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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Resource &amp; Recovery Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF No. CIV.S-02-2389 LKK DAD

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER

PAYLESS CLEANERS; COLLEGE

CLEANERS; HEIDINGER CLEANERS;

NORGE VILLAGE CLEANERS; CAVA, 

INC., a California corporation;

LOBDELL CLEANERS; CITY OF CHICO;

NORVILLE R. WEISS; JANET L. WEISS;

PAUL A. TULLIUS; VICTORIA TULLIUS;

ROBERT H. HEIDINGER; INEZ M.

HEIDINGER; 5TH AND IVY, a general

partnership; RICHARD C. PETERS and

RAMONA W. PETERS, individually and 

as Trustees of the Peters Family 

Trust; BETTY M. ROLLAG; RANDALL

ROLLAG; and TAMI ROLLAG,

 

Defendants.

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AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS.

_____________________________/

On February 22, 2007 a minute order was issued setting the above-entitled action for a

settlement conference before the undersigned on March 5, 2007. On February 26, 2007 counsel on

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behalf of Burns International Services Corporation (Burns), Susan St. Denis of Chadbourne and Park

LLP, submitted a letter seeking to be relieved from attending that settlement conference on the ground

that Burns is a non-party to this action with merely a pending motion to dismiss the third party

complaint against it brought by Richard and Ramona Peters. The court informally notified attorney St.

Denis that her appearance at the March 5, 2007 settlement conference would not be required under the

circumstances represented in her letter.

On February 27, 2007, after the court had excused counsel for Burns from attending the

March 5, 2007 conference, counsel for plaintiff wrote to the court requesting that counsel for Burns be

required to appear at the settlement conference, setting forth various reasons why the participation of

Burns in the settlement process would lead to more efficient discussions regarding the possible

settlement of this complex action with respect to the Norge Cleaners site. The initial settlement

conference involving the court and all other counsel went forward on March 5 without the participation

of counsel on behalf of Burns. At that time all counsel involved in this aspect of the action agreed that

the presence of Burns at future conferences would be helpful to the court in fully exploring settlement

of the matter and the court now concurs. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that counsel on behalf of Burns attend the

individual settlement conference along with counsel for plaintiff, the Peters, Maytag Corporation and

Fedders Corporation set for March 26, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.

DATED: March 16, 2007.

orders.civil\californiatoxicsubstances.oah.122906

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