case No. 8:10ML 02151 JVS (FMOx).

785 F.Supp.2d 883 (2011)

In re TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation. This Document Relates To: All Foreign Plaintiffs' Economic Loss Cases.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Bierstein , Clinton B. Fisher , Jayne Conroy , Mitchell M. Breit , Paul J. Hanly, Jr. , Thomas I. Sheridan, III , Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP, Chaim B. Book , Moskowitz Book & Walsh, LLP, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Patrick J. Sheehan , Edith M. Kallas , Shujah A. Awan , Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Hunter J. Shkolnik , Reingold Valet Rheingold Shkolnik & McCartney, Anita Magdalena Jaskot , Robert Michael Brill , Law Offices of Robert M. Brill, Michael A. London , Douglas & London, Ted Trief , Trief & Olk, Arlene Stevens , Jeremy Nathan Nash , Jill Sharyn Abrams , Orin Robert Kurtz , Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP, Wendy R. Fleishman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Scott A. Harford , Lynch Daskal Emery LLP, Mitchell M.Z. Twersky , Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, Peter Overs , Robert I. Harwood , Samuel K. Rosen , Harwood Feffer LLP, Dana L. Gottllieb , Jeffrey M. Gottlieb , Gottlieb & Associates, William Coudert Rand , Law Office of William Coudert Rand, David Bagley Rheingold , Terrence E. McCartney , Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney, LLP, Jack S. Dweck , The Dweck Law Firm LLP, New York, NY, Daniel H. Chang , Diversity Law Group APC, Edward Wonkyu Choi , Choi & Associates Law Offices, Gretchen M. Nelson , Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, H. Scott Leviant , Ira R. Spiro , J. Mark Moore , Spiro Moss LLP, Thomas Vincent Girardi , Girardi & Keese, Marc M. Seltzer , Steven G. Sklaver , Ryan C. Kirkpatrick , Susman Godfrey LLP, Craig J. Ackermann , Ackermann & Tilajef PC, Brian R. Strange , John Peter Ohanesian , Gretchen Carpenter , Strange and Carpenter, Dana B. Taschner , Lanier Law Firm, Michael Marc Goldberg , Lionel Zevi Glancy , Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Mark John Geragos , Shelley Kaufman , Tamar G. Arminak , Geragos & Geragos, Michael A. Bowse , Browne Woods George LLP, Joel E. Elkins , Jordan L. Lurie , Weiss and Lurie, Christopher M. Burke , Hal D. Cunningham , Scott & Scott LLP, Jerome L. Ringler , Paul Alvarez , Paul G. Szumiak , Thomas A. Kearney , Ringler Kearney Alvarez , Howard B. Miller , Thomas Vincent Girardi , Girardi & Keese LLP, Larry W. Lee , Diversity Law Group APC, Brian J. Panish , Panish Shea and Boyle LLP, Benjeman R. Beck , Jennifer L. Basola , Krohn and Moss Ltd., Lee Cirsch , The Lanier Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA, David C. Wright , Jae Kook Kim , Kristy M. Arevalo , Richard D. McCune, Jr. , McCune Wright LLP, Redlands, CA, Derek Yeats Brandt , Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, East Alton, IL, Peter J. Cambs , Jordan Lucas Chaikin , Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Bonita Springs, FL, Fred R. Rosenthal , Fred Rosenthal Law Offices, Port Washington, NY, Lisa M. Hasselman , Steve W. Berman, Lisa M. Hasselman , Elaine T. Byszewski , Barbara M. Mahoney , Lee M. Gordon , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Rachel S. Black , Susman Godfrey LLP, Christopher E Green , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Behram V. Parekh , Heather Marie Peterson , Michael L. Kelly , Kirtland and Packard, El Segundo, CA, Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates PC, Kenneth A. Wexler , Mark J. Tamblyn , Neha Duggal , Wexler Wallace LLP, Aaron J. Bryant The Bryant Law Group, Aaron Ross Walner , Walner Law Firm, Ltd., Lawrence Walner , Lawrence Walner & Associates, Monica R. Kelly , Ray Willis Welcher , William S. Moylan , Ribbeck Law Chartered , Philip John Berenz , Robert A. Langendorf, P.C., Chicago, IL, Gene J. Stonebarger , Stonebarger Law, APC, Folsom, CA, David M. Arbogast , Jeffrey K. Berns , Arbogast & Berns LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, Mark P. Robinson, Jr. , Michelle M. West , Daniel S. Robinson , Scot D. Wilson , Donald H. Slavik , Kevin Frank Calcagnie , Shannon Lukei , Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, Gerald M. Werksman , Gerald M. Werksman Law Offices, Karren T. Schaeffer , Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, Anthony Chu , Don K. Ledgard , James T. Capretz , Capretz & Associates, Adam T. Hoover , Marc G. Reich , Reich Radcliffe & Kuttler LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Paula M. Roach , Thomas Joseph O'Reardon, II , Timothy G. Blood , Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, Samuel M. Ward , Stephen R. Basser , Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Alan M. Mansfield , The Consumer Law Group, Daniel J. Mulligan , Thomas A. Jenkins , Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel LLP, Georgiy B. Lyudyno , Ronald A. Marron , Ronald A. Marron Law Offices APLC, James Robert Hail , John A. Lowther, IV , William James Doyle, II , Doyle Lowther LLP, Todd D. Carpenter , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman and Balint , Geoffrey Spreter , The Law Offices of Alexander M. Schack, San Diego, CA, Camilo Kossy Salas, III , Salas LC, Cayce Christian Peterson , Hugh Palmer Lambert , Linda Jane Nelson , Lambert & Nelson, Matthew B. Moreland , Attorney at Law, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Scott R. Bickford , Martzell & Bickford, Dawn M. Barrios , Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteis, Jonathan B. Andry , Andry & Andry, Lionel Howard Sutton, III , Attorney at Law, Gerald Edward Meunier , Irving Jay Warshauer , Kara Hadican Samuels , Michael Joseph Ecuyer , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, Edwin Mark Shorty , Michael Joseph Hall , Tony Dooley , Shorty, Dooley & Hall, LLC, Wilson C. Boveland , Attorney at Law, Kathleen F. Hobson , Kathleen F. Hobson, LLC, Catherine Ryan Gauthier , Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Jennifer L. Crose , June Anne Oswald , Darryl James Becnel , Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Diane Kay Zink , Attorney at Law, Robert M. Becnel , Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Christopher Devon Becnel , Toni B. Becnel , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Laplace, LA, John F. Nevares , John F. Nevares & Assoc. PSC, Eric M. Quetglas-Jordan , Jose F. Quetglas , Quetglas Law Office, Ruben T. Nigaglioni , Nigaglioni & Ferraiuoli Law Offices PSC, San Juan, PR, Lance August Harke , Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP, Miami Shores, FL, J. Andrew Meyer , Tamra Carsten Givens , Morgan & Morgan, PA, Aldo Bolliger , Bolliger Law Group, Patrick J. Cremeens , The Law Office of Patrick J. Cremeens, PL, Tampa, FL, Scott W. Weinstein , Morgan & Morgan PA, Ft. Myers, FL, Andres F. Alonso , Melanie H. Muhlstock , David Bruce Krangle , Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Great Neck, NY, Denyse F. Clancy , Bruce W. Steckler , Renee M. Melancon , Baron & Budd PC, Blake L. Beckham , The Beckham Group, Roger L. Mandel , Beckham & Mandel LLP, Suzanne H. Swaner , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Dallas, TX, Benjamin L. Bailey , Eric B. Snyder , Robert P. Lorea , Rodney Arthur Smith , Bailey & Glasser LLP, Edgar F. Heiskell, III , Orney at Law, Harry F. Bell, Jr. , The Bell Law Firm, C. Michael Bee , Hill Peterson Carper Bee & Deitzler PLLC, Charleston, WV, Mark S. Baumkel , Bingham Farms, MI, Gerarld J. Rodos , Jeffrey B. Gittleman , Barrack Rodos