Judge: Thomas D. Long, Case: 21STCV38940, Date: 2023-10-24 Tentative Ruling



Case Number: 21STCV38940    Hearing Date: December 18, 2023    Dept: 48

 

 

 

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP, INC.,

                        Plaintiff,

            vs.

 

WALMART INC.,

 

                        Defendants.

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      CASE NO.: 21STCV38940

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE APPLICATION; CONTINUING HEARINGS

 

Dept. 48

8:30 a.m.

December 18, 2023

 

The Ex Parte Application for Leave to File Plaintiff's Surreply in Response to Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is GRANTED IN PART.  Plaintiff is permitted to file a Surreply addressing Defendants’ Reply arguments.  However, the Surreply is limited to 10 pages, not the 12 pages submitted as the Proposed Surreply.  Plaintiff is ordered to file the Surreply no later than December 29, 2023.

Defendants may file a Sur-surreply (limited to 10 pages) addressing Plaintiff’s Surreply arguments no later than January 12, 2024.

On the Court’s own motion, the Hearing on Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is CONTINUED to February 8, 2024.

The Final Status Conference scheduled for March 11, 2024 is CONTINUED to _________.

The Non-Jury Trial (10 day estimate) scheduled for March 25, 2024 is CONTINUED to _________.

Moving party to give notice.

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SMCDEPT48@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit.  If all parties in the case submit on the tentative ruling, no appearances before the Court are required unless a companion hearing (for example, a Case Management Conference) is also on calendar.

 

         Dated this 19th day of December 2023

 

 

 

 

Hon. Thomas D. Long

Judge of the Superior Court