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Tinnus Enterprises, LLC v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, No. 6:16-cv-00034 (E.D. Tex. July 20, 2016)

Adopted in Part Report and recommendation adopted with modification
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Case No.
No. 6:16-cv-00034, Dkt. No. 77
Decided
July 20, 2016
Judge
Robert W. Schroeder, III, J. — Texarkana
Document
Report and Recommendation
Docket Entry
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS granting-in-part 28 Motion to Dismiss, filed by Kohl's Department Stores Inc, The Kroger Company, Toys "R" Us-Delaware, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc, Walgreens Boots Alliance, In…
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2 pages

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

TYLER DIVISION

TINNUS ENTERPRISES, LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

§ No. 6:16-cv-0034 RWS-JDL §

WAL-MART STORES INC., et al.,

§ JURY DEMANDED

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Defendants.

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ORDER ADOPTING SEALED REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

On June 16, 2016, United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(7) be GRANTED-IN-PART (Doc. No. 28). (Doc. No. 71.) Specifically, the Magistrate Judge recommended that ZURU Ltd. (“ZURU”) be joined as a plaintiff in this action as a necessary party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19(a). (Doc. No. 71, at 5.) The Magistrate Judge further found that with the proper joinder of ZURU in this case, dismissal of the claims is not warranted. (Doc. No. 71, at 6.) At a hearing on June 17, 2016, the Magistrate Judge ordered ZURU to be joined as an involuntary plaintiff in this action. (Doc. No. 74.) No objections to the Report and Recommendation were filed during the prescribed objection period. The Court, having reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s findings and conclusions, is of the opinion that the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct. Therefore, the Court hereby adopts the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge as the findings and conclusions of the Court. It is accordingly ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion (Doc. No. 28)

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is GRANTED-IN-PART. Because ZURU has now been joined to this action, dismissal of the claims is not warranted. SIGNED this 20th day of July, 2016.

ROBERT W. SCHROEDER III

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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