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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

MARY E. HACKENBRACHT 

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

ELLEN M. PETER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

CARYN L. CRAIG

KATHLEEN A. KENEALY

Deputy Attorneys General

1300 "I" Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

GAVIN G. McCABE

MARC N. MELNICK, State Bar No. 168187

Deputy Attorneys General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Telephone: (510) 622-2133

Fax: (510) 622-2270

Attorneys for Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER-JEEP, INC.;

et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CATHERINE E. WITHERSPOON,

Defendant.

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS,

Plaintiff-Intervener.

SIERRA CLUB; et al., 

Defendant-Interveners.

NO. 1:04-CV-06663–AWI–LJO

STIPULATION AND ORDER

RESOLVING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR SANCTIONS FOR

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE

COURT’S AUGUST 25, 2006

DISCOVERY ORDER

Date: October 17, 2006

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Dept.: Eight (Hon. L.J.

O’Neill)

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Stip. & [Prop.] Order Resolving D.’s Mtn. for Sanctions re Aug. 25, 2006 Order. No. 1:04-CV-06663-AWI-LJO

1.

In order to resolve defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon’s motion for sanctions for

failure to comply with the Court’s August 25, 2006 discovery order (filed on September 29, 2006

and currently set for hearing on October 17, 2006), plaintiffs Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc.,

Kitahara Pontiac GMC Buick, Inc., Madera Ford Mercury, Inc., Madera Chevrolet, Frontier

Dodge, Inc., Tom Fields Motors, Inc., Pistoresi Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Bob Williams Chevrolet,

Courtesy Oldsmobile Cadillac, Inc., Merle Stone Chevrolet, Inc., Merle Stone Porterville, Inc.,

Sturgeon and Beck Incorporated, Swanson Fahrney Ford, Inc., General Motors Corporation,

DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Tulare County Farm Bureau, and Alliance of Automobile

Manufacturers and defendant Witherspoon stipulate as follows (and request that the Court enter

this order):

1. Plaintiffs’ complete and exclusive list of evidentiary facts that Plaintiffs currently

contend support their Count III (of foreign policy preemption) is found at: 

a. page 11, line 18 to page 12, line 19, inclusive, and page 13, line 14 to page

16, line 23, inclusive, of Plaintiff Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers’

Supplemental Response to Defendant’s Second Set of Interrogatories

[Second Amended], served on August 4, 2006 (pages 10 through 16 of

which is attached as Exhibit A to this stipulation); and 

b. page 17, lines 4 through 14, inclusive, of Plaintiff Alliance of Automobile

Manufacturers’ Supplemental Response to Defendant’s Second Set of

Interrogatories [Third Amended], served on September 26, 2006 (page 17

of which is attached as Exhibit B to this stipulation). 

2. The identification in paragraph 1 above shall be treated as a signed and verified

interrogatory response (to defendant Witherspoon’s interrogatory number 19). 

3. Nothing in this stipulation prevents Plaintiffs or defendant Witherspoon from

citing or relying on any legal authorities (including those listed at page 10, line 11,

through page 11, line 17, inclusive, and page 12, line 19, through page 13, line 13,

inclusive, of Plaintiff Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers’ Supplemental

Response to Defendant’s Second Set of Interrogatories [Second Amended], served

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Stip. & [Prop.] Order Resolving D.’s Mtn. for Sanctions re Aug. 25, 2006 Order. No. 1:04-CV-06663-AWI-LJO

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on August 4, 2006).

4. Nothing in this stipulation prevents Plaintiffs from supplementing this list

(including with information based on future events), consistent with Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 26(e)(2).

5. Nothing in this stipulation adversely affects the rights of defendant Witherspoon

with regard to these alleged facts, including questioning their relevance,

admissibility, accuracy, or evidentiary weight.

6. Nothing in this stipulation waives Plaintiffs’ or defendant Witherspoon’s rights to

appeal any discovery rulings made by the District Court. 

7. With this resolution, defendant Witherspoon’s motion for sanctions is taken off

calendar.

Dated: October 12, 2006

BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

/s/ Marc N. Melnick 

MARC N. MELNICK

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

/s/ Andrew B. Clubok (as authorized on October 12, 2006)

ANDREW B. CLUBOK

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 13, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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