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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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JOINT REQUEST AND ORDER TO INCREASE PAGE LIMITATION ON DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND RELATED 

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PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER (SBN 135860)

BRIAN L. ZAGON (SBN 142403)

MARC SHAPP (SBN 266805)

HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN PC

3717 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 200

Lafayette, CA 94549

Telephone: (925) 284-0840

Facsimile: (925) 284-0870

LEE N. SMITH (SBN 138071)

PERKINS, MANN & EVERETT, APC

7815 N. Palm Ave, Suite 200

Fresno, CA 93711

Telephone: (559) 447-5700

Facsimile: (559) 447-5600

Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

FRED M. BLUM, ESQ. (SBN 101586)

ERIN K. POPPLER, ESQ. (SBN 267724)

VIVY D. DANG, ESQ. (SBN 297714)

BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

500 Washington Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-9006

Facsimile: (415) 397-1339

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

[Additional Attorneys Listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

VALLEY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., 

a former California corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:00-cv-00113-MCE-EFB

JOINT REQUEST AND ORDER TO 

INCREASE THE PAGE LIMITATION ON 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND RELATED 

OPPOSITIONS AND REPLIES

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England

Trial Date: August 5, 2016

MSJ Filing Deadline: February 25, 2016

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Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. (“AmeriPride”) and Defendant TEXAS 

EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. (“TEO”), by and through their respective counsel, 

respectfully submit this joint request for relief from the Court’s page limitations on 

dispositive motions and the related oppositions and replies.

Pursuant to the Court’s July 20, 2015 Pretrial Scheduling Order, “[t]he Court 

places a page limit for points and authorities (exclusive of exhibits and other supporting 

documentation) of twenty (20) pages on all initial moving papers, twenty (20) pages on 

oppositions, and ten (10) pages for replies. All requests for page limit increases must 

be made in writing to the Court setting forth any and all reasons for any increase in 

page limit at least fourteen (14) days prior to the filing of the motion.” Absent a Court 

order, the parties must include all of their summary judgment issues in one motion or 

cross-motion. Dkt. 988 at 5-6.

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The Parties respectfully request the following page limit increases: (1) twentyseven (27) pages for initial moving papers; (2) twenty-seven (27) pages for oppositions; 

and (3) eighteen (18) pages for replies. 

Good cause exists to grant the Parties’ request to exceed the page limit. The 

Court’s July 20, 2015 Order states that “all purely legal issues are to be resolved by 

timely pretrial motions.” Dkt. 988, 5:18. There are purely legal issues in dispute 

between the Parties relating to all three of the remanded issues from the Ninth Circuit 

Court of Appeals. AmeriPride Services, Inc. v. Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc., 782 F. 3d 

479, 492 (9th Cir. 2015). The Parties also intend to move on issues involving mixed 

questions of fact and law where they think the material facts are undisputed. 

TEO contends that the legal issues are numerous, and many of them complex. 

By granting the Parties’ request for additional pages, each of the legal issues in 

dispute and other issues capable of resolution on summary judgment can be adequately 

and meaningfully briefed for the Court. The result will be enhanced judicial economy. 

 

1 “Dkt.” refers to the Court’s ECF Docket number for this case.

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The Parties will have a full opportunity to resolve as many issues as possible through 

their dispositive motions, which will streamline the Parties’ presentation of evidence and 

witnesses to the Court at the one-day trial set for August 5, 2016. Further, even if an 

issue is not entirely resolved by dispositive motion, the Court will have the benefit of the 

Parties’ full briefing of each issue, which may help orient and familiarize the Court with 

the outstanding disputes prior to the one-day trial.

Date: February 4, 2016 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

By: /s/ Erin K. Poppler

 FRED M. BLUM

 ERIN K. POPPLER

 Attorneys for Defendant

 TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

Date: February 4, 2016 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & 

DICKER LLP

By: /s/ Shana Inspektor

RONALD S. BUSHNER (SBN 98352)

SHANA INSPEKTOR (SBN 291841)

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN 

& DICKER LLP

525 Market Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-2725

Telephone: (415) 433-0990

Facsimile: (415) 434 1370

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

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Date: February 4, 2016 HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN PC

By: /s/ Brian L. Zagon

 PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER

 BRIAN L. ZAGON

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

Date: February 4, 2016 PERKINS MANN & EVERETT, APC 

By: /s/ Lee N. Smith

 LEE N. SMITH

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

ORDER

The foregoing Joint Request is GRANTED. The memorandum of points and 

authorities in support of dispositive motions, and any oppositions thereto, shall not 

exceed twenty-seven (27) pages. Associated reply briefs shall not exceed eighteen 

(18) pages.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2016

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