and Bacine, Jeffrey L. Osterwise , Jon J. Lambiras , Sherrie R. Savett , Berger & Montague PC, Larry Pitt , Larry Pitt & Associates PC, Mark R. Rosen , Samuel M. Ward , Stephen R. Basser , Leonard Barrack , Lisa M. Lamb , Mark R. Rosen , Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Brian J. McCormick, Jr. , Sheller PC, Leonard V. Fodera , Louis Todd Silverman , Michael Phillip Lalli , Silverman & Fodera PC, Arnold Levin , Daniel C. Levin , Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Donald E. Haviland, Jr. , Haviland Hughes LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Arthur Camden Lewis , Keith M. Babcock , Lewis & Babcock LLP, John S. Simmons , Simmons Law Firm LLC, Columbia, SC, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Nimish R. Desai , Todd A. Walburg , Robert J. Nelson , Todd A. Walburg , Sarah R. London , Todd A. Walburg , Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein LLP, Rosemary M. Rivas , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Derek G. Howard , Brad Yamauchi , Jack W. Lee , Minami Tamaki LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Guido Saveri , Melissa C. Shapiro , R. Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri Inc., Gilmur R. Murray , Murray and Howard LLP, Tracy Tien , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christopher David Stock , Stanley M. Chesley , Wilbert Benjamin Markovits , Robert Alan Steinberg , Terrence L. Goodman , Renee Ann Infante , Terence Richard Coates , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Joseph J. Braun , Richard Stuart Wayne , Thomas P. Glass , Strauss and Troy, Christian A. Jenkins , Minnillo & Jenkins Co., LPA, Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Theresa L. Groh , Murdock Goldenberg Schneider & Groh LPA, Cincinnati, OH, Douglas Scott Lyons , Lyons & Farrar PA, Phillip Timothy Howard , Howard & Associates PA, Tallahassee, FL, James E. Cecchi , Lindsey H. Taylor , Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart and Olstein, Roseland, NJ, Charles T. Lester, Jr. , Eric C. Deters , Eric C. Deters & Associates PSC, Independence, KY, Ralph K. Phalen , Ralph K. Phalen Law PC, Jose M. Bautista , Robert C. Sullivan , Sullivan Bautista Morgan Allen & Chronic LLC, Shawn Gayland Foster , Davis Bethune & Jones LLC, Bradley D. Kuhlman , Chad Cameron Lucas , Kuhlman Law Firm, LLC, Bradley D. McCormack , Neil S. Sader , The Sader Law Firm, Lawrence F. Gepford, Jr. , Kansas City, MO, Thomas J. Murray , Dennis E. Murray, Jr. , Murray & Murray, William H. Bartle , Thomas J. Murray & Associates Inc., Margaret M. Murray , Murray & Murray Co. LPA, Sandusky, OH, Donald C. Coggins, Jr. , John Belton White, Jr. , Harrison White Smith & Coggins PC, Spartanburg, SC, W. Mark Lanier , Eugene R. Egdorf , The Lanier Law Firm, William R.H. Merrill , Robert S. Safi , Susman Godfrey LLP, Kenneth B. Fenelon, Jr. , Vuk Stevan Vujasinovic , Vujasinovic & Beckcom, PLLC, Joseph Carter Melugin , Russell S. Briggs , Fibich Hampton & Leebron, Bradley L. Leger , Leger Adkins , Houston, TX, Laura L. Singletary , Mary Nell Bennett , Richard Joseph Arsenault , James R. Whaley , John Randall Whaley , Michael S. Koch , Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, John R. Climaco , Climaco Wilcox Peca Tarantino and Garofoli Co. LPA, Frank E. Piscitelli, Jr. , Frank E. Piscitelli Co. LLPA, D. Scott Kalish , James L. Deese , Daniel R. Karon , Goldman Scarlato & Karon PC, J. Daniel Scharville , Kahn & Associates, Cleveland, OH, Brian W. Smith , Smith & Vanture LLP, Howard Weil Rubinstein , Law Office of Howard W. Rubinstein, West Palm Beach, FL, Thomas D. Mauriello , Mauriello Law Firm APC, San Clemente, CA, W. Daniel Miles, III , Timothy R. Fiedler , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, Gordon M. Fauth, Jr. , Litigation Law