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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
GS HOLISTIC, LLC,
Plaintiff,
VS.
AAR MANAGEMENT LLC, et al.,
Defendants.
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No. 3:24-cv-360
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On March 3, 2026, 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. 	40. 	Judge 	Edison 	filed 	a 	memorandum 	and
recommendation on September 23, 2026, recommending that the third-
party defendants’ motions to dismiss (Dkts. 89, 90) be granted in part and
denied in part. Dkt. 101.
On October 6, 2026, the third-party defendants filed objections to the
memorandum and recommendation. Dkt. 102. 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
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
October 15, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate
judge.” Id.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
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. 101) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court;
(2) 	The third-party defendants’ motions to dismiss (Dkts. 89, 90) are
granted as to the common-law indemnity claims asserted against
them and denied in all other respects;
(3) 	The parties will proceed with the third-party plaintiffs’ claims for
breach of warranty, contribution, misrepresentation, and unjust
enrichment.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 15th day of October, 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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