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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Hammerwood Avenue,

Plaintiff(s),

 v.

Thermo Electron Corporation et al,

Defendant(s). /

No. C 04-01081 JW 

ORDER FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 

On July 13, 2006, the Court conducted a preliminary pretrial conference. The Court orders

the parties to comply with the following:

A. Meet and Confer Requirement

1. On or before September 13, 2006, the parties shall meet and confer with respect to

the Joint Pretrial Conference Statement, submission of a joint list of witnesses, a joint list of trial

exhibits and a joint list of discovery material which each party intends to offer in evidence as a

part of its case-in-chief. Unless objections are made in accord with this Order, all witnesses,

exhibits and discovery material contained on the joint submission shall be deemed admissible into

evidence by stipulation.

B. Objections and Lodging Disputed Material with the Court

2. If a party objects to receipt into evidence of a witness, exhibits or discovery

response, the party shall advise all opposing parties during the conference and attempt to resolve

the dispute. If the parties are unsuccessful in resolving the dispute, any party wishing to object to

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receipt of the testimony of any witness, any exhibit or discovery response into evidence shall

lodge with Chambers a copy of the disputed material on or before September 22, 2006, together

with a brief statement of the objection and any response by the proffering party. The Court will

indicate on the submitted copy whether the objection is overruled or sustained and return the

material to counsel.

C. Lodging Joint Pretrial Conference Statement and In Limine Motions

3. On or before September 22, 2006, the parties shall file and lodge with Chambers the

following:

a. Joint Pretrial Conference Statement: The parties shall file a joint pretrial

statement which shall contain the following information: (1) a brief description of

the substance of each claim which remains to be decided (the description must list

the essential elements which the party contends it must prove in order to prevail on

each claim); (2) as to each claim, a detailed statement of all the relief requested,

particularly itemizing the amount of damages being requested; (3) as to each claim,

a description of each defense which is being asserted; (4) a plain and concise

statement of any relevant facts not disputed to which the parties stipulate; (5) a list

of all fact witnesses likely to be called at trial, other than solely for impeachment or

rebuttal; (6) a list of all expert witnesses and the field of expertise in which the

witness is tendered as an expert; (7) an estimate of the number of hours needed for

the presentation of each party's case; and (8) any other subjects relevant to the trial

of the action, or material to its just, speedy and inexpensive determination. 

Counsel are directed to meet and confer in advance of the date for

submission of pretrial material with respect to the pretrial conference statement.

b. In Limine Motions: Any In limine motions shall be filed in writing and

submitted along with the Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement. Any opposition

shall be filed in writing and served on or before October 13, 2006. These motions

will be deemed submitted without oral argument, unless the Court orders otherwise.

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D. Final Pretrial Conference

4. The Court will conduct a Final Pretrial Conference with the parties on October 23,

2006. The trial attorneys must attend the conference. At the final pretrial conference the Court

will consider issues raised in the Final Pretrial Conference Statement, motions in limine and

discuss the procedures for trial of the case.

E. Lodging Witness Lists, Exhibit Lists and Proposed Jury Instructions

5. On November 7, 2006, the parties shall lodge with Chambers the joint list of

witnesses, and a joint list of exhibits. Unless otherwise ordered, all exhibits shall be in a format

compatible with either the video or digital evidence presentation system utilized by the Court. The

proffering party shall retain custody of all exhibits, schedules, summaries, diagrams or charts to be

used at the trial. 

6. To accommodate consideration of electronic exhibits, as the trial progresses, the

parties will load images of the admitted exhibits onto a stand alone hard drive or CD or DVD in

“pdf” format. The parties shall ensure that, apart from whatever technical material is necessary to

operate the system, the CD, DVD or hard drive contains only the items specified in this order and

nothing else. The images will be placed in a folder labeled “Admitted Exhibits” that shall contain

all trial exhibits received into evidence. In addition to the exhibits, themselves, the folder shall

contain a file labeled “List of Admitted Exhibits by Exhibit Number.” The “List” shall list in

numerical order by Trial Exhibit Number, each admitted exhibit, along with the date of the

document (where available), and a brief description of the exhibit. To the extend practicable, the

“List” shall be text searchable and hyperlinked to the Exhibits, themselves. The folder shall

contain a second filed labeled “List of Admitted Exhibits by Date.” This second “List” shall

contain the same information, except that the exhibits will be listed in chronological order,

according to the date the document was prepared. The external stand alone hard drive or CD or

DVD and a printed copy of the exhibit lists will be marked as exhibits and placed in evidence as

demonstrative exhibits. 

