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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND ORDER [PROPOSED] TO AMEND SECTION 4.1.4.1 OF THE PARTIES’ AUGUST 22, 

2007, AMENDED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. C06-04898 MJJ

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JAMES MCMANIS (40958)

MICHAEL REEDY (161002)

COLLEEN DUFFY SMITH (161163)

McMANIS FAULKNER & MORGAN

A Professional Corporation

50 West San Fernando Street, 10th Floor

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: 408-279-8700

Facsimile: 408-279-3244

cduffysmith@mfmlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs G & C AUTO BODY, INC.,

a California corporation, and DIBBLE'S AUTOBODY,

the Collision Works, a sole proprietorship

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

G & C AUTO BODY, INC., a California 

corporation, and DIBBLE'S AUTOBODY, 

the Collision Works, a sole proprietorship

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Iowa corporation, 

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland 

corporation, GEICO CASUALTY 

COMPANY, a Maryland corporation, 

GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, a 

Maryland corporation, and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:C06-CV-04898 MJJ

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

[PROPOSED] TO AMEND SECTION 

4.1.4.1 OF THE PARTIES’ AUGUST 22, 

2007, AMENDED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Date of Removal: August 14, 2006

Date of Trial: March 3, 2008

Courtroom: 11, 19th Floor

Judge: Hon. Martin J. Jenkins

WHEREAS Defendants, GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, and GEICO CASUALTY 

COMPANY, and Plaintiffs, G & C AUTO BODY, INC. (“G & C”), and DIBBLE'S 

AUTOBODY, stipulated to an Amended Protective Order, entered by this Court on August 22, 

2007 (the “August 22, 2007, Order”) [DOC 141];

WHEREAS Defendants have sought production from Plaintiff G & C of certain of its 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER [PROPOSED] TO AMEND SECTION 4.1.4.1 OF THE PARTIES’ AUGUST 22, 

2007, AMENDED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. C06-04898 MJJ

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repair orders (the “repair orders”) which contain business proprietary information of third party 

insurers (competitors of Defendants), including the insurers’ identities and the rates charged by 

the insurers;

WHEREAS there exist certain commercial agreements between Plaintiff G & C and 

insurance companies for the performance of auto body repair services at reduced rates, 

commonly referred to as Direct Repair Program (“DRP”) agreements;

WHEREAS many of the DRP agreements contain confidentiality clauses which do not 

permit Plaintiff G & C to disclose the identity of insurance companies with whom Plaintiff G & 

C has a commercial relationship, absent Court order; 

WHEREAS, previously, the parties jointly agreed that Defendants would accept the 

production of the repair orders from Plaintiff G & C in redacted form, and the repair orders were 

redacted using redaction tape, such that the repair orders excluded identifying information 

concerning insurers other than Defendants, among other third party private information that was 

also redacted at the time the repair orders were first produced to the Defendants, because there 

was no operative protective order entered in this matter; 

WHEREAS, the repair orders do not exist in unredacted hard-copy form other than as 

contained in the several tens of thousands of Plaintiff G & C’s customer files located at all three 

of its auto body shops;

WHEREAS, Defendants have requested that Plaintiff G & C provide them with the 

original redacted repair orders so that Defendants could remove the redaction tape to reveal the 

names of customers in order to make a more meaningful review of the claims and defenses in 

this matter;

WHEREAS, the identity of insurers may inadvertently be revealed in Defendants’ use of

the documents;

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STIPULATION AND ORDER [PROPOSED] TO AMEND SECTION 4.1.4.1 OF THE PARTIES’ AUGUST 22, 

2007, AMENDED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. C06-04898 MJJ

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WHEREAS the August 22, 2007, Order at section 4.1.4.1 thereof does not provide for 

protection of third party insurer business proprietary information;

The parties hereto jointly agree, and request that this Court amend the August 22, 2007, 

Order to read at section 4.1.4.1 thereof, as follows:

As to any material that is designated as Highly Confidential, where such material 

contains the personal or business identifying information, i.e., names, residence address and/or 

telephone number of third parties, defined as insurance companies, insureds, claimants or 

customers of the parties, and/or third parties’ private financial information, such as the third 

parties’ rates charged, bank account numbers or credit card numbers, the Receiving Party shall 

not utilize either the personal or business identifying information or the private or business 

identifying financial information in any way, not otherwise authorized under Section 4.1.4, 

above, including to contact such third parties. Except that if the third party personal identifying 

or business identifying information is already known to the Receiving Party, or is available to 

the Receiving Party because it is available in the public domain, or through independent sources, 

the Receiving Party may contact such third party. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

limit admissibility of evidence at trial, which admissibility is at the discretion of the trial Judge.

DATED: December 20, 2007 McMANIS FAULKNER & MORGAN 

/s/ Colleen Duffy Smith

COLLEEN DUFFY SMITH

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: December 20, 2007 SNELL & WILMER LLP

/s/ Josh Grabel

JOSH GRABEL

Attorneys for Defendants

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STIPULATION AND ORDER [PROPOSED] TO AMEND SECTION 4.1.4.1 OF THE PARTIES’ AUGUST 22, 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

The Amended Protective Order dated August 22, 2007, is amended such that it reads as 

follows in section 4.1.4.1 thereof:

“As to any material that is designated as Highly Confidential, where such material 

contains the personal or business identifying information, i.e., names, residence address and/or 

telephone number of third parties, defined as insurance companies, insureds, claimants, or 

customers of the parties, and/or third parties’ private financial information, such as the third 

parties’ rates charged, bank account numbers or credit card numbers, the Receiving Party shall 

not utilize either the personal or business identifying information or the private or business 

identifying financial information in any way, not otherwise authorized under Section 4.1.4, 

above, including to contact such third parties. Except that if the third party personal identifying 

or business identifying information is already known to the Receiving Party, or is available to 

the Receiving Party because it is available in the public domain, or through independent sources, 

the Receiving Party may contact such third party. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

limit admissibility of evidence at trial, which admissibility is at the discretion of the trial Judge.

DATED: December___, 2007 ____________________________________

HON. JAMES LARSON

United States District Court Judge

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