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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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Case No. 08-0836 CW – REVISED [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 

TO SEAL DECLARATION OF ABID KEMAL 

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Clayeo C. Arnold (SBN 65070) 

Kirk J. Wolden (SBN 138902) 

kirk@justice4you.com

Clifford C. Carter (SBN 149621) 

CLAYEO C. ARNOLD 

A Professional Corporation 

865 Howe Avenue, Suite 300 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 924-3100 

Facsimile: (916) 924-1829 

Ernest Cory (ASB-2279-Y83E) 

F. Jerome Tapley (ASB-0583-A56T) 

Hirlye R. “Ryan” Lutz, III (ASB-6641-E59L) 

CORY WATSON CROWDER & DEGARIS, P.C. 

2131 Magnolia Avenue 

Birmingham, AL 35205 

Telephone: (205) 328-2200 

Facsimile: (205) 324-7896 

Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805) 

mram@ramolson.com 

RAM & OLSON LLP 

555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-4949 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 

Attorneys for the Plaintiff Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(OAKLAND DIVISION)

KIRK KEILHOLTZ and KOLLEEN 

KEILHOTZ for themselves and on behalf 

of those similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v.

LENNOX INDUSTRIES, INC.; LENNOX 

HEARTH PRODUCTS, INC.; LENNOX 

INTERNATIONAL, INC., and DOES 1 

through 25, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

NO. 4:08-CV-00836CW 

REVISED [PROPOSED] ORDER 

GRANTING JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION TO SEAL DECLARATION OF 

ABID KEMAL 

 

Date: January 13, 2011 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Place: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

 [Hon. Claudia Wilken] 

Demand for Jury Trial 

Original Complaint Filed: February 6, 2008

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 The Court has considered the Joint Administrative Motion to Seal the Declaration of Abid 

Kemal and the Declaration of Michael S. Pennington in support of sealing Dr. Kemal’s 

declaration. For reasons set forth below, the Court finds compelling reasons to seal Dr. Kemal’s 

declaration and therefore GRANTS the joint administrative motion to permanently seal Dr. 

Kemal’s declaration. 

 Mr. Pennington’s declaration sets forth to the Court’s satisfaction that LHP would suffer 

serious competitive disadvantage if the contents of Dr. Kemal’s declaration were publicly filed.

The Kemal declaration contains design specifications which, if copied by LHP’s competitors, 

would give them a free and unfair head start on LHP. Further, the material set forth in Dr. 

Kemal’s declaration, including the exhibits thereto, qualifies as a trade secret under California 

Civil Code section 3426.1 because it derives independent economic value from not being 

generally known to the public or other persons who can obtain economic value from its use, and 

it is the subject of efforts reasonable under the circumstances (including but not limited to the 

accompanying motion) to maintain its secrecy. The Court also notes that while the parties’ 

concurrence alone would not furnish a compelling reason to seal, both the plaintiffs and the 

defendants support this motion. 

 Therefore, for reasons set forth above, the Court GRANTS the motion to permanently 

seal the Declaration of Abid Kemal pursuant to Local Rule 79-5. The Joint Administrative 

Motion to Seal the Declaration of Abid Kemal, and Declaration of Michael S. Pennington in 

support of sealing Dr. Kemal’s Declaration, also filed under seal, are ordered permanently 

unsealed. 

 SO ORDERED: 

Dated: January ___, 2011 _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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