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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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FILED, 

MAR 2 3 2006 I 

CLERK. !:.9. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUR~$~~~~~ v'STR'CT OF D 1 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DEPUTYCLERK I 

Case No. CV-F-04-6663 REC WO 

Hon. Robert E. CoyIe 

Mag. Judge Lawrence J. O'NeiII 

TriaI Date: January 16,2007 

I1 Plaintiffs, 

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL 

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS 

II Plaintiff-Intervenor, 

Catherine E. WITHERSPOON, in her official 

capacity as Executive Officer of the California Air 

Resources Board, 

II Defendant, 

CLUB, NATURAL RESOURCES 

EFENSE COUNCIL, and ENVIRONMENTAL 

EFENSE, 

II Defendant-Intervenors, 

BLUEWATER NETWORK, GLOBAL 

EXCHANGE, AND RAINFOREST ACTION N ETWORK 

Defendant-Intervenors. 

II STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION I 

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and 

AGREED by the undersigned signatories: 

Some of the Plaintiffs and Non-Parties are involved in the manufacture or sale of 

automobiles and automotive components and are engaged in commercial transactions within 

industries that are highly competitive and invoIve technical information, the misuse andlor the 

disclosure of which could harm the interests of the Plaintiffs and Non-Parties, by, for example 

and without limitation, enabling a competitor to gain an unfair commercial advantage or by 

otherwise causing commercial harm. 

This Stipulation and Protective Order, which restricts the Parties' use and dissemination 

of Highly Confidential Information, is necessary and appropriate to facilitate discovery of both 

Parties and Non-Parties in this matter, and to facilitate the Defendant's access to the documents 

filed by Plaintiffs in May 2005 under seal with this Court. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that: 

This Stipulation and Protective Order shall govern handling of all Highly Confidential 

Information obtained in this matter, whether obtained directly or indirectly, and whether 

produced by or obtained from any Party or any Non-Party. 

1. Definitions. As used herein, capitalized terms shall have the following 

meanings: 

a) "Highly Confidential Document" means any document, or any part 

thereof, that bears the legend (or which otherwise shall have had the 

legend recorded upon it in a way that brings its attention to a reasonable 

examiner) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - SUBJECT 

TO PROTECTIVE ORDER IN Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc., et al. 

v. Witherspoon, CV-F-04-6663, E.D. Cal.," unless the Court determines 

that any such document is not entitled to such confidential treatment. 

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The term "document" has the full meaning ascribed to it in Rule 34 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and includes without limitation 

any written, recorded, electronically stored, or graphic material. By 

designating a document a "Highly Confidential Document," a Party or 

Non-Party signifies that it has a good faith belief that such a document 

may reasonably contain Highly Confidential Information as defined 

below. 

b) "Highly Confidential Information" means information in any form, 

which is not or was not lawfully publicly available, including, without 

limitation, Highly Confidential Documents and the information 

contained therein or derived therefrom, whether obtained directly or 

indirectly from a Party or Non-Party which: 

i) the Party or Non-Party who produced, provided or generated 

such information considers to contain confidential business 

information, trade secrets or proprietary information which 

relates to, consists of, refers to, evidences, describes, or reflects, 

without limitation: (a) competitively sensitive emissions andlor 

fuel economy designs and formulations; (b) product plans or 

"cycle plans"; (c) compliance strategies; (d) costing or pricing 

information; (e) manufacturing techniques; (f) future 

manufacturing plans, marketing plans or strategies; (g) the 

timing, content or powertrain lineup of any future products; (h) 

design development, verification, or testing of any future 

products; or (i) competitively sensitive materials related to (a)- 

(h) above; or 

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ii) the Party or Non-Party previously received or produced pursuant 

to one or more contractual arrangements or court orders that 

otherwise precludes disclosure; or 

iii) the Party or Non-Party has (a) designated as confidential under 

40 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart B; and/or (b) designated as confidential 

under 18 U.S.C. 5 1905; and/or (c) designated as confidential to 

California's Air Resources Board; and/or (d) designated as 

confidential under any other statute or regulation which may 

restrict disclosure; or 

iv) has previously been filed with the Court under seal in this 

proceeding; or 

v) constitutes discovery material in this action that is designated as 

"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL," including, without limitation, 

deposition testimony and transcripts, answers to interrogatories, 

documents and tangible things produced by a party or person 

(whether produced pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, subpoena, or 

otherwise), and responses to requests for admission. 

