Sonoma Foods, Inc. v. Sonoma Cheese Factory, LLC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DISMISS

JEFFREY S. WHITE, District Judge.

Now before the Court are plaintiff and counter-defendant Sonoma Foods, Inc.’s (“Sonoma Foods”) special motion to strike pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 and motion to dismiss the counter-claims filed by defendant and counter claimants Sonoma Cheese Factory, LLC (“Sonoma Cheese Factory”) and counter claimant L. Peter Viviani (“Peter Viviani”) (collectively, “Counter-claimants”). 1 Having considered the parties’ arguments,…