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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CONCERNING 

RESPONSES TO THE COMPLAINT

CASE NO. 1:08-CV-01045-AWI-SMS

 

Jeffrey E. Ostrow (SBN No. 213118) 

jostrow@stblaw.com

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

2550 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 251-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and 

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CITY OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

AIG FINANCIAL PRODUCTS CORP., et al.

 Defendants. 

Case No. 1:08-CV-01045-AWI-SMS 

STIPULATION AND ORDER

CONCERNING RESPONSES TO THE 

COMPLAINT

WHEREAS, on June 16, 2008, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the 

“JPML”) ordered centralization in the Southern District of New York of a number of similar 

actions, In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1950; and 

WHEREAS, for efficiency’s sake, briefing on pre-answer motions to dismiss in 

this action should not be scheduled until plaintiff has had additional time to effect service, the 

action has been transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New 

York and any consolidated complaint has been filed; and 

 WHEREAS, although the consent of defendants other than JPMorgan Chase & 

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Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. is not required because no 

defendant’s position is compromised by this Stipulation, counsel for these defendants can 

nevertheless report that identified counsel for the other defendants have been canvassed and all 

support the Court’s approval of this Stipulation, 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff agrees that submission of this Stipulation should be without 

prejudice to JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. 

or any other defendant to this action, 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and 

between Plaintiff and defendants JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bear 

Stearns Companies, Inc. as follows: 

1. No defendant need respond to the complaint in this action before the 60th 

day after Plaintiff has filed a consolidated amended complaint; 

2. This extension is available, without further stipulation with counsel for 

Plaintiff, to all named defendants who notify Plaintiff in writing of their intention to join this 

stipulation; 

3. No defense of JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bear 

Stearns Companies, Inc. or any other defendant to this action is prejudiced or waived by its 

submission of this Stipulation, including but not limited to assertion of jurisdictional defenses; 

and 

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4. Defense counsel may file notices of appearance in this action without 

prejudice to their respective clients’ jurisdictional and venue defenses. 

So Stipulated and Agreed. 

Date: July 24, 2008 

By: _s/Richard M. Heimann 

Richard M. Heimann (State Bar No. 063607) 

rheimann@lchb.com

Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064) 

jsaveri@lchb.com

Eric B. Fastiff (State Bar No. 182260) 

efastiff@lchb.com

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

James C. Sanchez, City Attorney 

CITY OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 

Fresno City Hall 

2600 Fresno Street, Second Floor 

Fresno, California 93721-3600 

(559) 621-7500 

(559) 488-1084 (fax) 

James A. Quadra (SBN 131084) 

quadra@meqlaw.com

Sylvia Sokol (SBN 200126) 

sokol@meqlaw.com

MOSCONE, EMBLIDGE & QUADRA, LLP 

220 Montgomery Street 

Mills Tower, Suite 2100 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

(415) 362-3599 

(415) 362-2006 (fax) 

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Steven E. Fineman (SBN 140335) 

sfineman@lchb.com

Daniel E. Seltz 

dseltz@lchb.com

Michael J. Miarmi 

mmiarmi@lchb.com

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

780 Third Avenue, 48th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

(212) 355-9500 

(212) 355-9592 (fax) 

Attorneys for Individual and Representative Plaintiff 

City of Fresno, California

By: __s/Jeffrey E. Ostrow

Jeffrey E. Ostrow (SBN No. 213118) 

jostrow@stblaw.com

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

2550 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 251-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002 

Attorneys for defendants JPMorgan Chase & Co., 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Bear Stearns Companies, 

Inc. 

SO ORDERED this 2nd day of August, 2008 

 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

Hon. Sandra M. Snyder 

U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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