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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE LIMITED INTERVENTION OF STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS AND 

FILING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS CRAB SETTLEMENT 

William M. Audet (waudet@audetlaw.com) 

Michael McShane (mmcshane@audetlaw.com) 

Adel A. Nadji (anadji@audetlaw.com) 

AUDET & PARTNERS, LLP 

221 Main Street, Suite 1460 

San Francisco CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.982.1776 

Facsimile: 415.568.2556 

Attorneys for Federal Plaintiffs and 

the Dungeness Crab Settlement Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Allen Loretz, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v.

Regal Stone, Ltd., Hanjin Shipping, Co., Ltd., 

Synergy Maritime, Ltd., Fleet Management 

Ltd., and John Cota, In Personam; M/V Cosco 

Busan, their engines, tackle, equipment, 

appurtenances, freights, and cargo In Rem,

 Defendants. 

Case No. C 07-5800 SC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE LIMITED 

INTERVENTION OF STATE 

COURT PLAINTIFFS AND FILING 

MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS 

CRAB SETTLEMENT 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE LIMITED INTERVENTION OF STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS AND 

FILING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS CRAB SETTLEMENT 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Allen Loretz (“Federal Court Plaintiff”) alleges, through the 

instant action (“Federal Court Action”), claims for damages and injunctive and declaratory 

relief arising out of the Cosco Busan Oil Spill of November 7, 2007 (“CBOS”) on behalf of a 

putative class of all commercial fishermen operating in the San Francisco Bay and surrounding 

ocean areas against Defendants Regal Stone Limited, Hanjin Shipping, Co., Ltd., Fleet 

Management Ltd., and John Cota, and the M/V Cosco Busan, in rem (collectively 

“Defendants”);

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs John Tarantino, Steven Fitz, Sean Hodges, John Atkinson, Ernie 

Koepf, Kiu Phang, and Sau Phang (“State Court Plaintiffs,” collectively with the Federal Court 

Plaintiff and Defendants, “Parties”), through an action filed in San Francisco Superior Court 

(“State Court Action”), allege claims for damages and injunctive and declaratory relief arising 

out of the CBOS on behalf of a putative class of all commercial fishermen operating in the San 

Francisco Bay and surrounding ocean areas against all of the Defendants, except the M/V 

Cosco Busan in rem;

WHEREAS, Federal Court Plaintiff and State Court Plaintiffs have negotiated a 

proposed settlement (“Settlement”) with Defendants Regal Stone Limited and Fleet 

Management Ltd.; 

WHEREAS, the Settlement is attached as Exhibit A to the Memorandum Of Law In 

Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab Settlement, 

which is attached as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of William Audet in support of the instant 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab 

Settlement is being separately filed herewith, along with other associated documents; 

WHEREAS, unless defined herein, all defined terms used herein shall be given the 

meanings defined in the Settlement; 

WHEREAS, the Settlement provides for the global resolution of the Released Claims of 

Dungeness Crab Settlement Class Members against Released Parties (which includes all

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE LIMITED INTERVENTION OF STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS AND 

FILING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS CRAB SETTLEMENT 

Defendants) made in both the State Court Action and the Federal Court Action; 

WHEREAS, the Settlement proposes the appointment, as Dungeness Crab Settlement 

Class Representatives, of Federal Court Plaintiff Allen Loretz, along with State Court Plaintiffs 

John Tarantino, Steven Fitz, Sean Hodges, and John Atkinson; 

WEREAS, the Settlement proposes the appointment, as Class Counsel on behalf of the 

Dungeness Crab Settlement Class, counsel for Federal Court Plaintiffs, William M. Audet of 

Audet & Partners, LLP, and counsel for the State Court Plaintiffs, Frank M. Pitre of Cotchett 

Pitre & McCarthy;

WHEREAS, neither the Defendants nor the Federal Court Plaintiff object to the

intervention by State Court Plaintiffs in the instant action for the limited purposes of 

participation in proceedings related to Court approval of the Settlement and any related 

application for award of attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of costs; 

