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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

JAMES R. SUTTON, State Bar No. 135930

ION B. MEYN, State Bar No. 212640

GABE CAMARILLO, State Bar No. 237683

THE SUTTON LAW FIRM

150 Post Street, Suite 405

San Francisco, California

Tel: (415) 732-7700

Fax: (415) 732-7701

Attorneys for the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Political Action

Committee and the COMPAC Issues Fund, Sponsored by the San Jose Silicon Valley

Chamber of Commerce.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY )

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE )

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, an )

unincorporated association; COMPAC )

ISSUES FUND, SPONSORED BY THE ) 

SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY )

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, an )

unincorporated association, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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THE CITY OF SAN JOSE; SAN JOSE )

ELECTIONS COMMISSION; DOES 1 )

through 10. )

 )

Defendants. )

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Case No. 06 4252 JW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER AWARDING FEES AND

COSTS

STIPULATION

On September 20, 2006, the Honorable James Ware issued a Judgment entitling

Plaintiffs San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee and

the COMPAC Issues Fund to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs upon a timely

motion.

On October 3, 2006, Plaintiffs timely filed their motion for fees and costs, after

which Defendants City of San Jose and San Jose Elections Commission filed their

Opposition and Plaintiffs filed their Reply. Upon consideration of the parties’ positions,

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby stipulate that Plaintiffs are entitled to $125,000 for their

fees and costs incurred in the trial court proceedings, and that payment shall be stayed

pending the outcome of Defendants’ appeal. 

SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 7, 2006 By: ________/s/______________________ GABE CAMARILLO

The Sutton Law Firm, P.C.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: December 7, 2006 RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney

By: _______________________________

LISA HERRICK, Senior Deputy City Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

ORDER

WHEREAS all of the parties in the above entitled matter have submitted a

Stipulation agreeing that Plaintiffs are entitled to $125,000 for their fees and costs

incurred in the trial court proceedings, and whereas Plaintiffs’ motion for fees and costs

was timely filed, having reviewed the underlying papers submitted by Plaintiffs and

Defendants in respect to Plaintiffs’ fee motion, and having reviewed the Stipulation

submitted by the parties, and FOR GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court ORDERS

that Defendants shall pay to Plaintiffs the sum of $125,000 for fees and costs incurred by

Plaintiffs in connection with trial court proceedings, and that payment shall be stayed

pending the outcome of Defendants’ appeal.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: December ___, 2006 By: ______________________________

THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE

United States District Court, Northern District

Of California

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