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BINGHAMMCCUTCHEN
LLPDanielAlberstone(SBN105275)2RolandTellis(SBN186269)SaraJasperEpstein(SBN240577)
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The
WaterGarden
FOUlih
Floor,North
Tower
4162026thStreetSantaMonica,
CA
90404-40605Telephone:310.907.1000Facsimile:.310.907.20006Email:dan.alberstone@bingham.comroland.tellis@bingham.com
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AttorneysforDefendant8ScreenActorsGuild
CONFORMED
COpy
OFORIGINALFILED
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SuperiorCourt
/-Irr\
062009
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AdamArkin,etaI.,16Defendants.
SUPERlORCOURT
OFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIA
COUNTY
OFLOSANGELES
CENTRALDISTRlCT
910
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12
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1417
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1920
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22232425262728AlanRosenberg,etaI.,Plaintiffs,
v.
No.BC406900[AssignedtoHon.Judith
C.
Chirlin,
Dept
19]
DEFENDANTSCREENACTORS
GUILD'SANSWERTOPLAINTIFFS'UNVERIFIEDFIRSTAMENDEDCOMPLAINT
ComplaintFiled:February3,2009TrialDate:Noneset
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IDefendantScreenActorsGuild("SAG"),answeringforitselfandnot
on
behalf
of
2anyotherdefendant,herebyanswerstheunverifiedFirstAmendedComplaint("FAC")of3plaintiffsAlanRosenberg,Anne-MarieJohnson,DianeLaddandKentMcCord(collectively,4"Plaintiffs")asfollows:5
GENERALDENIAL
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Pursuant
to
CaliforniaCode
of
CivilProcedureSection431.30(d),SAGdenies7generallyandspecificallyeachandeveryallegation
of
theFAC,andfurtherdeniesthatPlaintiffs8havesufferedanydamageorinjuryorthatPlaintiffsareentitled
to
anyrelief9Asseparateaffirmativedefenses,SAGallegesasfollows:
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AFFIRMATIVEDEFENSES
II
FIRSTAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
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(Failure
to
StateaClaim)TheFACfails
to
statefactssufficienttoconstituteacause
of
actionagainst
.
3
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SAG
15
SECONDAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
16
(LawfulConduct)
17
3.
Atalltimespertinent
to
thisaction,SAGactedlawfully,includingwithrespect
18
to
thestatutesandprovisions
of
SAG'sBylawsthatarecitedintheFAC.
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THIRDAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
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(Mootness)
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4.
TheFAC
is
barredinwhole
or
inpartbythedoctrineof
moot
ness.Plaintiffs'
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twocausesofactionpurport
to
challengethevalidity
of
awrittenassentapprovedbyamajority
23
of
SAG'sBoard
of
Directors(the"Board")
on
January26,2009(the"WrittenAssent").
24
However,onFebruary
8,
2009,thesameactspreviouslypassedbytheWrittenAssentwere
25
lawfullyreaffirmedandreadoptedbyamajority
of
theBoardatadulynoticedmeeting.
As26
such,theFAChasbeenrenderedlegallymoot
by
subsequentevents.
27
III
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III
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5.
FOURTHAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
(AdvisoryOpinion)TheFACisbarredinwholeorinpartbecauseitimpemrissiblyseeksan4advisoryopinionfromthisCourt.Plaintiffs'twocauses
of
actionpurporttochallengethe5validity
of
theWrittenAssentdatedJanuary26,2009.However,onFebruary
8,
2009,thesame6actspreviouslypassedbytheWrittenAssentwerelawfullyreaffirmedandreadoptedbya7majority
of
theBoardatadulynoticedmeeting.Becausethereisnolongeranyjudiciable8controversybetweenthepartiesthat
is
capable
of
specificrelief,theF
AC
seeksnothingmore9thananacademicandhypotheticaldecision.
10
FIFTHAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
II
(JudicialAbstention)
12
6.
TheF
AC
isbarredinitsentirety
by
thedoctrine
of
judicialabstention,which
13
providesthatCourtsshallnotinterfereintheinternaldisputes
of
unionsandothervoluntary
14
associations.
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SIXTHAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
16
(Preemption)
17
7TheCourtlacksjurisdictionoverthesubjectmatter
of
thecauses
of
action
18
alleged
by
Plaintiffs,whicharepreemptedinwholeorinpart
by
theLaborManagement
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ReportingandDisclosureAct,29
US.C
§§
401etseq.20
SEVENTHAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
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(FailuretoComplywithPre-FilingRequirements
of
Code
of
CivilProcedure§425.15)
228.
No
reliefmaybeobtainedundertheFACbyreason
of
Plaintiffs'failureto
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complywithSection425.15
of
theCode
of
CivilProcedure.24
EIGHTHAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE
25
(UncleanHands)269.
By
reason
of
theirwrongfulandunfairactsandomissions,Plaintiffshave27uncleanhandsandarebarredfromassertingany
of
theclaimsassertedinthe
FAG
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