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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, ESQ., CSBN 107403 

JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, P.C. 

 1477 Drew Avenue, Suite 106 

 Davis, California 95616 

 Telephone: 530.759.0700 

 Facsimile: 530.759.0800 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

CARL MERNER and 

MERNER LAND COMPANY, a California 

Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

CARL MERNER and MERNER LAND 

COMPANY, a California Corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

PETER W. MERNER, 

 Defendant. 

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No.: C 02-2336 CW 

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 

JOINT MOTION TO RESET BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE 

Plaintiffs, CARL MERNER (“Carl”) and MERNER LAND COMPANY (“MLC”), 

by and through their attorney of record, Joseph J. Wiseman, Esq. and defendant, PETER W. 

MERNER (“Peter”), through his counsel of record, John P. Desmond, Esq., jointly move 

this court for an order resetting the briefing schedule regarding the claims remaining in this 

action as follows: on or before September 29, 2006 plaintiffs shall file a Supplemental 

Memorandum of Points and Authorities addressing the specific issue of whether they are 

entitled to summary judgment and injunctive relief. Defendant may also bring a motion for 

summary judgment at that time. 

Plaintiff/Defendant shall file any opposition on or before October 31, 2006. A reply, 

if any, shall be filed on or before November 15, 2006. 

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The parties are making this joint request for the following reasons: (1) Carl’s lead 

counsel recently finished two federal trials before the Honorable William B. Shubb of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, which were tried back-toback, and, therefore, needs additional time to complete the Supplemental Memorandum of 

Points and Authorities; and (2) the parties have not been able to complete the depositions of 

two additional percipient witnesses whose testimony is necessary to fully brief the issues 

remaining in this case. 

Specifically, pursuant to the Joint Scheduling Order the parties submitted on 

February 13, 2006, Peter Merner’s deposition was successfully completed on March 21, 

2006, John LaGatta’s deposition was completed on March 22, 2006, and Carl Merner’s 

deposition was completed on March 23, 2006. During these depositions, the deponents gave 

extensive testimony regarding their views of the value of MLC’s assets and its stock. In 

addition, Peter Merner and John LaGatta, gave testimony regarding the potential economic 

value of the agreement by which Catamount Funding, LLC purportedly purchased one share 

of stock from Peter Merner. Since the parties have different opinions about the underlying 

value of MLC’s shares, they concluded that it would be helpful to take the depositions of 

David Dillwood, CPA, MLC’s accountant, and Ted Israel, CPA, an accountant who 

reviewed MLC’s corporate books and records on behalf of Peter Merner, in order to clarify 

this issue. The depositions of these two professionals were originally scheduled to be 

completed during the week of June 19, 2006; however, due to the trial schedule of Carl’s 

lead counsel, these depositions were not completed. 

On May 9, 2006, Carl’s counsel began trial in United States of America v. Blanche, 

et al., and on June 6, 2006, trial commenced in United States of America v. Sigerseth, et al. 

The Sigerseth trial lasted three week, during which time Carl’s counsel was unavailable to 

participate in any depositions. The parties plan to take the depositions of David Dillwood, 

CPA, and Ted Israel, CPA during August of 2006. 

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The parties have exercised diligence in complying with the Stipulated Briefing 

Schedules previously approved by the Court and expect to complete the two remaining 

depositions in the time proposed in this Stipulation and move for any additional extensions 

of time in this case. 

DATED: July 20, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

 JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, P.C. 

 

 BY: __/s/ Joseph J. Wiseman_______ 

 JOSEPH J. WISEMAN 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 CARL MERNER and MERNER 

 LAND COMPANY 

DATED: July 20, 2006 JONES VARGAS 

 

 BY: ____/s/ John P. Desmond______ 

 JOHN P. DESMOND 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 PETER MERNER 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE having been shown, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT plaintiffs shall file 

their Supplemental Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support of summary judgment 

and injunctive relief on or before September 29, 2006. If defendant elects to file a separate 

Motion for Summary Judgment, he shall include it as a cross-motion with his opposition in a 

single 25 page brief. This cross-motion and opposition to the motion shall be filed on or 

before October 31, 2006. A 25 page opposition to the cross-motion and reply, if any, shall 

be filed on or before November 15, 2006. A reply to the opposition to the cross-motion may 

be filed on November 22, 2006. 

 7/31 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

Dated: __________________, 2006 ______________________________ 

 CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 United States District Judge 

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