C) "Non-Party" or "Non-Parties" shall mean each entity or individual, other 

than the Parties that produces Highly Confidential Information in the 

course of this action. 

d) "Outside Counsel of Record" means the fim(s) of attorneys, or sole 

practitioner(s), as the case may be, who is (are) not employed by the 

Parties, but rather is (are) retained for the purpose of representing a 

Party in these proceedings, provided that, such persons have entered an 

appearance in this matter and are not: 

i) involved in competitive decision-making of a Party or Non-Party 

or the competitor' of a Party or Non-Party, ie., Outside Counsel 

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of Record's activities, association, and relationship with a client 

do not involve giving advice about or participating in the 

business decisions of the client or of any competitor of a Party or 

Non-Party; or 

ii) involved in providing representation to a Party or Non-Party or a 

competitor of a Party or Non-Party regarding intellectual 

property rights. 

To the extent that Outside Counsel of Record are law firms in which 

certain members of the firm engage in the activities set forth in (d)(i) - 

(d)(ii), such firms must institute appropriate screening measures to 

restrict access to Highly Confidential Information such that those 

members of the fm who would be disqualified from receiving such 

information under this Paragraph do not have access to it. 

e) For purposes of this Stipulation and Protective Order, Outside Counsel 

of Record also includes any attorney representing the Defendant 

Catherine Witherspoon, provided that such a person is exclusively 

employed by the State of California and is customarily entrusted with 

receiving and keeping confidential information received from Parties 

and Nan-Parties and those attorneys are identified to the Parties. 

0 "Outside Consultants" means consultants or experts who are not 

employed by the Parties, but rather are retained for the purpose of 

assisting Outside Counsel of Record or a Party in this proceeding, 

provided that the Outside Consultants are not involved in competitive 

decision-making, i.e., Outside Consultants' activities, association, and 

relationship with a client do not involve advice about or participation in 

the business decisions of the client or any competitor of a Party or NonParty, nor are they involved in advising any Party or Non-Party in 

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connection with its intellectual property rights. For purposes of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, Outside Consultants also include those 

persons who are exclusively employed by the Air Resources Board and 

who are assisting in the defense of this proceeding. 

g) "Reviewing Party" means a person who has obtained access to Highly 

Confidential Information pursuant to Paragraphs 6 and 9 of this 

1 Stipulation and Protective Order. 

h) "Producing Party" means the Party or Non-Party which produces, 

provides, or generates Highly Confidential Information that becomes 

available through discovery in this proceeding. 

2. Prior Designation of Confidentiality Each Party or Non-Party may have in this 

proceeding designated information, data, documents and other material as Highly Confidential 

Information within the meaning of this Stipulation and Protective Order. Such designation 

may have been made by separate written notice; by incorporation into, attachment to, stamped 

on or otherwise made part of the subject material designated as Highly Confidential 

Information; by a statement on the record; or by a transmittal letter or other document. All 

such past designations, to the extent notice of such designation has been provided, shall operate 

to bring any information so designated within the definition of Highly Confidential 

Information, and to require the Parties to treat such designated information as Highly 

Confidential Information under the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order. Any 

objection to such designation shall be made under, and governed by, the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, except that the Court, consistent with its authority, may give 

effect to any other nondisclosure agreement, protective order or confidentiality provision to 

which such information may be subject as the Court deems appropriate. 

3. Subsequent Identzjkation of Highly Confidential Information. Any information 

or documents previously produced without the designation "Highly Confidential" may, in the 

future, be designated as Highly Confidential Information by a Party or Non-Party by providing 

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written notice to the Outside Counsel of Record for the Parties. This notice must specifically 

describe the information or document to be designated as Highly Confidential Information so 

that Outside Counsel of Record can identify, to Reviewing Parties, each item of information, 

and each page or part of such information or document, that is so designated. Following any 

such notification, the Parties shall follow the procedures set forth in Paragraphs 18-20 herein. 

