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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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SF/198074.1/SB6 

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THOMAS H. CLARKE, JR. (SBN 47592) 

DENNIS J. BYRNE (SBN 172618) 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

201 Spear St., Suite 1000 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-4800 

Facsimile: (415) 972 -6301 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JESSE M. LANGE DISTRIBUTOR, INC., 

et al. 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-01180-DFL-KJM 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Plaintiff PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY (“PG&E”) and defendants JESSE 

M. LANGE DISTRIBUTOR, INC. (“JML”), JOHN and REBECCA CROWSTON 

(“CROWSTON”), SHELL OIL COMPANY (“SHELL”), CENTER LAND COMPANY and 

CENTER LAND COMPANY OF TEXAS (“CLC”), and MICHAEL CURRY (“CURRY”), by 

and through the their respective attorneys of record, stipulate to entry of the following Protective 

Order for the production of Confidential Information requested by discovery or produced 

pursuant to F.R.C.P. 26(a)(1) in this litigation. 

I. DEFINITIONS. 

A. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean information that has not been made 

public and which concerns or relates to the processes, operations, type of work, or apparatus, or to 

the production, sales, shipments, purchases, transfers, identification of customers, inventories, 

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amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any persons, firm, partnership, 

corporation, or other organization, the disclosure of which information may a) have the effect of 

causing harm to the competitive position of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other 

organization from which the information is obtained, or b) violate the privacy rights of the person, 

firm, partnership, corporation, or other organization from which the information is obtained or 

who provided that information to the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other organization 

making the disclosure. Nothing contained in this definition shall be interpreted to be a waiver of 

confidentiality or privacy established by State or Federal law. 

B. The term “The Parties” shall mean collectively PG&E, JML, CROWSTON, SHELL, 

CLC, and CURRY. 

C. The terms “The Party” and “A Party” shall mean PG&E, JML, CROWSTON, SHELL, 

CLC, or CURRY, as the case may be. The term may also refer to each of The Parties 

individually. 

II. If The Party producing a document, thing, material, testimony, or other information 

derived therefrom believes in good faith that it is Confidential Information, then The Party will 

cause the document, thing, material, testimony, or other information derived therefrom to be 

stamped or marked “CONFIDENTIAL”. By designating a document, thing, material, testimony, 

or other information derived therefrom as Confidential Information, The Party and its counsel are 

certifying to the Court that there is a good faith basis both in law and in fact for the designation. 

III. The Parties shall assure that the CONFIDENTIAL stamp or label is copied or reproduced 

so that the CONFIDENTIAL designation is apparent whenever The Parties cause a document, 

thing, material, testimony, or other information derived therefrom so stamped or labeled to be 

reproduced, scanned, or photographed. 

IV. The Confidential Information shall be maintained in confidence by The Parties, shall not 

be disclosed for any purpose unrelated to this litigation without prior written consent of The Party 

producing the Confidential Information, and shall be used solely for the purpose of this lawsuit, 

including any appeal. The Confidential Information shall not be disclosed to persons or entities 

other than: 

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(a) Counsel, including in-house counsel, counsel’s staff, parties, employees of parties, 

and such other persons regularly employed by the parties, who are involved in or consulted with 

respect to the prosecution and/or defense of this action, including experts, consultants, and private 

investigators. Said consultant(s), expert(s), or investigator(s) shall agree not to disseminate or 

utilize any Confidential Information for any purpose unrelated to this litigation. 

(b) Insurers, reinsurers, and auditors of any party. 

(c) Any non-expert person whose sworn testimony is taken or to be taken in this case, 

except that such person may only be shown Confidential Information during his or her testimony 

and in preparation therefore, and only to the extent necessary for providing such testimony. 

(d) The Court, jury, court or deposition reporters and any persons employed by the Court 

or reporters whose duties require access to any Confidential Information filed in connection with 

this action. 

V. Should Confidential Information be submitted to the Court, such submission shall 

conform to local Rule 39-141, unless otherwise agreed to in advance by counsel for The Party 

producing the Confidential Information. 