Group, Alameda, CA, C. Brooks Cutter , Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff, Stuart C. Talley , Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff LLP, Sacramento, CA, Jerry K. Cimmet , Jerry K. Cimmet Law Offices, San Mateo, CA, John M. Kelson , John M. Kelson Law Office, Oakland, CA, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , Joe P. Leniski , Michael G. Stewart , Steven J. Simerlein , Branstetter Stranch & Jennings PLLC, Jonathan P. Farmer , Jones Hawkins & Farmer PLC, Allen Woods , Law Offices of Woods & Woods, Nashville, TN, Aron K. Liang , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Darren O'Leary Aitken , Wylie A. Aitken , Aitken Aitken & Cohn, Santa Ana, CA, Frank M. Pitre , Joseph Winters Cotchett , Nancy Leavitt Fineman , Frank M. Pitre , Cotchett Pitre Simon and McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Christopher Lavorato , Sam A. Lavorato , Lavorato House Chilton & Lavorato, Salinas, CA, John M. Boyko , John M. Boyko Law Offices, Torrance, CA, Randall R. Renick , Eric S. Pavlack , Irwin B Levin , Richard E. Shevitz , Eric S. Pavlack , Irwin B. Levin , Richard E. Shevitz , Cohen & Malad LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Amy M. Wilkins , Robert B. Carey , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Andrew S. Friedman , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, Leif Garrison , Carey Law Firm, Colorado Springs, CO, William M. Sweetnam , Sprenger Lang Sweetnam LLC, Northbrook, IL, Christopher L. Coffin , Nicholas R. Rockforte , Patrick Wayne Pendley , Stanley P. Baudin , Pendley Baudin & Coffin LLP, Plaquemine, LA, Andrew J. Garcia , Carlin J. Phillips , Phillips and Garcia PC, Dartmouth, MA, Michael G. McLellan , Richard M. Volin , Finkelstein Thompson and Loughran, Mila F. Bartos , Stan M. Doerrer , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Wendy Ellen Duvall , Christopher H. Mitchell , Stein Mitchell & Muse LLP; Nicholas Thomas Moraites , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, DC, J. Benjamin Finley , MaryBeth V. Gibson , Kenneth S. Canfield , Ralph I. Knowles , Robert E. Shields , Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Jay Forbes Hirsch , Michael Lee McGlamry , R. Timothy Morrison , Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood, Alexander Simanovsky , Alex Simanovsky & Associates, LLC, Cale H. Conley , Richard A. Griggs , Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, GA, Peter S. Pearlman , Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann and Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ, Jeffrey A. Bowersox , Bowersox Law Firm, P.C., Roy B. Thompson , Thompson & Bogran PC, Lake Oswego, OR, Mark A. Friel , Steve D. Larson , Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, PC, Portland, OR, Bruce J. Brothers , Wayne D. Hawn , Bruce J. Brothers & Associates, Bend, OR, Dewitt M. Lovelace , Lovelace Law Firm, P.A., Destin, FL, Don Barrett , Don Barrett, PA, Lexington, MS, Thomas P. Thrash , Thrash Law Firm, James Henry Bartolomei, III , Phillip J. Duncan , Duncan Firm, Little Rock, AR, Curtis N. Bruehl , Oklahoma City, OK, Katie Eidson Griffin , Matthew J. Sill , Sill & Medley, Edmond, OK, Toby K. Henderson , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer, John Henry Stachler , Jablinski, Folino, Roberts & Martin, Laurence Alan Lasky , Lasky & Scharrer, Elizabeth Ahern Wells , Ronald Lee Burdge , Burdge Law Office, Dayton, OH, Edward A. Broderick , The Law Office of Edward A. Broderick, David Pastor , Gilman and Pastor LLP, Patrick T. Jones , Peter J. Schneider , Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones, PC, Howard Friedman , Law Offices of Howard Friedman, P.C., Boston, MA, Kathryn Snapka, The Snapka Law Firm, Kevin Walter Grillo , Robert C. Hilliard , Hilliard