4. Withdrawal of Designation of Highly ConJdential. Any Party or Non-Party 

may withdraw its designation of any information or document as Highly Confidential 

Information by providing written notice to the Outside Counsel of Record for the Parties. 

5. Use of Highly Confidential Information. Reviewing Parties shall use Highly 

Confidential Information solely for the conduct of this proceeding as expressly set forth herein, 

and shall not use such documents or information for any other purpose, including without 

limitation business, govemmental, political, lobbying, public policy, public relations, or 

commercial purposes, or in other administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding. Nothing in 

this Order shall be interpreted to prohibit or limit Producing Parties from using their own 

Highly Confidential Information (or Highly Confidential Information they obtained from other 

Producing Parties in the course of their business) as necessary to conduct their own business. 

To the extent that Highly Confidential Information is already lawfully in the possession of the 

Air Resources Board ("ARB) or other govemmental agency for purposes independent of this 

litigation, or if Highly Confidential Information is submitted by a Party or Non-Party to the 

ARB or other govemmental agency in the htwe for purposes independent of this litigation, 

then the ARB and its staff may use such Highly Confidential Information for purposes that are 

otherwise permitted by law. To the extent that Highly Confidential Information is already 

lawfully in the possession of the Defendant-Intervenors, or Defendant-Intervenors lawfully 

obtain such Highly Confidential Information independent of this litigation, then nothing in this 

Stipulation and Protective Order shall affect whatever rights, if any, the Defendant-Intervenors 

otherwise have with respect to the lawful use of such information. 

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6. Permissible Disclosure. Subject to the requirements of Paragraph 9, Highly 

Confidential Information may be reviewed by Outside Counsel of Record and Outside 

Consultants. Subject to the requirements of Paragraph 9, Outside Counsel of Record and 

Outside Consultants may disclose Highly Confidential Information only to: (I) attomeys, 

paralegals or other employees of such Outside Counsel of Record or Outside Consultants, not 

described in clause 2 of this Paragraph 6, assisting Outside Counsel of Record or Outside 

Consultants in this proceeding; (2) employees of such Outside Counsel of Record or Outside 

Consultants involved solely in one or more aspects of organizing, filing, coding, converting, 

storing, or retrieving documents or data or designing programs for handling data connected 

with this proceeding, or performing other clerical or ministerial functions with regard to 

documents connected with this proceeding; and (3) employees of third-party contractors 

performing one or more of the functions set forth in clause 2 of this Paragraph 6. Reviewing 

Parties may discuss and share Highly Confidential Information with any other Reviewing Party 

that has access to the same Highly Confidential Information. Upon entry of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order, counsel for Plaintiffs and for Plaintiff-Intervenors shall provide Outside 

Counsel of Record for the Defendant and for Defendant-Intervenors with copies of all 

documents filed under seal in this action. 

In addition, Defendant-Intervenors have sought access to Highly Confidential 

Information by in-house attorneys and in-house consultants of Defendant-Intervenors, and 

Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors have objected to such disclosure. That issue is under 

consideration by the Court, and the entry of this Order is without prejudice to the resolution of 

that issue, and this Order may be amended to address that issue. 

7. Protection of Highly Confidential Information. Reviewing Parties shall ensure 

that access to Highly Confidential Information is strictly limited as prescribed in this 

Stipulation and Protective Order. Reviewing Parties shall ensure that: (1) Highly 

Confidential Information is used only as provided in this Stipulation and Protective Order; and 

(2) Highly Confidential Information is not duplicated except to the minimum extent necessary 

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for use as permitted by this Stipulation and Protective Order (with appropriate security 

measures taken to ensure that any such copies are maintained in a confidential manner). 