VI. A Party that has inadvertently produced a document, thing, material, testimony, or other 

information derived therefrom containing Confidential Information without a designation of 

“Confidential” may promptly upon discovery of the inadvertent error designate such a document, 

thing, material, testimony, or other information derived therefrom as “Confidential”, and each 

party shall thereupon make a reasonable good faith effort to ensure that any analysis, 

memorandum, or notes that were internally generated based upon such Confidential Information 

is in the future treated in conformance with the designation of the document, thing, material, 

testimony, or other information derived therefrom as “Confidential”. 

VII. Nothing in this Stipulated Order shall be construed to restrict the right of A Party to offer 

or use as evidence any of the Confidential Information, or be construed as a voluntary or 

involuntary waiver of any objection that might be raised at trial to the admissibility of any 

evidentiary material. 

VIII. At the conclusion of this lawsuit, The Parties agree to return or destroy, within thirty (30) 

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calendar days, all Confidential Information received by The Parties or their counsel; provided, 

however, that The Parties’ counsel shall be entitled to retain memoranda, pleadings, or any workproduct or privileged documentation derived from such Confidential Information reasonably 

necessary to preserve a file. Said file shall not be disclosed to any person other than those 

identified by Paragraph IV, above. 

IX. Any person, other that the Court or its officers, to whom Confidential Information are 

disclosed or supplied pursuant to paragraph IV shall be informed, prior to disclosure, of the nature 

and scope if this Order, a form of which agreement is attached as Exhibit “A.” 

X. The Parties shall attempt to agree upon procedures to protect at any hearing or trial the 

confidentiality of the Confidential Information, and shall, before such hearing or trial, submit 

such proposed procedures, including any disputes relating thereto, to the Court for its approval or 

modification. 

XI. This Order shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this litigation except that A 

Party may seek the written permission of The Party producing the Confidential Information or 

further order of the Court with respect to dissolution or modification of this Order. The Court 

shall retain jurisdiction to enforce or modify this Order. 

XII. The court will approve this proposed protective order only with the following additional 

provision: Any document that is to be filed under seal must be accompanied by a motion to seal 

that explains why redaction is not feasible and why the party’s interest in confidentiality 

outweighs the public interest in access to court records. Only if the court grants the motion to 

seal will the document be filed under seal. 

Dated: October 10, 2006 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

By: 

THOMAS H. CLARKE, JR. 

DENNIS J. BYRNE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC CO. 

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/10/2006 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 10, 2006 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

By: 

THOMAS H. CLARKE, JR. 

DENNIS J. BYRNE 

Attorneys for 

Plaintiff PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC 

CO. 

Dated: October ____, 2006 MORGAN, MILLER & BLAIR 

By: 

JEOFFREY W. STEELE 

PATRICIA E. CURTIN 

Attorneys for 

CENTER LAND COMPANY, CENTER 

LAND COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC., and 

MICHAEL R. CURRY 

Dated: October ____, 2006 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILY 

A Professional Corporation 

By: 

KELLI L. TAYLOR 

SHAUNA MOYLAN 

Attorneys for 

JESSE LANGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 

REBECCA CROWSTON, and JOHN P. 

CROWSTON 

Dated: October ____, 2006 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP 

By: 

WILLIAM D. TEMKO 

PATRICK CAFFERTY 

Attorneys for 

SHELL OIL COMPANY 

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ATTACHMENT A

To the Stipulated Protective Order 

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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

I, ______________________________: 

1. Am acting on behalf of ________________________ as a ___________________________ 

in that litigation entitled PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY v. JESSE M. LANGE 

DISTRIBUTOR, INC. ET AL. 

2. Am aware that The Parties have entered into a Stipulated Protective Order regarding 

Confidential Information. I have read and considered the Order in the form signed by the District 

Court, and agree to abide by its terms and conditions. 

3. Agree that I will not discuss Confidential Information with any person not identified in 

Paragraph IV of the Stipulated Protective Order, including persons that work for the same 

company or organization that I do, unless and until said person has signed a confidentiality 

agreement as set forth in Attachment A of said Stipulated Protective Order. 

4. Agree that I will not provide any Confidential Information to any person or entity, including 

persons that work for the same company or organization that I do, not identified in Paragraph IV 

of the Stipulated Protective Order unless and until said person or entity has signed a 

confidentiality agreement as set forth in Attachment A of said Stipulated Protective Order. 

Dated: ___________________, 200__. 

 ______________________________________________ 

Name: 

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