Carbon Crest LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARBON CREST, LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 19-08179 WHA

v.

TENCUE PRODUCTIONS, LLC and ORDER RE BILL OF COSTS

JEFFREY D. WILK,

14 Defendants.

16 INTRODUCTION In this diversity action, plaintiff sought payment under a contract. Following a four-day bench trial, an order awarded one and one-half million dollars to plaintiff. Plaintiff’s counsel now moves for costs. For the reasons that follow, the motion for costs is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. STATEMENT At all material times, defendant Tencue Productions was a California limited liability company. Defendant Jeffrey D. Wilk, a fifty-percent shareholder and board member of Tencue, sought to sell Tencue. In July 2017, Tencue entered into an agreement with plaintiff Carbon Crest, a Delaware limited liability company, under which Carbon Crest would “assist with representing [Tencue] in a potential sale transaction.” The sole owner of…