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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 

 

SCANLAN KEMPER BARD CO. 

Plaintiffs,

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EMG 

 

 

Defendants.

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No. C-03-1003-SC 

ORDER RE: JURY TRIAL

PREPARATION FOR JUDGE

SAMUEL CONTI 

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JURY TRIAL PREPARATION FOR JUDGE CONTI

A. Required Submissions

No later than ten (10) days before trial, each party

shall serve upon all other parties and lodge with this court

an original and three copies of the following: 

(1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to

 be read to the jury prior to trial.

(2) Proposed Voir Dire questions.

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(3) A trial brief.

(4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the

form attached as Appendix A. Upon request of a party, any

party shall make the original of any exhibit available for

inspection and/or copying.

(5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in

the expected order of their presentation. The witness list

shall also include:

(a) a brief statement as to the content of the

witness' testimony;

(b) an estimate of the time of the witness'

testimony, on both direct and cross

examination; 

(c) any expert testimony shall strictly comply

with FRCP Rule 26(a).

No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed

to testify, except upon express order of this court.

(6) A statement designating all excerpts from

depositions (specifying the witness' name, with page and

line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses

to requests for admission to be offered at trial for any

purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal.

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(7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra).

(8) A proposed form of verdict.

(9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial

conference. Motions in limine are to be filed and served no

later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference,

oppositions are to be filed and served no later than five

(5) days prior to the pretrial conference.

B. Exhibit Binders

Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e.

written documents, photographs, etc.) should be placed in

three-ring binders with each exhibit tabbed on the side. A

copy of the exhibit list should be placed in the front of

the binder. Binders should be clearly labeled on the

outside as to which party's exhibits and what exhibit

numbers they contain. The parties should prepare three (3)

sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the witness to

refer to, and one for the clerk to act as the original. The

original copy should have an exhibit marker attached to the

first page of each exhibit in the lower right hand corner. 

The exhibit marker must appear substantially in the

following form:

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Case No. ____________________________

{Name of Party}'s Exhibit No. _______

Date Entered: ______________________

Clerk, United States District Court

By: ________________________________

 Deputy Clerk

These binders are to be delivered directly to Judge Conti's

Chambers no later than three (3) days before the date of

trial. They are not to be filed in the clerk's office. 

C. Proposed Jury Instructions

No later than ten (10) days before the trial date, the

parties shall lodge with the court three identical sets of

JOINT proposed jury instructions. This means a complete set

of all proposed instructions upon which the parties agree,

including all standard instructions regarding the role of

jurors, organization of the jury, communication with the

court, etc. Failure to submit an agreed upon instruction on

a matter of law as to which there is no substantial ground

for difference of opinion may be considered a sufficient

ground for the imposition of sanctions on counsel.

In addition, the parties shall attach to the originals

a complete set of instructions on a floppy disc formatted

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for Wordperfect or in Rich Text format.

Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise

and free from argument, and typewritten on separate pages. 

Each proposed instruction should include the heading 

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____ 

centered at the top of the first page of the instruction. 

Each set shall include two (2) separate copies of the

proposed instructions. Each instruction in the first copy

should include a title briefly stating the general subject

matter of the instruction and should be free from citation

to supporting authority or other extraneous references.

Each instruction in the second copy should include citations

to supporting authority whenever available, but should be

identical to instruction in the first copy in all other

respects. An example is attached as Appendix B.

With each set of instructions, the parties shall

include an index to the proposed instructions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2006

____________________________

 United States District Judge

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING EXHIBIT MARKERS AND EXHIBIT LIST

EXHIBIT MARKERS

Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving

the "Date Entered" and "Deputy Clerk" lines blank.

Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: P-1, P-2,

P-3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be denoted as: D501, D-502, D-503, etc.

EXHIBIT LIST

Counsel are to supply all the requested information

with the exception of the two "Date Boxes."

COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS

Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and

Defendant's exhibit binders must be blue.

A P P E N D I X A.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. DATE 

 vs. 

EXHIBIT LIST

 ( ) PLAINTIFF ( ) DEFENDANT

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

DATE DESCRIPTION

Marked for

Indentification

Admitted in

Evidence

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JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____

Unintentional Tort -- Negligence -- Defined

Negligence is the doing of some act which a reasonably prudent

person would not do . . . 

. . . etc. 

 

A P P E N D I X B. 

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JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____

Unintentional Tort -- Negligence -- Defined

Negligence is the doing of some act which a reasonably prudent

person would not do . . . 

. . . etc. 

Source: Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions § 80.03

A P P E N D I X B. (cont.)

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