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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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1-SF/7249620.1 Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REMOVING CASE FROM COURT-SPONSORED ADR AND 

ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO PURSUE PRIVATE MEDIATION PURSUANT TO ADR RULE 3-4(b) 

JOAN M. HARATANI, State Bar No. 118221 

BENJAMIN P. SMITH, State Bar No. 197551 

WILLIAM W. FRIEDMAN, State Bar No. 215185 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Email: jharatani@morganlewis.com 

 bpsmith@morganlewis.com 

 wfriedman@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 

MARK B. FREDKIN, State Bar No.: 53550 

WILLIAM SIAMAS, State Bar No.: 133111 

MORGAN, FRANICH, FREDKIN & MARSH 

99 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 1000 

San Jose, CA 95113-1606 

Telephone: (408) 288-8288 

Facsimile: (408) 288-8325 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT 

LABORATORIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT 

DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES, 

INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation and DOES 1-50, 

Defendant.

Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REMOVING CASE FROM 

COURT-SPONSORED ADR AND 

ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO PURSUE 

PRIVATE MEDIATION PURSUANT TO 

ADR RULE 3-4(b) 

Judge: Hon. Martin J. Jenkins 

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1-SF/7249620.1 1. Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REMOVING CASE FROM COURT-SPONSORED ADR AND 

ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO PURSUE PRIVATE MEDIATION PURSUANT TO ADR RULE 3-4(b) 

STIPULATION

Plaintiff Medical Instrument Development Laboratories, Inc. (“MIDLabs”) and defendant 

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (“Alcon”) hereby submit the following Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order Removing Case From Court-Sponsored ADR and Allowing the Parties to Pursue Private 

Mediation Pursuant to A.D.R. Rule 3-4(b). 

WHEREAS, June 2, 2005, the parties originally filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order 

selecting court-sponsored mediation on [Docket No. 16]. 

WHEREAS, on June 9, 2005, this Court issued an Order Referring Case to Mediation 

[Docket No. 19]. 

WHEREAS, on June 20, 2005, this Court issued an ADR Clerk’s Notice Appointing Mr. 

Mark F. Katz as mediator [Docket No. 23]. 

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agree that the case will most likely reach an 

out-of-court resolution if the parties mediate the dispute before an agreed-upon, private mediator. 

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1-SF/7249620.1 2. Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REMOVING CASE FROM COURT-SPONSORED ADR AND 

ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO PURSUE PRIVATE MEDIATION PURSUANT TO ADR RULE 3-4(b) 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE

The parties hereby stipulate to mediate the above-captioned case before a mutually 

agreed-upon mediator from JAMS in San Francisco, or any other mediator that the parties agree 

upon.

The parties will share equally all costs of the mediation. 

The mediation is to be completed within 90 days of the entry of this order. 

Dated: June 24, 2005 MORGAN, FRANICH, FREDKIN & MARSH 

By: //s// William Siamas 

 William Siamas 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT 

LABORATORIES, INC. 

Dated: June 24, 2005 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: //s// William W. Friedman 

 William W. Friedman 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June ___, 2005 ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE MARTIN J. JENKINS 

 United States District Court Judge 

 Northern District Of California 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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