The opinion
I The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman
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7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
8 AT SEATTLE
IN RE CEDAR SHAKE & SHINGLE No. 2:19-cv-00288-MJP
10 ANTITRUST LITIGATION
This Document Relates to: UNOPPOSED MOTION AND
ll QgunmemEES ORDER GRANTING
LETTERS ROGATORY RE:
12]! All Class Actions TELEPHONE RECORDS TO TELUS
3 COMMUNICATIONS INC.
14 I. UNOPPOSED MOTION
15 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 28(b)(3) and 28 U.S.C. 1781(b)(2),
16 || undersigned Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) move this Court for an Order issuing the attached Letters
17 || Rogatory to the appropriate authorities in British Columbia, Canada for the telephone records of
18 || certain executives and competitors of Defendants in this case. Plaintiffs seek telephone records
19 || of telephone calls made to and from executives and competitors of Defendants in Canada.
20 || Defendants have been consulted and do not oppose this motion.
21 Courts have the inherent authority to issue Letters Rogatory and Letters of Request to
22 || foreign nations, and may request that the foreign nation order a witness to provide testimony that
23 || will aid in the resolution of a matter pending in the United States. See United States v. Reagan,
24 || 453 F.2d 165, 172 (6th Cir. 1971); United States v. Staples, 256 F.2d 290, 292 (9th Cir. 1958). In
25 || addition, federal statutes provide for the issuance of Letters Rogatory by a federal court. Under
26 || 28 U.S.C. § 1781(b)(2), a tribunal in the United States may directly transmit a Letter Rogatory or
UNOPPOSED MOTION AND SE ORDER GRANTING KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
FOR LETTERS ROGATORY RE: TELEPHONE RECORDS (19- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
00288-MJP) - 1 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900
FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384
1 || request to a foreign or international tribunal. The British Columbia Evidence Act also provides
2 || that a court outside of Canada may serve Letters Rogatory upon a Canadian court. British
3 || Columbia Evidence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 124 § 53.
4 On applications for the issuance of Letters Rogatory, the Court will not ordinarily weigh
5 || the evidence to be elicited, nor will the Court determine whether the witnesses will be able to
6 || provide the anticipated testimony. B&L Drilling Electronics vy. Totco, 87 F.R.D. 543, 545 (W.D.
7 || Okla. 1978). Rather, “good reason” must be shown for denying the issuance of a Letter
8 || Rogatory. Zassenhaus v. Evening Star Newspaper Co., 404 F.2d 1361, 1364 (D.C. Cir. 1968).
9 Here, Plaintiffs seek to obtain telephone records to provide further evidence to prove the
10 || allegations in their Second Amended Complaint filed in the above referenced case, namely that
11 |] the alleged co-conspirators furthered the conspiracy to coordinate price fixing for cedar shakes
12 || and shingles over the phone. For example, Plaintiffs allege that Mr. Dziedzic, G & R’s Sales
13 || Manager spoke on the phone with some competitors, either Brooke Meeker of Anbrook
14 || Industries or Curtis Walker of Waldun Forest Products, who asked him to raise G & R’s shake
15 || and shingle prices. Pl. Liebo’s Second Amended Complaint, § 201.
16 Plaintiffs further allege Defendants Waldun and CSSB “pressure[d] Teal to raise its prices
17 || via phone conversations.” Jd. at § 218. Plaintiffs allege that, “on multiple occasions during the
18 || last 10 years, Curtis Walker made calls to Pacific Cedar’s Vice President Kathy Klassen, in which
19 || he told her that her company’s cedar shake and shingle prices were too low and urged her to raise
20 || those prices to levels recommended by Mr. Walker.” Jd. at § 219. Plaintiffs allege that “[oJn
21 || multiple occasions ... Curtis Walker made calls to Bill Maitland of Goat Lake Cedar in which he
22 || asked Mr. Maitland to raise his company’s cedar shake and shingle prices to levels recommended
23 || by Mr. Walker. at § 220. Plaintiffs seek phone records of these and other calls to prove their
24 || case.
25 Moreover, the issuing of a Letter Rogatory will not be overly burdensome. Plaintiffs seek
26 || telephone records of only 56 telephone numbers from January 1, 2011 to the date of collection.
UNOPPOSED MOTION AND QS ORDER GRANTING KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
FOR LETTERS ROGATORY RE: TELEPHONE RECORDS (19- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
00288-MIP) - 2 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900
FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3364
1 || These documents are regularly produced by TELUS Communications Inc., as evidenced by the
2 || fact that that they have a policy for producing telephone records, i.e., one has to submit a filed
3 || Court Order in order to obtain copies of records.
4 Further, Plaintiffs have volunteered to pay reasonable fees and judicial costs associated
5 || with the requested production of telephone records. Plaintiffs have been informed by TELUS
6 || Communications Inc. that they will produce telephone records only pursuant to a filed court Order.
7\| Thus, it is necessary to compel production of telephone records through a Letter Rogatory.
