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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:2801 Petroleum Marketing Practices Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

S.A. MISSION CORPORATION, a California

corporation; AZAR ASSOCIATES, LLC, a

California limited liability company,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC, a

Delaware limited liability company; and DOES

1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendant. /

No. C 18-03456 WHA

FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE and after a final pretrial conference, the following constitutes the

final pretrial order and rulings on motions in limine: 

1. This case shall go to a BENCH TRIAL on MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019, at 7:30 A.M.,

and shall continue until completed on the schedule discussed at the conference. The issues to

be tried shall be those set forth in the joint proposed pretrial order except to the extent modified

by order in limine. This final pretrial order supersedes all the complaint, answer and any

counterclaims, cross-claims or third-party complaints, i.e., only the issues expressly identified

for trial remain in the case. 

2. Rulings on the motions in limine were made on the record at the final pretrial

conference and are summarized later in this order. 

3. Except for good cause, each party is limited to the witnesses and exhibits

disclosed in the joint proposed final pretrial order less any excluded or limited by an order

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in limine. Materials or witnesses used solely for impeachment need not be disclosed and may

be used, subject to the rules of evidence. 

4. The stipulations of facts set forth in the joint proposed final pretrial order are

approved and binding on all parties. 

5. Plaintiffs will have SEVEN HOURS to examine witnesses (counting direct

examination, cross-examination, re-direct examination, re-cross examination, etc.). Defendant

will have SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS to examine witnesses (counting direct examination, crossexamination, re-direct examination, re-cross examination, etc.). Opening statements and

closing arguments shall not count against the limit. Each side will also have TWENTY MINUTES

to present opening statements. If, despite being efficient, non-duplicative, and

non-argumentative in the use of the allotted time, one side runs out of time and it would be a

miscarriage of justice to hold that side to the limit, then more time will be allotted. 

6. The parties shall follow the Court's current Guidelines for Trial and

Final Pretrial Conference, separately provided and available on the Internet at

http://www.cand.uscourts.gov, which guidelines are incorporated as part of this order. 

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RULINGS ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE

1. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 1.

The motion is DENIED. Plaintiffs may depose any three witnesses from defendant BP

West Coast Products LLC for up to six hours total. By 5:00 P.M. TODAY, plaintiffs must file on

the docket a list of witnesses they seek to depose and the agreed upon schedule for the

deponents. The depositions — which must relate to the untimely produced documents at issue

only — must take place by JUNE 13. 

2. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 2 .

The motion is DENIED. The testimony of defendant’s expert Mark C. Siebert shall go

last, at which point the Court may find the testimony cumulative.

3. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 3.

The motion is DENIED. 

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4. DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 1.

The motion is DENIED. Defendant may take the depositions, lasting up to two hours

each, of the three late-identified witnesses. By 5:00 P.M. TODAY, defendant must file on the

docket the agreed upon schedule for the deponents. The depositions must take place by JUNE

13. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 6, 2019. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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