8. Prohibited Copying. Notwithstanding Paragraph 7, if, in the judgment of the 

Producing Party, or Party or Non-Party to which Highly Confidential Information belongs, a 

Highly Confidential Document contains information so sensitive (even given its Highly 

Confidential designation) that it should not be copied by anyone, it shall bear the additional 

legend "Copying Prohibited," and no copies of such document, in any form, shall be made, 

except that a Reviewing Party may record its mental impressions and a description sufficient to 

refer to the Highly Confidential Document in papers filed with the Court under seal under 

Paragraph 10. It is intended that the "Copying Prohibited" legend be used sparingly, for only 

the most sensitive and confidential information, including but not limited to, original source 

code. 

9. Procedures for Obfuining Access to Highly Con3dential Information. In all 

cases where access to Highly Confidential Information is sought pursuant to Paragraph 6, 

before reviewing or having access to any Highly Confidential Information, each Outside 

Counsel of Record or Outside Consultant shall be identified to the Party or Non-Party from 

which the person seeks Highly Confidential Information, including a description of the 

person's professional affiliation(s). The Party or Non-Party from which the person seeks 

access to Highly Confidential Information may object to such access by petitioning the Court 

within ten business days of notice, and shall seek the matter to be heard on an expedited basis. 

Before obtaining access to Highly Confidential Information, each person must execute the 

attached Confidentiality Agreement and serve it upon Outside Counsel of Record for the Party 

or Non-Party from which it seeks the Highly Confidential Information. Highly Confidential 

Documents shall be made available electronically, including through secure web-based 

medium, if appropriate security can be assured. To the extent that this Paragraph requires the 

disclosure of non-testifying consultants who would otherwise not need to be disclosed, a Party 

may instead file a copy of such consultants' signed Confidentiality Agreement with the 

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Magistrate, to be reviewed only (I) at the end of the proceedings by the Producing Party whose 

Highly Confidential Informatio? was reviewed by such consultant and that Producing Party 

shall not disclose the identify of such consultants except to the extent reasonably necessary in 

specific instances to protect the confidentiality of the information reviewed; or (2) upon any 

unauthorized and unexplained disclosure of Highly Confidential Information, after application 

to the Magistrate. 

10. Filings with the Court. In any documents filed in this proceeding, no reference 

shall be made to Highly Confidential Information unless such documents are filed as sealed 

documents in accordance with the requirements of this Court's local rules. 

a) The portion(s) of the pleading containing Highly Confidential 

Information shall be served on the Court, and Outside Counsel of 

Record for each Party, if they have signed the attached Confidentiality 

Agreement. 

b) Parties should not provide courtesy copies of pleadings containing 

Highly Confidential Information to the Court unless the Court so 

requests. Any courtesy copies shall be submitted under seal, only in 

sealed envelopes on which shall be endorsed the caption of this case. 

11. Designation of Highly Confidential Information in Discovery Responses. A 

written answer to a discovery request of any kind may be designated as Highly Confidential 

information, and marked with the legend "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - 

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER IN Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc., et al. v. 

Witherspoon, CV-F-04-6663, E.D. Cal." If filed, any highly confidential portions of, and 

sxhibits to, any such answer or response shall be filed under seal pursuant to Paragraph 10, 

separate from the portions and exhibits not so marked. 

12. Designation of Highly Confidential Information in Depositions. A Party (or any 

Non-Party that generated highly confidential testimony or documents) may, within ten (10) 

~usiness days after receiving a transcript of a deposition, designate pages of the transcript (and 

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exhibits thereto) as Highly Confidential Information. Such Highly Confidential Information 

within the deposition transcript may be designated only by marking the portions of the pages 

that are highly confidential and inserting on such pages the legend: "HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION -- SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER IN Central 

Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc., et al. v. Witherspoon, CV-F-04-6663, E.D. Cal.." Until the 

expiration of the period during which highly confidential designations may be made, the entire 

deposition will be treated as subject to protection as Highly Confidential Information. If a 

Highly Confidential Information designation is made, the portions and exhibits containing 

Highly Confidential Information, when filed, shall be filed under seal pursuant to Paragraph 

10, separate from the portions and exhibits not so marked. If any depositions are videotaped or 

digitally recorded, those portions of the videotape or recording corresponding to portions of the 

deposition transcript designated as Highly Confidential shall be afforded the same status. 

