Topsoe, Inc. v. Casale US, Inc. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
TOPSOE, INC.,
Plaintiff.
V.
CASALE US, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:24-cv-00033
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On April 18, 2024, all pretrial matters in this case were referred to United
States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Dkt. 24.
Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on September 2, 2025,
recommending Defendant Casale SA’s motions to dismiss (Dkts. 31, 64) be denied
and Defendant Casale US’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. 34) be granted. Dkt. 155.
On September 16, 2025, Casale SA filed its objections to the memorandum
and recommendation. Dkt. 156. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this
court is required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the
[magistrate judge’s] report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to
which objection [has been] made.” After conducting this de novo review, the court
may 	“accept, 	reject, 	or 	modify, 	in 	whole 	or 	in 	part, 	the 	findings 	or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” Id.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b)(3).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
November 25, 2025
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The court has carefully considered the objections, the memorandum and
recommendation, the pleadings, and the record. The court accepts Judge Edison’s
memorandum and recommendation and adopts it as the opinion of the court. It is
therefore ordered that:
(1) 	Judge Edison’s memorandum and recommendation (Dkt. 155) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	Casale 	SA’s 	motions 	to 	dismiss 	(Dkts. 	31, 	64) 	are 	denied; 	and
(3) 	Casale US’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. 34) is granted, and Plaintiff’s
claims against Casale US are dismissed without prejudice.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 25th day of November 2025.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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