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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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13415-401 STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING PAGE LIMITS FOR BRIEFING ON 

AMENDED PURCHASE CLAIMS MASTER COMPLAINTS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: BEXTRA AND CELEBREX 

MARKETING SALES PRACTICES AND 

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION 

CASE NO. M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

MDL No. 1699 

This Order Relates to: 

 ALL PURCHASE CLAIMS. 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING PAGE LIMITS FOR 

BRIEFING ON AMENDED PURCHASE 

CLAIMS MASTER COMPLAINTS 

1. On September 22, 2006, certain plaintiffs filed the “First Amended 

Purchase Claims Master Bextra Complaint” and the “First Amended Purchase Claims Master 

Celebrex Complaint” (collectively, “First Amended Master Complaints”). The First Amended 

Master Complaints aggregate 190 pages and assert numerous claims under the laws of several 

different states, as well as federal law. Defendants named in those First Amended Master 

Complaints intend to file separate motions to dismiss each of the First Amended Master 

Complaints. 

2. Pursuant to a stipulation and order, the parties have met and conferred with 

respect to whether the briefing on the motions to dismiss the First Amended Master Complaints 

should exceed the limits set forth in Local Rules 7.2(b) and 7.4(b). 

3. The parties hereby stipulate that relief from the limits stated in the Local 

Rules is warranted in this proceeding. Memoranda in support of the motions to dismiss shall not 

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AMENDED PURCHASE CLAIMS MASTER COMPLAINTS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

exceed fifty (50) pages in the aggregate; the same limitation applies to memoranda in opposition 

to the motions to dismiss. Reply memoranda in support of the motions to dismiss shall not 

exceed thirty (30) pages in the aggregate. 

4. These page limitations shall not apply to any signature blocks or exhibits 

submitted in support of the memoranda. 

5. These page limitations may be allocated between the briefs directed to the 

First Amended Purchase Claims Master Bextra Complaint and those directed to the First 

Amended Purchase Claims Master Celebrex Complaint as the parties deem necessary to state 

their positions without needless duplication. To the extent arguments apply to both First 

Amended Master Complaints, those arguments need not be repeated in each brief but may be 

incorporated by reference. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 16, 2006 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP 

By /s/ 

 ELIZABETH J. CABRASER 

Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel 

Dated: October 16, 2006 DLA PIPER RUDNICK GRAY CARY US LLP 

By /s/ 

 AMY W. SCHULMAN 

 Defendants’ Liaison Counsel 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________, 2006 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

October 20

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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