13. Challenge to Designation of Highly ConJidential Designation or Copying 

Prohibited Designation. Any Party seeking to challenge a designation of material as Highly 

Confidential Information and/or Copying Prohibited may make a motion or other appropriate 

expedited application to the Court, or in the manner as specified by the Magistrate in this 

proceeding, to strike the designation. Such motion or application shall identify with specificity 

the Highly Confidential Information and/or Copying Prohibited document that is the subject of 

the motion, but shall not disclose or reveal the contents of that information except in the manner 

prescribed by Paragraph 10. If such a motion or application is made, the Highly Confidential 

Information that is the subject of the motion shall continue to be treated as such unless, and 

until, the Court directs that such designation be stricken. The Party or Non-Party claiming any 

information or any document as Confidential Information and/or Copying Prohibited has the 

burden of establishing that it meets the standards for such designations. If the party whose 

information is the subject of such motion or application fails to oppose the motion or 

application, the information shall be deemed non-confidential. Any Party seeking to challenge 

another Party's, or Non-Party's, designation of material as Highly Confidential Information 

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andlor Copying Prohibited shall, prior to making a motion or application to strike such 

designation, contact the Party or Non-Party that made such designation and make a good faith 

effort to resolve any dispute conceming the designation. A motion or application to strike shall 

identify the moving party's efforts to comply with this Paragraph 13 and shall state that the 

Parties or Non-Parties were unable to resolve the dispute conceming the designation. 

14. Designation ofHighly Conjidential Information for Use at Trial. A Party (or 

any Non-Party that generated highly confidential testimony or documents) may request judicial 

designation of testimony or documents as Highly Confidential Information before the affected 

testimony or documents are offered at trial. Any Reviewing Party intending to offer any Highly 

Confidential Information at trial must inform the Court, counsel for the Producing Party, and 

Outside Counsel of Record that such document is subject to the terms of this Order before 

offering it. If the Court designates any such testimony or documents as Highly Confidential 

Information, a Party (or the Non-Party that generated such testimony or documents) may 

request that the Court exclude from the courtroom any person who has not agreed to be bound 

by this Stipulation and Protective Order. If testimony is elicited or documents are referred to 

that are similarly sensitive, a Party (or the Non-Party that generated such testimony or 

documents) may also request the Court to designate the testimony just received or documents 

just referred to as Highly Confidential Information. Furthermore, within seven (7) business 

days of the time any transcript of these proceedings is produced, a Party (or any Non-Party that 

either generated highly confidential information or whose highly confidential information was 

the subject of testimony or contained within documents) may request that the Court order 

relevant portions of the transcript be designated as Highly Confidential Information and placed 

under seal. 

15. Client Consultation. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall 

restrict Outside Counsel of Record from rendering advice to their clients relating to the conduct 

of this proceeding and, in the course thereof, relying generally on examination of Highly 

Confidential Information; provided, however, that in rendering such advice and otherwise 

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communicating with such client, Outside Counsel of Record shall not disclose Highly 

Confidential Information. 

16. No Waiver of Confidentiality. Disclosure of Highly Confidential Information as 

provided herein by any person shall not he deemed a waiver of any privilege or entitlement to 

confidential treatment of such Highly Confidential Information by any Producing Party, or 

Party or Non-Party to which Highly Confidential Information belongs. By viewing this 

information, persons described in Paragraph 6 agree: (1) not to assert any such waiver; (2) not 

to use Highly Confidential Information to seek disclosure in any other proceeding; and (3) that 

accidental disclosure of Highly Confidential Information by a Party or Non-Party shall not be 

deemed a waiver of any privilege or entitlement as long as the Producing Party, or Party or 

Non-Party to which Highly Confidential Information belongs, takes remedial action as set forth 

in the following Paragraph. 

