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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a

California corporation,

Plaintiff, NO. CIV. 2:05-1510 WBS PAN

v.

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES F. WARREN HELLMAN and WELLS AND SCHEDULING ORDER

FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustees

of Trust A created by the

Estate of Marco Hellman; F.

WARREN HELLMAN as Trustee of

Trust B created by the Estate

of Marco Hellman; THE ESTATE

OF MARCO HELLMAN, deceased;

WOODLAND SHOPPING CENTER, a

limited partnership; JOSEPH

MONTALVO, an individual; 

HAROLD TAECKER, an individual; 

GERALDINE TAECKER, an 

individual; HOYT CORPORATION, 

a Massachusetts corporation; 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., a 

Pennsylvania corporation; 

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL 

CORPORATION, a New York 

corporation; CITY OF WOODLAND;

and ECHO SALES & EQUIPMENT CO., 

Defendants.

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ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a 

California corporation,

Plaintiff, CIV. NO. 2:10-665 WBS PAN

v.

CITY OF WOODLAND, 

Defendant.

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After conferring with the parties at the status

conference on April 5, 2010, the court hereby enters the

following Orders and schedule in the above-captioned cases. 

I. CONSOLIDATION

For the reasons discussed at the status conference, the

court will grant plaintiff Adobe Lumber, Inc.’s request to

consolidate the two above-captioned cases. The cases shall be

consolidated pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a)(2)

for all purposes and the disposition will take the form of a

single judgment that will apply to both cases. The main case

number will now be 2:05-1510 and all documents shall be filed on

that docket; however, counsel are instructed to include both case

numbers on all filings. 

II. DISCOVERY

All discovery in the now-consolidated matter, including

depositions for preservation of testimony, is left open, save and

except that it shall be so conducted as to be completed by

December 6, 2010. The word “completed” means that all discovery

shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken

and any disputes relevant to discovery shall have been resolved

by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been

ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel

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discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in

accordance with the local rules of this court and so that such

motions may be heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not later

than December 6, 2010. 

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports

in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no

later than October 4, 2010. With regard to expert testimony

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed

and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before November 15, 2010. 

III. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be

filed on or before December 6, 2010. All motions shall be

noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are

cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements

for noticing and opposing such motions on the court’s regularly

scheduled law and motion calendar.

IV. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for February 22,

2011, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial statements,

and are referred to Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282 relating to the

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contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to

those subjects listed in Local Rule 16-281(b), the parties are to

provide the court with: (1) a plain, concise statement which

identifies every non-discovery motion which has been made to the

court, and its resolution; (2) a list of the remaining claims as

against each defendant; and (3) the estimated number of trial

days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by

Local Rule 16-281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the

claims that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively pled

defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury, the

parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case,

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

 V. TRIAL SETTING

The jury trial is set for April 19, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. 

VI. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference. All parties should be prepared to advise

the court whether they will stipulate to the trial judge acting

as settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full

settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference

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Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be disclosed

to the trial judge.

VII. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided

only by the undersigned judge.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Adobe Lumber, Inc. v.

Hellman and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al., Civ. No. 2:05-1510 WBS

EFB and Adobe Lumber, Inc. v. City of Woodland, Civ. No. 2:10-665

WBS EFB be, and the same hereby are, consolidated for all

purposes. The Clerk of the Court is instructed to

administratively close the 2:10-665 case and all documents shall

be filed and docketed in the 2:05-1510 case. 

IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED that the Pretrial Conference

set for April 19, 2010 and the trial set for June 8, 2010 in the

2:05-1510 case be vacated. 

DATED: April 6, 2010

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