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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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BORNSTEIN & BORNSTEIN 

Jonathan Herschel Bornstein (SBN 163392) 

507 Polk Street, Suite 320 

San Francisco, CA 94102-3339 

Telephone: (415) 409-7611 

Facsimile: (415) 409-9345 

Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 

SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY 

TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP 

Eric L. Zagar 

Trevan Borum 

Tara P. Kao 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: (610) 667-7706 

Facsimile: (610) 667-7056 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re LINEAR TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION SHAREHOLDER 

DERIVATIVE LITIGATION, 

This Document Relates To: 

 ALL ACTIONS. 

Case No. C-06-3290-MMC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO SUSPEND PROCEEDINGS IN 

FAVOR OF COORDINATION WITH 

LITIGATION IN PARALLEL STATE 

ACTION

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WHEREAS, on May 18, 2006, Plaintiffs Laberta Lyle and David Eisenberg (the 

“Federal Plaintiffs”) filed two separate shareholder derivative actions (the “Lyle Action” and the 

“Eisenberg Action,” respectively), asserting claims on behalf of Linear Technology Corporation 

(“Linear” or the “Company”) against certain of its current and former directors and officers for 

alleged breaches of fiduciary duty as well as claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 

WHEREAS, on June 7, 2006, plaintiff Margaret Mazza filed a substantially similar 

shareholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California, Santa Clara 

County (the “Mazza Action”), asserting claims on behalf of Linear against certain of its current 

and former directors and officers for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and other state law 

claims; 

WHEREAS, on June 13, 2006, this Court consolidated the Lyle Action and the 

Eisenberg Action (collectively, the “Action”); 

WHEREAS, on June 14, 2006, plaintiff Richard Schwartz filed a substantially similar 

shareholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California, Santa Clara 

County (the “Schwartz Action”), asserting claims on behalf of Linear against certain of its 

current and former directors and officers for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and other state 

law claims; 

WHEREAS, on July 10, 2006, the Superior Court of the State of California, Santa Clara 

County consolidated the Mazza Action and the Schwartz action (the “First State Actions”); 

WHEREAS, on July 13, 2006, the Federal Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Complaint; 

WHEREAS, on July 18, 2006, plaintiff Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ 

Retirement System filed a substantially similar shareholder derivative action in the Superior 

Court of the State of California, Santa Clara County (the “Louisiana Action”), asserting claims 

on behalf of Linear against certain of its current and former directors and officers for alleged 

breaches of fiduciary duty and other state law claims; 

WHEREAS, on August 9-10, 2006, Louisiana filed a Consolidated Complaint, and the 

Superior Court of the State of California, Santa Clara County consolidated the Louisiana Action 

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with the First State Action (collectively, the “State Action”) and appointed Louisiana and its 

counsel as Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel, respectively; 

WHEREAS, on October 2, 2006, Nominal Defendant Linear filed a Motion to Stay the 

Proceedings in the State Action in favor of the instant Action and the Individual Defendants 

filed a Demurrer to the State Action; 

WHEREAS, on October 4, 2006, Nominal Defendant Linear and the Individual 

Defendants filed Motions to Dismiss the Federal Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Complaint; 

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2006, Plaintiffs in the Federal Action filed a Brief in 

Opposition to both Nominal Defendant Linear’s and the Individual Defendants’ Motions to 

Dismiss the Federal Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Complaint; 

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2006, this Court granted Linear’s Motion to Dismiss the 

Consolidated Complaint with leave to amend and denied the Individual Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss the Consolidated Complaint as moot; 

WHEREAS, on January 5, 2007, the Federal Plaintiffs filed an Amended Consolidated 

Complaint; 

WHEREAS, all parties to the instant Action wish to avoid unnecessary and duplicative 

proceedings in more than one jurisdiction; 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the 

counsel for the respective parties hereto, that the instant Action be suspended pending the 

resolution of the parallel State Action pending in the Superior Court of the State of California, 

Santa Clara County. Upon 30 days’ notice, any party to this Action may seek a Court Order to 

lift or otherwise modify the suspension imposed by this Stipulation and Order; and 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT all conferences and hearings in 

the instant Action be suspended and taken off the calendar of the Court. 

For the foregoing reasons, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter the Order 

lodged simultaneously herewith. 

FAVOR OF COORDINATION WITH LITIGATION IN 

PARALLEL STATE ACTION 

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DATED: February 14, 2007 BORNSTEIN & BORNSTEIN 

 /s Jonathan Herschel Bornstein__________________ 

 Jonathan Herschel Bornstein 

Jonathan Herschel Bornstein (SBN 163392) 

507 Polk Street, Suite 320 

San Francisco, CA 94102-3339 

Telephone: (415) 409-7611 

Facsimile: (415) 409-9345 

Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs 

SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP 

Eric L. Zagar 

Trevan Borum 

Tara P. Kao 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: (610) 667-7706 

Facsimile: (610) 667-7056 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

DATED: February 14, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

_______/s Nicole M. Healy_______________________

Nicole M. Healy 

Douglas J. Clark, State Bar No. 171499

Nicole M. Healy, State Bar. No. 157417 

Dominique-Chantale Alepin, State Bar No. 241648 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 565-3566 

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 

Attorneys for Defendants Paul Coghlan, Clive B. Davies, 

Robert C. Dobkin, David S. Lee, Lothar Maier, Leo T. 

McCarthy, Richard M. Moley, Robert H. Swanson, Jr., and 

Thomas S. Volpe, and Nominal Defendant Linear Technology 

Corporation

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ___________ , 2007 ______________________________ _ 

The Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Court Judge 

FAVOR OF COORDINATION WITH LITIGATION IN 

PARALLEL STATE ACTION 

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Further, the parties shall file a Joint Status Statement on August 14, 2007, and every six

months thereafter, to inform the Court as to the status of the State Action.

February 14

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