WHEREAS, the Defendants therein have are not opposed to Plaintiffs’ Motion For 

Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab Settlement; and 

WHEREAS, no Party requests leave to make oral argument in support or opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab Settlement; 

NOW, WHEREFORE, PURSANT TO CIVIL L.R. 7-1(a) AND 7-12, DEFENDANTS, 

FEDERAL COURT PLAINTIFF, STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS, HEREBY STIPULATE 

AND AGREE, SUBJECT TO THE COURT’S APPROVAL: 

 1. State Court Plaintiffs may intervene in the instant action pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 24 for the limited purposes of participation in proceedings related to 

Court approval of the Settlement and any related application for award of attorneys’ fees and 

reimbursement of costs; 

 2. Notwithstanding Civil L.R. 7-2(a), Federal Court Plaintiff may file Plaintiffs’ 

Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab Settlement without noticing the 

Motion on the Court’s motion calendar; 

 3. The instant Stipulation and [Proposed] Order shall constitute a Statement of 

Nonopposition by each Defendant to Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE LIMITED INTERVENTION OF STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS AND 

FILING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS CRAB SETTLEMENT 

Dungeness Crab Settlement pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-3(b). Although Defendants do not oppose 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval, they do not necessarily agree to or adopt the 

representations or characterizations of fact as presented by Plaintiffs in their Motion. 

 4. Neither Federal Court Plaintiff nor State Court Plaintiffs shall file any reply in 

support of Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab Settlement; 

 5. Upon its filing with the Court, Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Approval Of 

The Dungeness Crab Settlement shall be deemed under submission to the Court; and 

 6. No hearing on the Motion For Preliminary Approval Of The Dungeness Crab 

Settlement shall held, unless the Court separately orders that such a hearing be held.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 9, 2010 AUDET & PARTNERS, LLP 

 /s/ William M. Audet

William M. Audet 

Michael McShane 

Adel J. Nadji 

221 Main Street, Suite 1460 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.568.2555 

Facsimile: 415.568.2556 

Counsel For Federal Court Plaintiff And Proposed 

Class Counsel On Behalf Of Dungeness Crab 

Settlement Class 

Dated: April 9, 2010 COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY 

 /s/ Frank M. Pitre 

Frank M. Pitre 

Stuart G. Gross 

Daniel R. Sterrett

San Francisco Airport Office Center 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: 650.697.6000 

Facsimile: 650.697.0577 

Counsel For State Court Plaintiffs And Proposed 

Class Counsel On Behalf Of Dungeness Crab 

Settlement Class 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE LIMITED INTERVENTION OF STATE COURT PLAINTIFFS AND 

FILING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DUNGENESS CRAB SETTLEMENT 

Dated: April 9, 2010 KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN PC 

 /s/ Joseph A. Walsh II 

 Joseph A. Walsh II 

 Julie L. Taylor 

 Julie A. Kole 

 450 Pacific Avenue 

 San Francisco, CA 94133 

Telephone: 415.398.6000 

 Facsimile: 415.981.0136 

Counsel For Defendants Regal Stone Limited and

 Fleet Management Ltd.

Dated: April 9, 2010 FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP 

 

 /s/ Erich P. Wise 

 Erich P. Wise 

 Conte C. Cicala 

 One California Street, Suite 350 

 San Francisco CA 94111 

 Telephone: 415.693.5566 

 Facsimile: 415.693.0410 

Counsel For Defendant Hanjin Shipping, Co. 

Dated: April 9, 2010 COPPENRATH & ASSOCIATES LLP 

 /s/ Walter Coppenrath 

 Walter Coppenrath 

 George Jones 

 400 Oceangate, Ste. 700 

 Long Beach, CA 90802 

Telephone: 562.216-2948 

 Facsimile: 562.685-0460 

 Counsel For Defendant John Cota 

PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: , 2010 

 The Honorable Samuel Conti 

 United States District Judge 

4/21

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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