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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 00:0000 Cause Code Unknown

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

STEVEN H. GOLDBERG (BAR NO. 140039) 

ROBERT P. SORAN (BAR NO. 169577) 

AMILIA SANDERS (BAR NO. 222782) 

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686 

Telephone: (916) 444-1000 

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendants 

ANNA L. SHILLING and ROBERT B. SHILLING 

RESOLUTION LAW GROUP 

DAVID A. RABBINO (BAR NO. 182291) 

3717 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Suite 200 

Lafayette, CA 94549-3589 

Telephone: (925) 284-0840 

Facsimile: (925) 284-0870 

Attorneys for Third-Party Plaintiffs 

NORET, INC., NORVILLE R. WEISS, and 

JANET L. WEISS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF CHICO, CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 02-0442 LKK DAD 

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY 

PLAINTIFFS NORET, INC.’, NORVILLE 

R. WEISS AND JANET L. WEISS AND 

THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS ANNA L. 

SHILLING AND ROBERT B. SHILLING'S 

JOINT MOTION FOR SETTLEMENT 

APPROVAL AND GOOD FAITH 

DETERMINATION 

Hearing Date: January 16, 2007 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 4 

Judge: Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton 

Pretrial Conference: September 10, 2007 

Trial Date: January 8, 2008 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT 

NORET, INC., et al., 

Third-Party Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENEVIEVE CONLEY REVOCABLE 

TRUST, et al., 

Third-Party Defendants. 

Third-Party Plaintiffs NORET, INC., NORVILLE R. WEISS and JANET L. WEISS and 

Third-Party Defendants ANNA L. SHILLING’s and ROBERT B. SHILLING’s (collectively, 

the “MOVING PARTIES”) Joint Motion for Settlement Approval and Good Faith Settlement 

Determination (“Joint Motion”) was considered by this Court. After considering the moving 

papers, any responses thereto, and the record as a whole, the Court finds that the settlement 

agreement between Third-Party Plaintiffs NORET, INC., JANET L. WEISS, and NORVILLE 

R. WEISS (collectively, “NORET”) and Third-Party Defendants ANNA L. SHILLING and 

ROBERT B. SHILLING (collectively, the “SHILLINGS”) set forth in the Settlement 

Agreement and Release (“Settlement Agreement”) attached as Exhibit “A” to the Declaration of 

Robert P. Soran submitted in support of the Joint Motion was made in good faith 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, argued, and submitted for decision, and good cause 

appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Motion is GRANTED, and IT IS FURTHER 

ORDERED that: 

1. 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 

purposes of determining the legal effect of the Settlement Agreement. 

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2. The Court further finds and determines that the parties entered into the 

Settlement Agreement in good faith within the meaning of California Code of 

Civil Procedure section 877.6. 

3. Pursuant to Section 6 of UCFA and California Code of Civil Procedure section 

877.6, any and all claims for contribution or indemnity by nonsettlors against the 

SHILLINGS arising out of the facts alleged in the Third-Party Complaint filed 

by NORET and as further identified and provided for in the Settlement 

Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein, regardless of when such 

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

whether they are brought pursuant to CERCLA or any other federal or state law. 

4. NORET’s claims against the SHILLINGS in this matter are hereby dismissed 

with prejudice. 

5. SHILLINGS' counterclaims against NORET in this matter are hereby dismissed 

with prejudice. 

6. All claims, including direct claims, cross-claims, counter-claims, or third-party 

claims asserted by any party against the SHILLINGS are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice. 

DATED: January 17, 2007 

 

791204.1 

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