7. Before the case is submitted for decision, each party will be deemed to have had an

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opportunity to review the material described in the previous paragraph to ensure their accuracy. 

Unless a party objects before the case is submitted for decision to the judge or jury, the party will

be deemed to have waived any and all objections to the submitted materials.

8. To accommodate review of electronic exhibits, the parties will jointly provide the

jury with the following equiment: a laptop computer, the external stand alone hard drive, CD or

DVD, a printer (and, if practicable, an LCD projector).

9. During its closing instructions, the Court will advise the jury of the form in which

exhibits will be submitted to them. The jury will also be instructed that, unless impracticable,

upon a juror’s written request, a printed copy of any exhibit received in evidence will be provided

to the jury. Before the jury retires to deliberate, the parties will provide a tutorial to the jurors on

how to operate the equipment, how to view the exhibits, and how to print the exhibits if the jury

wishes to do so. A written set of instructions on operations of the equipment will be sent into the

jury room.

10. When the jury is deliberatiing, at least one lawyer for each side shall remain in

close proximity to the courtroom. In the event of any technical problem, or if the jurors have

questions about how to operate the equipment, the jurors shall pass a note to the clerk, just as with

any other questions they may have. The Court will read the note to the lawyers. Those lawyers

shall consult with each other and with their respective technicians, and propose to the Court how

they wish to address the technical problem. 

11. The parties shall maintain a backup laptop computer and a backup hard drive with

identical images and data at the courthouse such that, in the event of a technical problem that

cannot be quickly and easily remedied, the equipment can be replaced.

12. Unless the Court orders otherwise for good cause shown, the expense of the

equipment equipment and the costs of preparation of the Lists and Exhibits will be shared equally

among the parties. 

13. This Standing Order also applies to cases tried to the Court sitting without a jury,

except that paragraphs 8-11 do not apply. 

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14. The Parties are ordered to meet and confer in advance of trial establish a procedure

for complying with this Order with respect to electronic exhibits.

15. Upon request made at the final pretrial conference, in noncomplex cases the Court

will excuse the parties from using electronic formatted documents. In that event on the first day of

trial, the parties shall submit exhibits as follows:

a. A copy for the trial judge;

b. A copy for the witness stand. The Court prefers the parties to prepare a binder for

each witness, which contains only those documents pertinent to that witness.

c. No duplicates of a document shall be submitted, unless the duplicate copy has

independent evidentiary value to prove some disputed issue of material fact (e.g., date stamp to

prove receipt on a particular date, where date of receipt is a disputed issue of a material fact).

16. At the Final Pretrial Conference, the parties shall submit proposed jury instructions

and verdict forms on both hard copy and disk format. The Court will give the preliminary

instructions contained in the Model Jury Instructions of the Ninth Circuit at the beginning of the trial

and will give the standard closing instructions Model Jury Instructions of the Ninth Circuit prior to

closing argument. The parties need not submit preliminary or introductory closing instructions,

unless they wish the Court to consider giving a particular instruction. 

17. If the parties are unable to agree on a particular substantive instruction, the set of

instructions submitted by the parties shall contain each party's version of the contested instruction

containing a citation of authority for the instruction.

F. Proposed Findings (Nonjury Trials)

18. In nonjury trials, on the first day of trial, each party shall submit its proposed

findings of fact and conclusions of law.

G. Trial Schedule

19. Pursuant to stipulation, the trial schedule for this case will be as follows: 

Jury selection at 9:00 a.m. on November 7, 2006

Trial sessions from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the following days in 

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2006: November 7-9, 14-17, 21, 22, 28-30 and December 1, 5-8, 12-15.

Case submitted to the jury on December 15, 2006.

Jury deliberations on December 19-20, 2006.

20. The time allowed for trial shall be divided equally between the plaintiff’s side and the

defendant’s side. Co-parties are ordered to meet, confer and agree to an allocation among

themselves. A party may spend its allocated time presenting its own case or on cross-examination of

witnesses called by other parties or for presentation of a counterclaim. When a party's allocated time

period has expired, unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown, no further time will be allowed

to that party if it would interfere with the ability of the opposing party to present its case.

Dated: July 14, 2006

04eciv1081pptc

 /s/ James Ware 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Allen Ruby aruby@rubyschofield.com

Anne-Marie Waggoner awaggoner@rubyschofield.com

Christine H. Long christine.long@berliner.com

Glen W. Schofield gschofield@rubyschofield.com

Jonathan David Wolf Jdw@berliner.com

Shannon N. Cogan shannon.cogan@berliner.com

Steven A. Ellenberg sellenberg@rubyschofield.com

Dated: July 14, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Melissa Peralta

Courtroom Deputy

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