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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M&P INVESTMENTS, a California 

Partnership in Dissolution; et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. CIV-S-00-2441 FCD JFM 

ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT 

AND BARRING CONTRIBUTION 

CLAIMS, INDEMNITY, AND OTHER 

CLAIMS AGAINST THE BECKMAN 

CAPITAL CORPORATION AND 

BECKMAN AND COMPANY, INC. 

PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM 

COMPARATIVE FAULT ACT AND FOR 

DETERMINATION OF GOOD FAITH 

SETTLEMENT UNDER CALIFORNIA 

LAW [CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL 

PROCEDURE § 877.6] 

AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS, 

COUNTERCLAIMS, THIRD-PARTY 

CLAIMS, AND FOURTH-PARTY 

CLAIMS 

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The City of Lodi (the “City”) and defendants Beckman Capital Corporation and Beckman 

and Company, Inc., (“Beckman”) have reached a final settlement of this matter. After 

consideration of Beckman’s Motion for Order Approving Settlement and Barring Contribution, 

Indemnity, and Other Claims pursuant to the Uniform Comparative Fault Act and for 

Determination of Good Faith Settlement under California Law (“Motion”), the City’s Joinder 

thereto, and the record as a whole, the Court finds that the settlement, as embodied in the 

Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (“Settlement Agreement”), set forth in Exhibit “A” to 

the Declaration of Brett H. Bailey in Support of Beckman’s Motion, was made in good faith 

within the meaning of California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6, and is fair, reasonable, 

and consistent with the purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.

The matter having been briefed and submitted for decision, and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Beckman’s Motion is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER 

ORDERED that: 

1. The Settlement Agreement is hereby approved as a good faith settlement. 

2. Section 6 of the Uniform Comparative Fault Act (“UCFA”), 12 U.L.A. 147 

(1996), in pertinent part, is hereby adopted as the federal common law in this case for the purpose 

of determining the legal effect of the Settlement Agreement. 

3. The Court further finds and determines that the Settlement Agreement has been 

entered into in good faith within the meaning of Sections 877 and 877.6 of the California Code of 

Civil Procedure. 

4. Pursuant to Section 6 of UCFA and Section 877.6 of the California Code of Civil 

Procedure, any and all claims for contribution or indemnity against Beckman arising out of the 

facts alleged in the Fourth Amended Complaint in this action filed by the City, and as further 

identified and provided for in the Settlement Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated 

herein, regardless of when such claims asserted or by whom, are barred. Such claims are barred 

regardless of whether they are brought pursuant to CERCLA or pursuant to any other federal or 

state law. 

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5. All claims asserted by the City against Beckman are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice. 

6. All claims asserted by Beckman against the City are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 21, 2005 By:/s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 HON. FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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