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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORIES 

CASE NO. C 06-2584 CRB (EDL) 

404321.01 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

DARALYN J. DURIE - #169825 

CHRISTA M. ANDERSON - #184325 

DANIEL JACKSON - #216091 

ROSE DARLING - #243893 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GAP INTERNATIONAL SALES, INC., THE GAP, INC., 

BANANA REPUBLIC, LLC, and OLD NAVY, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

GABANA GULF DISTRIBUTION, LTD., a 

company organized under the laws of the 

United Kingdom, and GABANA 

DISTRIBUTION, LTD., a company organized 

under the laws of the United Kingdom, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAP INTERNATIONAL SALES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, THE GAP, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, BANANA REPUBLIC, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 

and OLD NAVY, LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company, 

Defendants. 

 

Case No. C 06 2584 CRB (EDL) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL 

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND 

FURTHER RESPONSES TO 

INTERROGATORIES 

Date: October 9, 2007 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom E, 15th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte 

Date Comp. Filed: April 14, 2006 

Trial Date: December 3, 2007 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORIES 

CASE NO. C 06-2584 CRB (EDL) 

404321.01 

Defendants Gap International Sales, Inc., The Gap, Inc., Banana Republic, LLC, and Old 

Navy, LLC (collectively “Gap”) brought a motion to compel production of documents and 

further responses to interrogatories, which came on for hearing on October 9, 2007. The Court 

having considered the parties’ memoranda, the arguments of counsel, the record in this case, and 

with good cause appearing, hereby GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Gap’s motion. 

Specifically: 

1. Gap’s motion to compel with respect to Request No. 20 (documents relating to 

communications between Gabana and any person or entity identified in Gabana’s initial 

disclosures relating to the person’s or entity’s willingness to appear at a deposition or trial in this 

matter) is denied. 

2. With respect to Gap’s Request No. 21 (all documents relating to any audit of 

Gabana’s financial statements), Gabana shall produce the auditor work files as soon as they are 

made available. If for any reason these documents are not produced, Gabana shall submit a 

declaration from a knowledgeable person explaining what efforts were made to search for and 

produce this material. 

3. Gap’s motion to compel with respect to Request No. 22 (documents concerning 

any meetings occurring after January 1, 2005, between Gabana, on the one hand, and Roots, Al 

Turki, RSH and/or Blue Salon, on the other hand) is denied. Gabana is ordered to submit a 

declaration stating that Gabana’s business dealings with Roots, Al Turki, RSH and/or Blue Salon 

related exclusively to the sale or distribution of Gap merchandise. 

4. Gap’s motion to compel with respect to Request No. 23 (documents relating to 

any correction by Gabana of errors in letters of credit that it claims provided value to Gap) is 

granted in part. Gap and Gabana shall meet and confer to determine whether electronic searches 

of Gabana’s records would be unduly burdensome for Gabana. If the parties are not able to 

resolve the issues related to this request through the meet-and-confer process, they may report to 

the Court on the results of the electronic searches and may seek additional relief from the Court 

as necessary. 

5. Gap’s motion to compel with respect to Request No. 28 (documents submitted to 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF 

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Credit Suisse relating to the issuance of letters of credit) is granted. 

6. Gabana shall supplement its response to Gap’s Interrogatory No. 16 (seeking all 

facts that support Gabana’s contention, in response to Gap’s Interrogatory No. 2, that about 40% 

of the Excess Inventory that Gabana purchased from Gap in May 2003 was either “goldlined” or 

damaged). In its initial response to Interrogatory No. 16, Gabana stated that this was 

“communicated from Roots and acknowledged by Gap.” Gabana shall include in its 

supplemental response the names of all persons involved in the relevant communications, when 

the communications occurred, and who at Gap acknowledged that any part of the Excess 

Inventory was either “goldlined” or damaged, and who at Gap acknowledged that 40% of the 

Excess Inventory was in such condition. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: __________________ ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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