17. Inadvertent Disclosure of Highly Conjdential Information. Upon realization of 

inadvertent disclosure, notice of such inadvertent disclosure must he given immediately to 

Outside Counsel of Record by the Party or Non-Party making such disclosure or by the Party or 

Non-Party claiming confidentiality. Such notice may initially be made orally, but shall be also 

put in writing. A copy of the inadvertently disclosed Highly Confidential Information, with 

appropriate confidentiality designations, must accompany such written notification. 

18. If a Party or Non-Party subsequently designates any document or material or 

other information as Highly Confidential Information after inadvertent disclosure as described 

in the preceding Paragraph 17, the Parties shall: 

a) employ all reasonable efforts to ensure that all such inadvertently 

disclosed Highly Confidential Information is thereafter destroyed; and 

b) treat each such inadvertently disclosed item as Highly Confidential 

Information as soon as the Parties' Outside Counsel of Record receives 

written notice. 

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19. Before receiving written notice pursuant to Paragraph 17 of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order, the inadvertent disclosure of Highly Confidential Information to persons not 

authorized to receive such information shall not be deemed a violation of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order. 

20. Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Informalion. When a Party or Non-Party 

produces information without intending to waive a claim of privilege it may, within a 

reasonable time, notify any Party that received the information of its claim of privilege. After 

being notified, a Party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified information 

and any copies. 

21. Reservations. Entering into, agreeing to or complying with the provisions of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order shall not: (1) operate as admission that any particular 

material contains Highly Confidential Information; or (2) prejudice any right to seek a 

determination by the Court (a) whether particular material should be produced or (b) if 

produced, whether such material should be subject to the provisions of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order. 

22. Subpoena by Courts, Departments or Agencies. If a court, or a federal or state 

department or agency issues a subpoena for, or orders production of, Highly Confidential 

Information that a Party has obtained under terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, such 

Party shall promptly notify the Producing Party, and the Party or Non-Party to which Highly 

Confidential Information belongs, of the pendency of such subpoena or order. Consistent with 

the independent authority of any court, department or agency, such notification must be 

accomplished such that the Producing Party, and the Party or Non-Party to which Highly 

Confidential Information belongs, has a reasonable opportunity to oppose such production 

prior to the production or disclosure of any Highly Confidential Information. 

23. Violations of Stipulation and Protective Order. If any signatory that has 

obtained access to Highly Confidential Information under this Stipulation and Protective Order 

violates any of its terms, that person or entity shall immediately convey that fact to the 

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Producing Party, and the Party or Non-Party to which Highly Confidential lnformation belongs 

and the violating person or entity shall take all necessary steps to immediately remedy the 

improper disclosure. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall limit any other 

rights and remedies available to the Producing Party, and the Party or the Non-Party to which 

Highly Confidential Information belongs, at law or in equity against any person using Highly 

Confidential Information in a manner not authorized by this Stipulation and Protective Order. 

For each non-inadvertent disclosure of Highly Confidential Information (or for any inadvertent 

disclosure for which all necessary steps are not immediately taken to remedy the improper 

disclosure upon discovery of the inadvertent disclosure), by any person or entity who has 

gained access to Highly Confidential Information pursuant to this Stipulation and Protection 

Order, such person or entity may be held in contempt and shall be subject to any further 

penalties and sanctions that this Court shall authorize. 

24. Termination of Proceeding. The provisions of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order shall not terminate at the conclusion of this proceeding. Within 30 days after conclusion 

of this proceeding, which includes any final administrative or any final judicial appellate 

review, persons described by Paragraph 6 shall return, to the Producing Party any Highly 

Confidential Information and all copies of the same or shall certify the destruction of such 

material. No material whatsoever derived from Highly Confidential Information may be 

retained by any person having access thereto, except Outside Counsel of Record (as described 

in Paragraph 6) may retain, under the continuing strictures of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order, two copies of pleadings (one of which may be in electronic format) containing Highly 

Confidential Information. All Outside Counsel of Record shall make certification of 

;ompliance herewith and shall deliver the same to Outside Counsel of Record for the 

Producing Party not more than 30 days after conclusion of this proceeding. 