and Munoz, Guerra LLP, Reynaldo Alejandro Pena , The Law Offices of Reynaldo A. Pena, Douglas P. Peterson , Anthony & Peterson, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, Christopher M. Battista , Law Offices of Christopher M. Battista, Manassas, VA, Pedro Quinones-Suarez , John F. Nevares & Assoc. PSC, Santurce, PR, Jeffrey E. Friedman , Friedman Leak Dazzio Zulanas and Bowling, PC, D. Bruce Petway , Petway, Tucker & Barganier LLC, Birmingham, AL, Robert M. Carter , Attorney at Law, New Albany, MS, Patrick G. Warner , Climaco Wilcox Peca Taranito and Garofoli Co. LPA, Alan G. Snipes , Charles Neal Pope , Wade H. Tomlinson, III , Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick , Morrison & Norwood, LLP, Columbus, OH, Shawn Lyna Council , Shawn Council LLC, Bloomfield, CT, Amanda M. Williams , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Charles S. Zimmerman , Ronald S. Goldser , Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Daniel E. Gustafson , Karla M. Gluek , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Richard A. Lockridge , Robert K. Shelquist , Yvonne M. Flaherty , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, David J. Szerlag , Pritzker Olsen, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, James E. Carter , James E. Carter and Associates, LLC, Savannah, GA, Jon E. Ingram, Jr. , Thomas W. Tucker , Tucker Everitt Long Brewton & Lanier PC, Augusta, GA, Doris A. Kim , Mark K. Gray , Matthew L. White , Franklin Gray & White, Gary M. Weiss , Joseph Allan Cobb , Weiss & Cobb Attorneys at Law, H. Philip Grossman , Jennifer A. Moore , Grossman & Moore, PLLC, Andrew J. Horne , Anderson & Horne, PLLC, Jasper D. Ward , Bahe Cook , Cantley & Jones, PLC, Louisville, KY, J. Burton LeBlanc, IV , Baron & Budd PC, Rebecca A. Cunard , Cunard Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Russell A. Wood , Wood Law Office, P.A., Russellville, AR, Norwood Sherman Wilner , Wilner Block PA, Jacksonville, FL, Bryan August Pfleeger , Ronald J. Favre , Waldon Michael Hingle , Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, Brian Nolan Mazzola , Law Offices of Brian N. Mazzola PLLC, Beaumont, TX, Dianne M. Nast , Erin C. Burns , Roda & Nast PC, Lancaster, PA, William A. Riback , William Riback LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Delana S. Sanders , Justin A. Sanders , Robert E. Sanders , W. Matthew Nakajima , The Sanders Law Firm, Covington, KY, David C. Wright , McCune Wright LLP, Redlands, CA, Philip B. Zipin , The Zipin Law Firm LLC, Andrew E. Bederman , Greenberg and Bederman LLP, Silver Spring, MD, Lynne Marie Holtkamp , Holtkamp Law Firm, Chapel Hill, NC, William F. Burns, Jr. , Giordano, Gordon & Burns, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, Dale H. Tuttle , Thomas E. Clary, III , Glassman Edward Wade & Wyatt, PC, Patrick M. Ardis , Wolff, Ardis P.C., Memphis, TN, Patricia Ann Meester , Franklin D Azar & Associates PC, Pueblo, CO, Franklin D. Azar , Jason B. Wesoky , Nathan Axvig , Richard P. Barkley , Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Aurora, CO, Philip Burton Green , Kailua-Kona, HI, Darryl W. Edmondson , L. Jeffrey Hagood , Todd J. Moody , Hagood, Tarpy & Cox, PLLC, Bryan L. Capps , Terry G. Adams , The Adams Law Firm, Ronald L. Grimm , Ambrose, Wilson, Grimm & Durand, Knoxville, TN, Anthony Martin Urie , Shorline, WA, Meghan W. Martinez , Meghan W. Martinez Law Offices, Francis Christopher Porada , Berenbaum Weinshienk PC, Denver, CO, Joseph W. Price , Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA, Mike Miller , Stacey Tjon Bossart , Solberg Stewart Miller & Tjon, Fargo, ND, Martha K. Wivell , Sheller PC, Cook, MN, Sharon L. Van Dyck , Van Dyck Law Firm, PLLC, Eric D. Holland , Holland Groves Schneller & Stolze LLC, St. Louis Park, MN, Kevin