Rearden LLC v. The Walt Disney Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REARDEN LLC, et al., Case No. 17-cv-04006-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: APPORTIONMENT OF

v. PROFITS

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

12 This order addresses the question presented at today’s case management conference: how the Court will resolve the outstanding question of how to apportion Disney’s profits from Beauty and the Beast, following a jury trial at which an advisory jury rendered a verdict on that question. Plaintiffs request an evidentiary hearing at which they would present certain evidence that was either excluded or not offered at the jury trial. Following that hearing, the parties would submit competing findings of fact and conclusions of law. Defendants request the Court dispense with further hearings and proceed immediately to the submission of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Court will adopt Defendants’ suggestion. Although the Court may have the discretion to receive additional…