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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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DILLINGHAM & MURPHY, LLP 

PATRICK J. HAGAN (STATE BAR NO. 68264) 

MARK J. ROGERS (SBN 173005) 

J. CROSS CREASON (SBN 209492) 

225 Bush Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-4207 

Telephone: (415) 397-2700 

Facsimile: (415) 397-3300 

Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainant 

Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

APPLIED ELASTOMERICS, 

INCORPORATED, a California corporation 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, 

INCORPORATED, a South Carolina 

corporation 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 06 2469 CW 

STIPULATION REGARDING BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE ORDER 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Trial Date: November 13, 2007 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

 Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Applied Elastomerics, Incorporated (“AEI”) and 

Defendant and Counter-Complainant Z-Man Fishing Products, Incorporated (“Z-Man”), through 

their respective attorneys and pursuant to the Court’s Local Rule 6-2, hereby stipulate as follows: 

 Whereas the Court entered its Order dismissing nine of Z-Man’s counterclaims on 

November 8, 2006. 

 Whereas Z-Man filed its First Amended Counter-Complaint on November 22, 2006. 

 Whereas the parties participated in private mediation on November 30, 2006, but did not 

settle the case. 

 Whereas during the Case Management Conference the Court authorized the parties to 

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stipulate to a briefing schedule for AEI’s motion to dismiss Z-Man’s amended counterclaims 

and/or motion for judgment on the pleadings. 

 Whereas the parties’ counsel met and conferred and agreed to a briefing schedule. 

 Whereas on December 7, 2006, the parties stipulated that the hearing date for AEI’s 

motion in response to Z-Man’s First Amended Complaint and motion for judgment on the 

pleadings or motion for partial summary judgment concerning the payment of minimum royalties 

authorized by the Court during the Case Management Conference would be February 2, 2007. 

 Whereas the parties’ counsel thereafter met and conferred concerning the substance of ZMan amended counterclaims, and Z-Man agreed to voluntarily drop its counterclaims for fraud, 

negligent misrepresentation, and rescission. 

 Whereas Z-Man cannot voluntarily dismiss those counterclaims and the proper procedure 

to effectuate their dismissal is to amend its First Amended Counter-Complaint to drop them (see

Ethridge v. Harbore House Restaurant (9th Cir. 1988) 861 F.2d 1389, 1392). 

 Whereas the parties’ counsel are still in the process of meeting and conferring concerning 

the substance of a stipulation that could avoid the need for AEI to file a judgment on the pleadings 

relating to the issue of the payment of minimum royalties. 

 Whereas the previous time modifications in this case include the following: 1) On April 

27, 2006, the parties stipulated to provide Z-Man with an additional 20 days within which to 

respond to AEI’s Complaint. 2) On September 28, 2006, pursuant to Z-Man’s request, the parties 

stipulated that the hearing date for the parties’ pending motions (Z-Man’s transfer motion and 

AEI’s motion to dismiss counterclaims) and the date of the parties’ Case Management Conference 

be rescheduled from October 20, 2006 to November 3, 2006. 3) On December 7, 2006, the parties 

stipulated that the hearing date for AEI’s motion in response to Z-Man’s First Amended 

Complaint and motion for judgment on the pleadings or motion for partial summary judgment 

concerning the payment of minimum royalties authorized by the Court during the Case 

Management Conference would be February 2, 2007. 

 Whereas this stipulation will not have any affect on the schedule for the case. 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between AEI and Z-Man as follows: 

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 1) Z-Man shall be permitted to file the Second Amended Counter-Complaint attached 

hereto as Exhibit A. AEI will have until January 5, 2007 to answer or otherwise respond to the 

Second Amended Counter-Complaint. (A motion to dismiss any portion of the Second Amended 

Counter-Complaint will obviate the need for AEI to file an answer to the Second Amended 

Counter-Complaint until after the motion is decided.) January 5, 2007 also is the deadline for 

filing the motion for judgment on the pleadings or motion for partial summary judgment 

concerning the payment of minimum royalties authorized by the Court during the Case 

Management Conference. 

 2) Z-Man’s opposition to any motion filed on January 5, 2007 will be due on January 

19, 2007. 

 3) AEI’s reply brief in support of any motion filed on January 5, 2007 is due on 

January 26, 2007. 

 4) The hearing on any motion filed by AEI on January 5, 2007 will take place on 

February 16, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. 

 It is further stipulated that any and all motions filed by AEI on January 5, 2007 will be 

included in a single brief, subject to the page limits set forth the Northern District Local Rules. 

Similarly, Z-Man will file a single opposition brief and AEI will file a single reply brief, each of 

which will be subject to the page limits set forth in the Northern District Local Rules. 

Dated: December 19, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP 

By: /S/ JILL NEIMAN 

JILL NEIMAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

Applied Elastomerics, Inc. 

Dated: December 19, 2006 DILLINGHAM & MURPHY 

By: /S/ MARK ROGERS 

MARK J. ROGERS 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Complainant 

Z-Man Fishing Products, Inc. 

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 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 12/22/06 

Dated: ____________________ _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

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