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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

372735.01 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

ROBERT A. VAN NEST - #84065 (rvannest@kvn.com) 

WENDY J. THURM - #163558 (wthurm@kvn.com) 

STEVEN K. YODA - #237739 (syoda@kvn.com) 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FRANÇOIS MARLAND, 

Defendant. 

 

Case No. C 06-2071 VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

372735.01 

WHEREAS Defendant François Marland (“Marland”) initiated an arbitration proceeding 

against Plaintiff Thelen Reid & Priest LLP (“Thelen”) in New York (“the New York Arbitration 

Proceeding”) on February 13, 2006; 

WHEREAS Thelen filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief against 

Marland on March 21, 2006; 

WHEREAS Thelen filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction on March 24, 2006, 

seeking, in part, an order from this Court prohibiting Marland from proceeding with the New 

York Arbitration Proceeding; 

WHEREAS the hearing on Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is currently 

scheduled for June 8, 2008; 

WHEREAS the deadline for Marland to file an opposition to Thelen’s Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction is May 11, 2006; 

WHEREAS Marland filed a Motion to Dismiss on May 1, 2006; 

WHEREAS Thelen filed a First Amended Complaint on May 3, 2006; 

WHEREAS Thelen and Marland desire to conduct discovery prior to this Court’s 

resolution of Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction; 

NOW, THEREFORE, Thelen and Marland stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. The New York Arbitration Proceeding shall be stayed, until such time as this 

Court enters a final order on Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction; 

2. Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction shall be taken off-calendar; 

3. Marland shall Answer or move to dismiss Thelen’s First Amended Complaint on 

May 23, 2006; 

4. After Marland files his Answer, the parties shall meet and confer regarding (a) 

the scope of discovery to be completed prior to the date on which Marland shall file his 

opposition to Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction; and (b) a briefing schedule and new 

hearing date for Thelen’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

372735.01 

5. This Stipulation and every part hereof is entered into in the interests of the 

reaching an orderly and just resolution of the parties’ disputes, without prejudice to any party’s 

position regarding the claims and defenses asserted in this action or in the New York Arbitration 

Proceeding. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any substantive 

or procedural right, claim, or defense of any party, except for such matters as are expressly set 

forth herein. 

Dated: May 10, 2006 KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

By: /s/ Wendy J. Thurm 

WENDY J. THURM 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

Dated: May 10, 2006 CARLSON, CALLADINE & PETERSON 

LLP 

By: /s/ Guy D. Calladine 

GUY D. CALLADINE 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FRANÇOIS MARLAND 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

HON. VAUGHN R. WALKER 

May 22, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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