8 Defendants do not oppose the issuance of Letters Rogatory compelling the phone records
9 || of the executives of defendants in this case listed in the attached Exhibit A. Defendants’ non-
10 || opposition is made without prejudice to its right to oppose the introduction of any documents or
11 || information obtained from TELUS Communications Inc. based on any objection allowed by the
12 || Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law. Defendants expressly reserve all
13 || evidentiary and trial objections. Defendants further reserve the right to obtain from Plaintiffs
14 || copies of all documents obtained from TELUS Communications Inc. pursuant to the Letters
15 || Rogatory.
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DATED this 3rd day of December, 2019.
7 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
I8 By: /s/Karin B. Swope
19 Mark A. Griffin, WSBA #16296
Raymond J. Farrow, WSBA #31782
20 Karin B. Swope, WSBA #24015
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
21 Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 623-1900
Fax: (206) 623-3384
23 meriffin@kellerrohrback.com
rfarrow@kellerrohrback.com
24 kswope@kellerrohrback.com
2 LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN
2%6 P.L.L.P.
W. Joseph Bruckner (MN#0147758)
UNOPPOSED MOTION AND QR ORDER GRANTING KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
FOR LETTERS ROGATORY RE: TELEPHONE RECORDS (19- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
00288-MJP) - 3 TELEPHON 308) 623.1900
FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384
| Elizabeth R. Odette (MN#0340698)
Brian D. Clark (MN#00390069)
2 Arielle S. Wagner (MN#00398332)
3 100 Washington Avenue S., Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
4 Phone: (612) 339-6900
Fax: (612) 339-0981
5 wjbruckner@locklaw.com
erodette@locklaw.com
6 bdclark@locklaw.com
7 aswagner@locklaw.com
8 Co-Lead Counsel for the Proposed End User
Plaintiff Classes
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10 MCNAUL EBEL NAWROT & TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS
ll HELGREN PLLC Kaleigh N.B. Powell, WSBA #52684
Gregory J Hollon, WSBA #26311 Kim D. Stephens, WSBA #11984
12 600 University Street, Suite 2700 Chase C. Alvord, WSBA #26080
Seattle, WA 98101-3143 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 22200
13 Phone: (206) 467-1816 Seattle, WA 98101
14 Fax: (206) 624-5128 Phone: (206) 682-5600
ghollon@menaul.com kpowell@tousley.com
15 kstephens@tousley.com
Liaison Counsel for the Proposed Reseller _ calvord@tousley.com
16 Indirect Purchaser Plaintiff Classes
HAUSFELD LLP
17 BURNS CHAREST LLP Bonney Sweeney
18 Christopher J Cormier Samantha Stein
5290 Denver Tech Center Pkway, Suite 150 600 Montgomery Street, Suite3200
19 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (720) 630-2092 Phone: (415) 633-1908
20 ccormier@pburnscharest.com bsweeney@hausfeld.com
sstein@hausfeld.com
BURNS CHAREST LLP
Warren T. Burns HAUSFELD LLP
Spencer M Cox James J. Pizzirusso
23 William B. Thompson Nathaniel C. Giddings
900 Jackson Street, Suite 500 Paul Gallagher
24 Dallas, TX 75202 1700 K Street NW, Suite 650
Phone: (469) 904-4550 Washington, DC 20006
25 wburns@burnscharest.com Phone: (202) 540-7200
% scox@burnscharest.com Jpizzirusso@hausfeld.com
wthompson@pburnscharest.com ngiddings@hausfeld.com
UNOPPOSED MOTION AND @EEY ORDER GRANTING KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
FOR LETTERS ROGATORY RE: TELEPHONE RECORDS (19- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
00288-MJP) - 4 TELEPHONE, (208) 623-1900
FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384
1 pgallagher@hausfeld.com
BURNS CHAREST LLP
2 Lydia A Wright Co-Lead Counsel for the Proposed Direct
3 365 Canal Street, Suite 1170 Purchaser Plaintiff Class
New Orleans, LA 70130
4 Phone: (504) 799-2845
lwright@burnscharest.com
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STOLL BERNE LOKTING &
6|| SHLACHETER PC
7 Keith Dubanevich
209 SW Oak Street, Suite 500
8 Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 227-1600
9 kdubanevich@stollberne.com
10 Co-Lead Counsel for the Proposed Indirect □ .
ll Purchaser Plaintiff Classes
IL. Gees ORDER
13 Upon consideration of the pleadings, declarations, and orders filed to date in this case, the
M4 Court finds and orders as follows:
15 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT:
16 The Court, having reviewed the submitted material and relevant authority, and therefore
M7 being fully informed, GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion and Proposed Order For Letters
18 Rogatory Re Telephone Records and will execute the Letters Rogatory without delay.
19 IT IS SO ORDERED.
20 DATED this 6 day of December 2019.
Mee ctbee/ loco
22 Honorable Marsha J. Rechman
73 United States District Court Judge
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UNOPPOSED MOTION AND ORDER GRANTING KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
FOR LETTERS ROGATORY RE: TELEPHONE RECORDS (19- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
00288-MJP) - 5 TELEOHONE. (208) 623.1900
FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384