Bruce Love , Criden & Love PA, South Miami, FL, John Hasan Ruiz , Joseph Lawrence McGuinness , Miami, FL, Todd E. Gadtke , Gadtke & Brennan, P.A., Maple Grove, MN, W. James Singleton , Singleton Law Firm, Shreveport, LA, Jason Saul Remer , Remer & Georges-Pierre PLLC, North Miami, FL, Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr. , Roberta A. Yard , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, St. Paul, MN, Gino F. Battisi , Foley and Mansfield PLLP, Joseph V. Neill , St. Louis, MO, Alexander W. Peet , Lovelace Law Firm, P.A., Miramar Beach, FL, Gary A. Wright , Wright & LaSalle, LLP, Aspen, CO, Richard Victor Falcon , William Hughes Murphy, Jr. , The Murphy Firm, Baltimore, MD, Benjamin F. Johns , Joseph G. Sauder , Matthew D. Schelkopf , Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Haveford, PA, Charles A. Fiore , Williamstown, NJ, Lewis S. Eidson , Curtis B. Miner , Colson Hicks Eidson , Coral Gables, FL, David J. Disabato , Disabato & Bouckenooghe LLC, Mendham, NJ, Ann E. Brown-Graff , Brad J. Brady , Matthew L. Preston , Brady & O'Shea PC, Larry D. Helvey , Cedar Rapids, IA, Sean P. Spellman , Witherwax & Spellman Law PC, West Des Moines, IA, Christopher P. Welsh , Welsh Welsh Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Fred Schultz , Greene, Schultz Law Firm, Bloomington, IN, Fred Paoli, Jr. , Melissa A. Tweardy , Paoli & Brown, Livingston, MT, James M. Piotrowski , Herzfeld & Piotrowski, Boise, ID, Scott R. Shepherd , James C. Shah , Shepherd Finkelman Miller and Shah LLP, Media, PA, Craig S. Mielke , Matthew J. Herman , Robert M. Foote , Foote, Meyers, Mielke, & Flowers, LLC, Kathleen Currie Chavez , Chavez Law Firm P.C., Peter Lawrence Currie , The Law Firm of Peter L. Currie, P.C., St. Charles, IL, Ray Willis Welcher , Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal, Saint John, IN, William A. Cohan , William A. Cohan Law Offices, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, David Barry Kahn , Mark E. King , David B. Kahn & Associates, Ltd., Northfield, IL, Andrew W. Hutton , Deborah B. Mcllhenny , Mark B. Hutton , Hutton & Hutton Law Firm, LLC, Wichita, KS, B. Keith Williams , James R. Stocks , Lannom & Williams, Lebanon, TN, Donald H. Slavik , Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Robert P. Zoller , Sterns & Weinroth, PC, Trenton, NJ, Jud Patterson , Luxon & Patterson, Richmond, KY, Stephen L. Swann , Law Offices of Stephen L. Swann, Arlington, VA, Timothy J. Donahue , Timothy J. Donahue Law Offices, Orange, CA, Cory R. Eichelberger , Lewis and Associates, LLC, Craig Murphy , Richard S. Johnson , Stacie A. Murphy , Murphy & Murphy Law Offices, Dennis L. Kennedy , Joshua P. Gilmore , Bailey Kennedy , Las Vegas, NV, Andrew Samtoy , Nicole T. Fiorelli , Patrick J. Perotti , Dworken & Bernstein, Painesville, OH, John W. McTiernan , Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy, Carl R. Schiffman , Schiffman & Wojdowski, Christina L. Gill Roseman , Kimmel & Silverman, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Kevin B. Burgess , Hamilton Burgess Young & Pollard PLLC, Fayetteville, WV, Bruce D. Fox , John A. Willis , Fox & Farley, Clinton, TN, Daniel G. Ruggiero , Consumer Legal Services, PC, Lakeville, MA, Steven Douglas Gacovino , Gacovino, Lake & Associates, P.C., Sayville, NY, Dwight J. Staples , Gail Henderson-Staples , Henderson Henderson & Staples, Huntington, WV, Richard L. Fewell, Jr. , Law Office of Richard L. Fewell Jr., W. Monroe, LA, Walter J. Alvarez , Law Office of Walter J. Alvarez PC, Crown Point, IN, Lucien C. Gwin, III , Gwin, Lewis & Punches, Natchez, MS, D. Hardison Wood , Law Office of D. Hardison Wood, Cary, NC, Robert G. Gilchrist , Eisenberg & Gilchrist, David C. Biggs , Joseph W. Steele , Steele and Biggs LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, Paul