Rearden LLC v. The Walt Disney Company

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 REARDEN LLC, et al., Case No. 17-cv-04006-JST

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: APPORTIONMENT OF

9 v. PROFITS

10 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 11

12 13 This order addresses the question presented at today’s case management conference: how 14 the Court will resolve the outstanding question of how to apportion Disney’s profits from Beauty 15 and the Beast, following a jury trial at which an advisory jury rendered a verdict on that question. 16 Plaintiffs request an evidentiary hearing at which they would present certain evidence that was 17 either excluded or not offered at the jury trial. Following that hearing, the parties would submit 18 competing findings of fact and conclusions of law. Defendants request the Court dispense with 19 further hearings and proceed immediately to the submission of proposed findings of fact and 20 conclusions of law. 21 The Court will adopt Defendants’ suggestion. Although the Court may have the discretion 22 to receive additional…