Baltequera Inc. v. Bell-Carter Foods, LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BALTEQUERA INC., et al., Case No. 21-cv-06368-MMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' v. MOTION TO DISMISS

BELL-CARTER FOODS, LLC, et al., Defendants.

12 Before the Court is defendants Bell-Carter Foods, LLC ("Bell-Carter Foods"), Bell- Carter Group, Inc. ("Bell-Carter Group"), Timothy T. Carter ("Carter"), and Paul Adcock's ("Adcock") Motion to Dismiss, filed October 25, 2021. Plaintiffs Baltequera Inc. ("Baltequera), Dcoop, S. Coop. And. ("Dcoop"), and Olives Way LLC ("Olives Way") have filed opposition, to which defendants have replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 BACKGROUND For purposes of the instant motion, the Court assumes the following allegations are true. In May 2018, during "negotiations" pertaining to a possible investment in Bell- …