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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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28 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

Regarding New Cases 

Against AT&T Defendants 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON #76342 

DAVID L. ANDERSON #149604 

JACOB R. SORENSEN #209134 

MARC H. AXELBAUM #209855 

DANIEL J. RICHERT #232208 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

Telephone: (415) 983-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

DAVID W. CARPENTER (admitted pro hac vice)

DAVID LEE LAWSON (admitted pro hac vice) 

BRADFORD A. BERENSON (admitted pro hac vice) 

EDWARD R. MCNICHOLAS (admitted pro hac vice) 

ERIC A. SHUMSKY #206124 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 736-8010 

Facsimile: (202) 736-8711 

Attorneys for the AT&T Defendants 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS 

LITIGATION 

MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING NEW CASES 

AGAINST AT&T DEFENDANTS 

 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL CASES 

[Civil L.R. 6-2, 7-1(5), 7-12] 

Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

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MDL No. 06-1791-VRW 

RECITALS 

A. On November 7, 2006, in order to provide, inter alia, for “coordinated 

management of the transferred cases,” Plaintiffs filed their Joint and Agreed Organization 

Plan (“Organization Plan”). Dkt. 58, at 1. The Organization Plan was intended to govern 

not only “all actions currently transferred in this MDL proceeding” but also “any and all 

tag-along cases that may be subsequently transferred to this Court or otherwise coordinated 

as part of this proceedings,” which we shall refer to as a “New Case.” Id. The 

Organization Plan, however, does not expressly provide for the treatment of such New 

Cases with regard to existing scheduling orders and stipulations. 

B. On November 22, 2006, the Court issued Pretrial Order No. 1, which 

designated counsel pursuant to the Organization Plan. Dkt. 79. 

C. Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-6) of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation transferred Jacobs v. AT&T Corp., S.D. Florida No. 0:07-60365-CIV-ZLOCH to 

this Court. Dkt. 247. CTO-6 became final on April 9, 2007. Jacobs names AT&T Corp.; 

“American Telephone and Telegraph Company”; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.; 

Cingular Wireless, LLC; Verizon Communications, Inc.; Verizon Florida, Inc.; and Does 1-

20, as defendants. On agreed and unopposed motion, the U.S. District Court for the 

Southern District of Florida had previously ordered Jacobs stayed pending transfer to this 

MDL. Order of March 22, 2007, Jacobs v. AT&T Corp., S.D. Florida No. 0:07-60365-

CIV-ZLOCH, Dkt. 4. 

D. Additional New Cases may subsequently be transferred to this Court or 

otherwise coordinated as part of this MDL proceeding. 

E. The AT&T Defendants1 are party to and the subject of various stipulations 

in this MDL, which would be unduly burdensome to renegotiate for each New Case. 

 

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 “AT&T Defendants” refers to all of the defendants that are corporate affiliates of AT&T 

Inc. (including Cingular (now AT&T Mobility) and BellSouth (now AT&T Southeast)), as 

defined in footnotes 3 and 5 of the previously filed Joint Case Management Statement, Dkt. 

61, at 2. “AT&T Defendants” also includes any corporate affiliates of these defendants 

named in any New Case (as defined in recital A) added to this MDL after the date of this 

Stipulation. 

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F. Substantial administrative burden may result if each New Case is subject to 

conflicting stipulations and orders, and the parties seek to minimize such burdens on the 

Court and themselves. 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs and the AT&T Defendants hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Subject to any party’s right to seek relief pursuant to paragraph 4 below, 

each New Case (as defined in recital A) against any or all of the AT&T Defendants will be 

subject to all relevant existing stipulations of the parties, as well as all existing case 

management, stay, and other similar procedural orders issued by this Court. 

2. This stipulation does not affect any claims in any New Case against nonAT&T Defendants, nor any cases in which the United States is a plaintiff or a state 

governmental entity is a party. 

3. The AT&T Defendants shall respond to the complaint in any New Case, 

including, but not limited to, Jacobs, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this 

Court’s Orders of February 22, 2007, March 14, 2007, and March 20, 2007, together with 

such further related Orders as this Court may issue in the future. Dkts. 177, 199 and 209. 

4. By entering into this Stipulation, no party waives any procedural or 

substantive defenses, rights or objections, except as previously stipulated by the parties. 

5. Any party may challenge the application of this Stipulation to any New Case 

for good cause shown through administrative motion brought pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

7-11. 

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B 

I, MARC H. AXELBAUM, hereby declare pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, 

that I have obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document from the other signatory 

listed below. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing declaration is true and correct. 

Executed on April 25, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 

/s/ Marc H. Axelbaum 

 Marc H. Axelbaum 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON 

DAVID L. ANDERSON 

JACOB R. SORENSEN 

MARC H. AXELBAUM 

DANIEL J. RICHERT 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

DAVID W. CARPENTER 

DAVID L. LAWSON 

BRADFORD A. BERENSON 

EDWARD R. McNICHOLAS 

ERIC A. SHUMSKY 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

By /s/ Marc H. Axelbaum 

Marc H. Axelbaum 

Attorneys for the AT&T Defendants 

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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 

CINDY COHN (145997) 

LEE TIEN (148216) 

KURT OPSAHL (191303) 

KEVIN S. BANKSTON (217026) 

CORYNNE MCSHERRY (221504) 

JAMES S. TYRE (083117) 

454 Shotwell Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: (415) 436-9333 

Fax: (415) 436-9993 

By /s/ Cindy Cohn per G.O. 45 

Cindy Cohn 

Attorneys for AT&T Class Plaintiffs and Co-Chair of 

Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court orders 

the following: 

1. Each further “Tag-Along” and other case transferred to this Court or 

otherwise coordinated as part of this MDL proceeding (a “New Case”) against any or all of 

the AT&T Defendants will be subject to all relevant existing case management, stay, and 

other similar procedural orders issued by this Court. 

2. This stipulated Order does not affect any claims in any New Case against 

non-AT&T Defendants, nor any cases in which the United States is a plaintiff or a state 

governmental entity is a party. 

3. The AT&T Defendants shall respond to the complaint in any New Case, 

including, but not limited to, Jacobs v. AT&T Corp., S.D. Florida No. 0:07-60365, in 

accordance with the terms and conditions of this Court’s Orders of February 22, 2007, 

March 14, 2007, and March 20, 2007, together with such further related Orders as this 

Court may issue in the future. Dkts. 177, 199 and 209. 

4. By entering into this Stipulation, no party waives any procedural or 

substantive defenses, rights or objections, except as previously stipulated by the parties. 

5. Any party may challenge the application of this Stipulation to any New Case 

for good cause shown through administrative motion brought pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

7-11. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April __, 2007. 

 

 Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

 United States District Chief Judge 

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May 4, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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