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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORACLE CORPORATION, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

SAP AG, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C-07-01658 PJH (EDL)

FURTHER ORDER REGARDING SCOPE

OF DISCOVERY OF

ELECTRONICALLY

STORED INFORMATION

On July 3, 2008, the Court issued an order limiting custodian discovery to 120 custodians

subject to proof from Defendants to support their representation that the estimated average cost of

producing documents per custodian is $100,000. On July 8, 2008, Defendants’ counsel Scott Cowan

filed a declaration extensively detailing Defendants’ costs relating to custodian discovery. The

refined estimate of $96,021.00 per custodian as described in the Cowan declaration is very close to

the estimate previously provided to the Court and conservatively excludes certain costs such as

German language review. Therefore, the Cowan declaration adequately supports Defendants’ initial

representation to the Court. The Court reaffirms its decision that custodian discovery is limited to

120 custodians. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 21, 2008 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 4:07-cv-01658-PJH Document 126 Filed 07/21/08 Page 1 of 1