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

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE—Case No. C-05-05008 RMW 1

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STEVEN M. LEVITAN (SBN 148716) 

CLARK S. STONE (SBN 202123) 

MacPHERSON KWOK CHEN & HEID LLP 

1762 Technology Drive, Suite 226 

San Jose, California 95110 

Phone: (408) 392-9250 

Facsimile: (408) 392-9262 

Email: slevitan@macpherson-kwok.com

cstone@macpherson-kwok.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

HENRY C. BUNSOW (SBN 60707) 

ROBERT F. KRAMER (SBN 181706) 

HOWREY LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California, 94105 

Phone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

Email: bunsowH@howrey.com

kramerR@howrey.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. 

and ASM AMERICA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., a 

California Corporation, 

Plaintiff 

v. 

ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V., a Netherlands 

Corporation, and ASM AMERICA, INC., a 

Delaware Corporation, 

 

Defendants. 

Case No. C-05-05008 RMW 

 

JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES 

 ORDER 

Date: May 5, 2006 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Before: Hon. Ronald M. Whyte 

The parties in this case have reached an agreement fully resolving this dispute and are in 

the process of finalizing a Settlement Agreement that will result in a dismissal with prejudice of 

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all claims against all parties in this action. The parties expect to complete and submit a 

Proposed Order of Dismissal With Prejudice terminating this case within the next thirty (30) 

days. Accordingly, Plaintiff SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. and Defendant ASM 

AMERICA, INC. respectfully jointly request the Court to vacate the current Case Management 

Conference in this case, set for May 5, 2006 at 10:30 a.m., and continue the Case Management 

Conference and all related dates, including the selection of an ADR procedure. If the case is 

not finally settled within the next thirty days, the parties will file a Proposed Case Management 

Schedule within ten days thereafter. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: April 24, 2006 MACPHERSON KWOK CHEN & HEID LLP

By /s/ 

Clark S. Stone 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

DATED: April 24, 2006 HOWREY LLP 

By /s/ 

Robert F. Kramer 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ASM AMERICA, INC. 

 ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: ____________________ By ______________________________________

Hon. Ronald M. Whyte 

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT 

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ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURE 

(General Order 45) 

Pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order 45, I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of 

the document has been obtained from each of the other signatories and I have on file all 

holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this 

efiled document: 

Dated: April 24, 2006 MACPHERSON KWOK CHEN & HEID LLP 

By /s/ 

 Clark S. Stone 

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