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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:15 Antitrust Litigation

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Advanced Microtherm, Inc., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Norman Wright Mechanical Equipment

Corporation, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 04-02266 JW 

ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFFS’

OBJECTION TO RECOMMENDED

DISCOVERY ORDER NUMBER

TWENTY-ONE

This case arises out of disputes between a number of corporations and individuals over

various large construction projects. Plaintiffs Advanced Microtherm, Inc. (“AMT”) and HVAC

Sales, Inc. (“HVAC”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) are California corporations in the business of

obtaining orders for manufacturers of commercial and industrial ventilation systems. Defendants are

corporations and individuals involved in the construction industry, including: other businesses that

obtain orders for manufacturers of ventilation systems, landowners, construction engineering firms,

construction management firms, architectural firms, and their employees.

In Recommended Discovery Order Number Twenty-ONE (“RDO21”), the Special Master

denied Plaintiffs’ request to extend the cut-off date for non-expert discovery. Before the Court is

Plaintiffs’ Objection to Special Master’s RDO21 on the ground that they have “good cause” to

extend discovery because new counsel needs time to “get up-to-speed” on the case. However, the

Special Master has already granted Plaintiffs a two week extension of the non-expert deposition

discovery cut-off date for new counsel to get up-to-speed. Further, the Special Master finds that

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there would be substantial prejudice to Defendants if the non-expert deposition discovery cut-off is

yet again extended. Since the Special Master has been appointed to manage the discovery process in

this case from the beginning and has developed an intimate association with the process, the Court

finds that the Special Master’s RDO21 is not clearly erroneous.

Accordingly, the Court OVERRULES Defendant’s Objection to RDO21.

Dated: October 12, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Bruce Harry Winkelman bwinkelman@Craig-Winkelman.com

Dennis P. Fitzsimons dfitzsimons@bjg.com

Flora F Vigo fvigo@omm.com

George Fred Salamy george.salamy@mccurdylawyers.com

Janette George Leonidou jleonidou@alr-law.com

Jeffrey Gordon Nevin jnevin@ecplslaw.com

Jill Battilega Rowe jrowe@cwclaw.com

John Morwick Ross jross@cwclaw.com

Joseph M. Alioto jmalioto@aliotolaw.com

Julie Dawn Wood jwood@omm.com

Kenneth Lawrence Mahaffey kmahaffey@pecklaw.com

Lisa Dritsas Wright lwright@alr-law.com

Lisa Dritsas Wright lwright@alr-law.com

Maria Giardina maria.giardina@sdma.com

Mark Ewell Ellis mellis@ecplslaw.com

Matthew A. Fischer matthew.fischer@sdma.com

Maureen Ellen McTague maureen_sandoval@gensler.com

Merrit Jones mjones@cwclaw.com

Michael Frederick Tubach mtubach@omm.com

Paul B. Lahaderne paul.lahaderne@sdma.com

Peter Michael Hart p.hart@wrightrobinson.com

Russell F. Brasso brasso@foremanandbrasso.com

Russell F. Brasso brasso@foremanandbrasso.com

Stephen D. Kaus skaus@cwclaw.com

Steven Ellis Conigliaro sconigliaro@omm.com

Stuart E. Jones sjones@wrightrobinson.com

Thomas Charles Tagliarini tagliarinilaw@aol.com

Thomas H R Denver tdenver@mediationmasters.com

William Hugh McInerney wjr@mcinerney-dillon.com

Dated: October 12, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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