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

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STIPULATION RE SCHEDULE FOR

DEFENDANTS’ MTD;ORDER

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-02354-TLN-CKD

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

 Timothy L. O’Mara (Bar No. 212731)

 Andrew M. Gass (Bar No. 259694) 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94111-6538

Telephone: +1.415.391.0600

Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095

Email Tim.O’Mara@lw.com

Email: Andrew.Gass@lw.com

 Maureen E. Mahoney (admitted pro hac vice)

555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000

Washington, D.C. 20004-1304

Telephone: (202) 637-2200

Facsimile: (202) 637-2201

Email: Maureen.Mahoney@lw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

[Co-Counsel listed on signature page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 

RAILROADS, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 

COMPANY, AND BNSF RAILWAY 

COMPANY,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF SPILL 

PREVENTION AND RESPONSE, THOMAS 

M. CULLEN, JR., CALIFORNIA 

ADMINISTRATOR FOR OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE, in his official capacity, AND 

KAMALA D. HARRIS, ATTORNEY 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, in her official capacity,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-02354-TLN-CKD

STIPULATION RE SCHEDULE FOR 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT FOR 

INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY 

RELIEF; ORDER

Judge: The Honorable Troy L. Nunley

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STIPULATION RE SCHEDULE FOR

DEFENDANTS’ MTD;ORDER

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Plaintiffs ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 

COMPANY, and BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (collectively, Plaintiffs) and defendants 

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (OSPR), THOMAS M. 

CULLEN, JR., CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATOR FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE, in his official 

capacity, and KAMALA D. HARRIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, in her official capacity (collectively, Defendants), by and through their counsel of 

record, enter into the stipulation below based upon the following facts:

1. On October 7, 2014, Plaintiffs filed their Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory 

Relief.

2. On October 10, 2014, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction (PI 

Motion).

4. On October 29, 2014, Defendants submitted to this Court a Stipulation Regarding the 

Schedule for Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, which states in relevant part that, 

subject to the Court’s approval, the parties agree (a) to reschedule the hearing on Plaintiffs’ PI 

Motion to January 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the Court is available; (b) that 

Defendants shall file their opposition to the PI Motion on or before December 5, 2014; and (c) 

that Plaintiffs’ shall file their reply brief regarding the PI Motion on or before December 19, 

2014.

5. On October 30, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint for 

Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (MTD).

6. On October 31, 2014, Plaintiffs’ counsel contacted Defendants’ counsel regarding the 

briefing schedule and hearing date for the MTD. Plaintiffs’ counsel proposed that the briefing 

schedule for the MTD be adjusted to match the briefing schedule for Plaintiffs’ PI Motion and 

that the hearing for the MTD be consolidated with the proposed PI hearing on January 15, 2015.

7. Defendants’ counsel so agreed.

8. The parties have thus met and conferred and have stipulated, subject to the Court’s 

approval, to reschedule the hearing on the MTD (currently calendared for December 11, 2014) to 

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January 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the Court shall hear the PI Motion, and to 

revise the MTD briefing schedule as set forth below.

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED therefore, by and between the parties to this action, through 

their respective counsel of record, subject to court order, that Defendants’ MTD will be subject to 

the following schedule:

1. The MTD hearing currently scheduled for December 11, 2014 will be consolidated 

with the hearing on Plaintiffs’ PI Motion and heard on January 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., or as soon 

thereafter as the Court shall hear the PI Motion.

2. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to the MTD on or before December 5, 2014.

3. Defendants shall file their reply to the MTD on or before December 19, 2014.

Dated: November 4, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Maureen E. Mahoney

Timothy L. O’Mara

Andrew M. Gass

/s/ Timothy L. O’Mara

Timothy L. O’Mara

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Melissa B. Hagan (Bar No. 297408)

Union Pacific Railroad Company

13181 Crossroads Pkwy. N.

City of Industry, CA 91746

Telephone: (713) 220-3207

Co-Counsel for Plaintiff Union Pacific Railroad Company

Louis P. Warchot II (CA Bar No. 58567)

Association of American Railroads

425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20024

Telephone: (713) 220-3207

Counsel for Plaintiff Association of American Railroads

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STIPULATION RE SCHEDULE FOR

DEFENDANTS’ MTD;ORDER

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Jacob D. Flesher (Bar No. 210565)

Jeremy J. Schroeder (Bar No. 223118)

Flesher McKague LLP

2202 Plaza Dr. 

Rocklin, CA 95765

Telephone: (202) 639-2502

Counsel for Plaintiff BNSF Railway Company

Dated: November 4, 2014

Kamala D. Harris

Attorney General of California

Randy L. Barrow

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Nicholas C. Stern (as authorized on 11/4/2014)

Nicholas C. Stern

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

California Office of Oil Spill Prevention and 

Response,Thomas M. Cullen, Jr., California 

Administrator for Oil Spill Response, and Kamala 

D. Harris, Attorney General of the State of 

California

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STIPULATION RE SCHEDULE FOR

DEFENDANTS’ MTD;ORDER

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-02354-TLN-CKD

ORDER

Based on the foregoing Stipulation and recitals, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ 

Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (MTD) shall be heard on January 15, 2015 at 

2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2 on the 15th Floor. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to the MTD on 

or before December 5, 2014. Defendants shall file their reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition on or 

before December 19, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2014

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