25. Any party, entity or person covered by this Stipulation and Protective Order 

may at any time apply to the Court for relief from any provision of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order. 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED BY: 

Dated: March 22,2006 

IS/ Andrew B. Clubock 

Andrew B. Clubok 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

655 Fifteenth St., NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: (202) 879-5000 

Fax: (202) 879-5200 

Attorney for all Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED BY: 

Dated: March 22,2006 

IS/ Charles H. Haake 

Charles H. Haake 

GIBSON, DLJNh' & CRUTCHER, LLP 

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 955-8500 

Fax: (202) 467-0539 

Attorney for Plaintiff-Intervenor, 

Association oflnternational Automobile Manufacturers 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED BY: 

Dated: March 22,2006 

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1st Kathleen A. Kenealy 

Kathleen A. Kenealy 

Deputy Attorney General 

1300 "I" Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944244 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (5 10) 622-2133 

Fa: (510) 622-2270 

Attorney for Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED BY: 

Dated: March 22.2006 

1st David Bookbinder 

David Bookbinder 

SIERRA CLUB 

408 C Street, NE 

Washington, DC 20002 

Telephone: (202) 548-4598 

Fax: (202) 547-6009 

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenors 

Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and 

Environmental Defense 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED BY: 

Dated: March 22,2006 

Is/ Danielle R. Fugere 

Danielle R. Fugere 

BLUEWATER NETWORK 

3 1 1 California Street, Suite 5 10 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-0790 x15 

Fax: (4 15) 544-0796 

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenors 

Bluewater Network, Global Exchange, 

and Rainforest Action Network 

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IT IS SO ORDERED 

United ~tat&&gistrate Kdge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO 

CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER-JEEP, INC., 

CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER-JEEP, INC., 

KITAHARA PONTIAC GMC BUICK, INC., 

MADERA FORD MERCURY, INC., MADERA 

CHEVROLET, FRONTIER DODGE, INC., TOM 

FIELDS MOTORS, INC., PISTORESI CHRYSLER 

DODGE JEEP, BOB WILLIAMS CHEVROLET, 

COURTESY OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC, INC., 

MERLE STONE CHEVROLET, INC., MERLE 

STONE PORTERVILLE, INC., STURGEON AND 

BECK INCORPORATED, SWANSON FAHRNEY 

FORD, INC., GENERAL MOTORS 

CORPORATION, DAIMLERCHRYSLER 

CORPORATION, TULARE COUNTY FARM 

BUREAU, and the ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE 

MANUFACTURERS, 

I I Plaintiffs, I 

Catherine E. WITHERSPOON, in her official 

capacity as Executive Officer of the California Air b esources Board, 

Defendant. 1 

Case No. CV-F-04-6663 REC LJO 

Hon. Robert E. Coyle 

Mag. Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill 

Trial Date: January 16,2007 

EXHIBIT A 

II Confidentiality Agreement 

I hereby acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the foregoing Stipulation 

and Protective Order in the above-captioned proceeding, and I understand it. I agree that I am 

bound by the Stipulation and Protective Order and that I shall not disclose or use Highly 

Confidential Information except as allowed by the Stipulation and Protective Order. 

I acknowledge that it is my obligation to ensure that: (I) Highly Confidential 

Information is used only as provided in the Stipulation and Protective Order; and (2) Highly 

Confidential Documents are not duplicated except as specifically permitted by the terms of 

Paragraphs 7 and 10 of the Stipulation and Protective Order, and 1 certify that I have verified 

that procedures are in place at my firm, office, or other place where 1 conduct business, as well 

as my residence, to prevent unauthorized disclosure of Highly Confidential Information. 

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I consent to the - jurisdiction of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of 

California for purposes of determining my compliance with the Stipulation and Protective 

Order, and any civil or criminal sanction for my failure to comply. I understand that nothing in 

the stipulation and Protective 

or in equity, to the Producing 

Information belongs. 

Order shall limit any other rights and remedies available, at law 

Party, and the Party or Non-Party to which Highly Confidential 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings 

ascribed to them in the Stipulation and Protective Order. 

Executed at this - day of 

Name 

Position 

Business Address 

Business Telephone 

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