Joseph Komyatte , Stuart Alan Ollanik , Gilbert, Ollanik & Komyatte, P.C., Arvada, CO, Larry P. Boudreaux , Thibodeaux, LA, Gregory V. Sharkey , Lakewood, NJ, Nathan I. Finkelstein , Robert Jay Goldman , Matthew Edward Feinberg , Finkelstein and Horvitz PC, Bethesda, MD, Jerri Gaines Smitko , Law Office of Jerri G. Smitko, Houma, LA, Christine D. Spagnoli , Green Broillet and Wheeler LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Daniel R. Lapinski , Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, PC, Woodbridge, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Joel H. Smith , Angela Gilbert Strickland , Pamela J. Roberts , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Steven A. McKelvey , William H. Latham , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, SC, Andrew B. Cooke , Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Rebecca A. Betts , Allen Guthrie & Thomas, Charleston, WV, Anne O. Hanna , Kathleen A. York , Matthew J. Tamel , Vincent Galvin, Jr. , Bowman and Brooke LLP, San Jose, CA, Anneke J. Shepard , Andrew T. Bayman , King & Spalding LLP, Cari K. Dawson , Derin B. Dickerson , Kyle G.A. Wallace , Kara Kennedy , Scott Austin Elder , Alston & Bird LLP, Harold E. Franklin, Jr. , Atlanta, GA, Antonio Gnocchi-Franco , Gnocchi-Franco Law Office, Ricardo L. Ortiz-Colon , Roberto A. Camara-Fuertes , Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Craig Carpenito , Judith Anna Amorosa , Karl Geercken , Kristin Ann Meister , Matthew Carl Decker , Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY, Clem C. Trischler , James F. Marrion , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP, Paula J. Allan , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, Daniel W. Olivas , J. Randolph Bibb, Jr. , Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Donna L. Roberts , Stephen H. Price , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Gregory A. Harrison , Andrew R. Kwiatkowski , Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh , Dinsmore & Shohl, Chad Michael Sizemore , Jason Alan Golden , Kelly Maria Carbetta Scandy , Kimberly Vanover Riley , Montgomery Rennie & Jonson, Cincinnati, OH, J. Karl Viehman , Yesenia E. Cardenas-Colenso , Fred Clayton Huntsman , Suzanne Green Meredith , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Darren L. McCarty , Charles Glen Morris , Alston & Bird, LLP, Dallas, TX, Joel Allen Dewey , Jeffrey M. Yeatman , Kelly M. Marzullo , DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD, John D. Arya , Lisa Gilford , Roger A. Cerda , Stephanie Ann Jones , Alston & Bird LLP, Rachel Aleeza Rappaport , Loeb & Loeb LLP, James J. Yukevich , Raymond H. Hua , Alexander G. Calfo , Yukevich Calfo and Cavanaugh, Los Angeles, CA, Karen M. Cadieux , Michael Hiram Carpenter , Timothy R. Bricker , Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Columbus, OH, Kathryn Ashley Meyers , Michael Ross Tein , Lewis Tein PL, Coconut Grov, FL, Mary Michelle Kranzow , Thomas M. Klein , William Francis Auther , Iman R. Soliman , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Patrick Darrow Wilson , Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. , Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, AR, Paul J. Osowski , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Charlotte, NC, Robert L. Blank , Jared Smith , Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell PA, Tampa, FL, Ross W. Johnson , Faegre & Benson LLP, Des Moines, IA, Todd E. Kennedy , Todd E. Kennedy , Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Greg W. Marsh , Law Offices of Greg W. Marsh, Las Vegas, NV, C. Brandon Wisoff , Douglas R. Young , Farella Braun & Martel LLP, Anna S. McLean , Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kendra N. Beckwith , John R. Trigg , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Regina M. Rodriguez , Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, Bridget M. Ahmann , Demoya R. Gordon , Faegre & Benson LLP, Bard D. Borkon , Douglas L. Pfeifer , Bowman & Brooke LLP, Carrie L. Hund , Bassford Remele, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Charles A. Getto , McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., Holly P. Smith , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, KS, Colvin Gamble Norwood, Jr. , Henri Wolbrette, III , Jose L. Barro, III , Mark N. Bodin , Patrick J. O'Cain , Lorraine Perkins McInnis , McGlinchey Stafford Lang PLLC, New Orleans, LA, Dennis P. Ziemba , Edward A. Gray , Jodi Dyan Oley , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Philadelphia, PA, David Lawrence Ayers , Todd Jefferson Hartley , Jennifer Ann Rogers , Watkins and Eager, Jackson, MS, David T. Schaefer , Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville, KY, David B. Thomas , Allen Guthrie McHugh and Thomas, Elizabeth L. Taylor Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Nicholas S. Johnson Allen Guthrie & Thomas, Charleston, WV, De Martenson , Huie Fernambucq & Stewart LLP, Birmingham, AL, Jonathan Hale Claydon , Jose Antonio Isasi, II , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Charles Scott Ofstein , Mark Howard Boyle , Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Gerald Cleary , Pappas Hubbard O'Connor Fildes Secaras, PC, Chicago, IL, Karoline E. Jackson , Michael Rosiello , T. Joseph Wendt , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Nicholas C. Pappas , Richelle M. Harris , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Keith Bryan Rose , Jon Barry Waldorf , Mark W. Skanes , The Rose Law Firm, Albany, NY, Lee A. Rosenthal , Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington, KY, Sarah C. McBride , Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Knoxville, TN, David J. Williams , Stoel Rives , Salt Lake City, UT, John A.K. Grunert , James M. Campbell , Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, P.C., Boston, MA, John W. Knottnerus , Philip A. Rush , Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman, Portland, OR, Steven Robert Kramer , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott LLC, White Plains, NY, Thomas P. Branigan , Bowman & Brooke, Troy, MI, B. Timothy Durick , Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, ND, Bruce S. Terlep , David J. Riski , Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Lisle, IL, Gene R. Ward , Demars Hornblower Manning & Ward, Corpus Christi, TX, John B. Thorsness , Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, Anchorage, AK, Julian G. Senior , O'Hagan Spencer, LLP, Manhattan Beach, CA, Sheree A. Kon-Herrera , Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey Ching & Kop, Honolulu, HI, Tracy M. Jenks , Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, NM, William Dean Ledoux, Jr. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, DC, William E. Schaefer , Law Office of John P. Hendrzak, Center Valley, PA, Gary W. Davis, Jr. , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Austin, TX, Anthony J. Piazza , Hiscock, Barclay Law Firm, Rochester, NY, for Defendants.

Steven Stone , Orange, CA, pro se.

John K. Trotter , Orange, CA, pro se.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

JAMES V. SELNA, District Judge.

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   I. Factual Allegations ............................................898

      A. Similarity of the AFELMCC to the MCC ........................898
      B. Allegations Regarding Defendants ............................899
      C. Allegations Regarding Plaintiffs ............................899...

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