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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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US_WEST:260014792.1

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO FILE UNDER SEAL

C 06-01690 (WHA)

MICAH R. JACOBS (STATE BAR NO. 174630)

ERIC K. FERRARO (STATE BAR NO. 172699)

JACOBS & FERRARO, LLP

One Embarcadero center, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-773-2852

Facsimile: 415-773-2854

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DR. THOMAS YAMSHITA and SUNBURST PLANT 

DISEASE CLINIC, INC.

WILLIAM L. ANTHONY (STATE BAR NO. 106908)

ELIZABETH A. HOWARD (STATE BAR NO. 173185)

HARDIP B. PASSANANTI (STATE BAR NO. 217484)

DIANA M. RUTOWSKI (STATE BAR NO. 233878)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

1000 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: 650-614-7400

Facsimile: 650-614-7401

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter Claimant

WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DR. THOMAS YAMASHITA, an individual; 

SUNBURST PLANT DISEASE CLINIC, 

INC., a California Corporation,

Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants

v.

WILBUR ELLIS COMPANY, a California 

Corporation; HUGHSON CHEMICAL 

COMPANY, LLC, a California Limited 

Liability Company,

Defendants and Counter Claimant.

Case No. C 06-01690 WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO FILE DECLARATION OF 

ELIZABETH A. HOWARD IN SUPPORT 

OF WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY’S 

REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION 

TO WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY’S 

MOTION FOR AN ORDER 

SHORTENING TIME [SIC: MOTIONS 

FOR SANCTIONS AND TO STRIKE 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STRIKE 

DECLARATION OF DR. ARNOLD J. 

BLOOM] AND EXHIBIT A THERETO 

UNDER SEAL

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO FILE UNDER SEAL

C 06-01690 (WHA)

STIPULATION

1. Plaintiffs Dr. Thomas Yamashita and Sunburst Plant Disease Clinic, Inc. 

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Wilbur-Ellis Company (“Wilbur-Ellis”) (collectively the “Parties”) 

submit this Stipulation, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 7-12, regarding Wilbur-Ellis’ 

Company’s Administrative Motion to file its Declaration of Elizabeth A. Howard in Support of 

Wilbur-Ellis Company’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Wilbur-Ellis Company’s Motion For 

An Order Shortening Time [sic: Motions for Sanctions and to Strike Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike 

Declaration Of Dr. Arnold J. Bloom] (“Declaration”) and Exhibit A thereto (“Exhibit A”) Under 

Seal. The Parties ask the Court to approve the Stipulation.

2. Exhibit A contains documents, produced by Dr. Thomas Yamashita and 

Sunburst Plant Disease Clinic, Inc., Bates labeled SUN 0041 – SUN 0194, and designated by 

Plaintiffs as “Confidential Outside Attys’ Eyes Only,” pursuant to the Patent Local Rule 2-2,

thereby imposing a duty on the parties not to publicly disclose the contents of Exhibit A.

3. The Declaration contains information from Exhibit A, thereby imposing a 

duty on the parties not to publicly disclose the contents of the Declaration.

4. Pursuant to General Order No. 45, X(B), the filer attests that she has 

obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document from Micah R. Jacobs, attorney for 

Plaintiffs.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby AGREE AND STIPULATE and request 

that the Court order that Declaration of Elizabeth A. Howard in Support of Wilbur-Ellis 

Company’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Wilbur-Ellis Company’s Motion For An Order 

Shortening Time [sic: Motions for Sanctions and to Strike Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Declaration 

Of Dr. Arnold J. Bloom] and Exhibit A thereto be filed under seal.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO FILE UNDER SEAL

C 06-01690 (WHA)

Respectfully submitted,

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

Dated: May 8, 2006 By:________________/s/________________

Diana Rutowski

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter Claimant

Wilbur-Ellis Company

Dated: May 8, 2006 By:________________/s/_______________

Micah R. Jacobs

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants

Dr. Thomas Yamashita and Sunburst Plant Disease 

Clinic, Inc.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Declaration of Elizabeth A. Howard in Support of Wilbur-Ellis Company’s 

Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Wilbur-Ellis Company’s Motion For An Order Shortening 

Time [sic: Motions for Sanctions and to Strike Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Declaration Of Dr. 

Arnold J. Bloom] (“Declaration”) and Exhibit A thereto shall be filed under seal. 

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________, 2006

Honorable William Alsup

United States District Court Judge

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May 9

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge William Alsup

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