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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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LITTLE R ME NDE LSO N 

A PROF ESSIONAL C ORPORAT ION

650 C a lifornia Stre e t 

20th F loor 

San F rancisco, C A 94108.2693 

415.433.1940 

LITTLE R ME NDE LSO N 

A PROF ESSIONAL C ORPORAT ION

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20th F loor 

San F rancisco, C A 94108.2693 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES

CASE NO. C 04 2767 JW 

GARRY G. MATHIASON, Bar No. 051119 

ALAN S. LEVINS, Bar No. 057612 

ADAM J. PETERS, Bar No. 230812 

KIMBERLY L. OWENS, Bar No. 233185 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

650 California Street 

20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693 

Telephone: 415.433.1940 

Facsimile: 415.399.8490 

E-mail: gmathiason@littler.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GRANITE ROCK COMPANY 

DUANE B. BEESON, Bar No. 20215 

BEESON, TAYER & BODINE, APC 

1404 Franklin Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510.625.9700 

Facsimile: 510.625.8275 

E-mail: dbeeson@beesontayer.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 287 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

GRANITE ROCK COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 

TEAMSTERS, FREIGHT, 

CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 

DRIVERS, WAREHOUSEMAN AND 

HELPERS, LOCAL 287 (AFL-CIO), and 

DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 04 2767 JW 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

(PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE 

DATES ESTABLISHED BY THE 

COURT’S SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 ORDER 

FOLLOWING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

[U.S.D.C. N.D. L.R. 6-1(b), 6-2(a), 7-1(a)(5), 

7-12 & 40-1] 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge James Ware

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A PROF ESSIONAL C ORPORAT ION

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES

CASE NO. C 04 2767 JW 2. 

On September 19, 2005, the parties appeared before the Court for a case management 

conference. Prior to this conference, a stay on all discovery in the matter was in effect. Each party 

had only taken minimal discovery prior to the stay on discovery. (Levins Decl. ¶ 2.) The parties 

agreed to the pre-trial deadlines and trial date set by the Court in its September 21, 2005 order in 

good faith based upon the information they had available to them at the time. (Levins Decl. ¶ 3.) 

The Honorable James Ware told the parties that they should inform the Court if they were having 

trouble meeting the deadlines. (Levins Decl. ¶ 3; Beeson Decl. ¶ 3.) 

Subsequent to the case management conference, the parties have completed initial 

disclosures and discovered that the action involves many more witnesses than either party originally 

realized. (Levins Decl. ¶ 5; Beeson Decl. ¶ 5.) Plaintiff Granite Rock disclosed twenty potential 

witnesses in its initial disclosure statement and Defendant Teamsters Local 287 disclosed twentyfive potential witnesses. Due to the previous stay on discovery, only one of these potential witnesses 

has been deposed with regard to Plaintiff’s claims under section 301. (Levins Decl. ¶ 2; Beeson 

Decl. ¶ 5.) Scheduling depositions during this time period is difficult due to the upcoming holidays; 

numerous witnesses will be out of town and unavailable at various times during the months of 

November and December. (Levins Decl. ¶ 6; Beeson Decl. ¶ 5.) Additionally, neither party has had 

sufficient time to fully utilize the other discovery methods permitted by the federal rules. 

The parties also need sufficient time to retain expert witnesses and allow the experts 

to gain sufficient familiarity with the facts of the case to testify competently. (Levins Decl. ¶ 9; 

Beeson Decl. ¶ 4.) 

Furthermore, counsel for both parties have numerous other professional and personal 

commitments that simply do not allow them to devote all of their time to discovery for this action, as

would be required to meet the December 24, 2005 discovery deadline. (See Levins Decl. ¶ 7, 8.) 

Three months is simply not enough time in which to complete discovery for a case of this 

magnitude. 

After discovering the full impact of the time constraints present in this case, counsel 

for both parties met and conferred and agreed that it would be in the best interests of both parties to 

continue the deadline to complete discovery. Given additional time, the parties will likely be able to 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES

CASE NO. C 04 2767 JW 3. 

reach a greater number of stipulations regarding relevant facts, such as the time and dates of 

picketing; these stipulations could simplify the issues and correspondingly reduce the length of the 

trial. (Levins Decl. ¶ 10; Beeson Decl. ¶ 4.) The parties, through their respective counsel, agreed 

that all other deadlines for this action should be similarly continued. (See Levins Decl. ¶ 11; Beeson 

Decl. ¶ 7.) 

Accordingly, the parties HEREBY STIPULATE, AND REQUEST THE COURT TO 

ORDER, that the dates established by the Court’s September 21, 2005 Order Following Case 

Management Conference shall be changed to the following: 

A. Discovery and Pre-trial Motions

1. All discovery must be completed no later than March 10, 2006. 

2. If the trial date is continued, the parties shall complete F.R.C.P. 26(a)(2) 

expert witness disclosures ninety (90) days before trial rather than on the previously stipulated date 

of November 10, 2005. 

3. Each party may take more than ten (10) depositions.

4. The parties shall notice any motion for summary judgment for hearing no later 

than February 6, 2006, 9:00 a.m. 

B. Meet and Confer Requirement

1. On or before March 10, 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. 

C. Objections and Lodging Disputed Material with the Court

1. 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 

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 March 13, 2006, together with a brief 

statement of the objection and any response by the proferring party. 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES

CASE NO. C 04 2767 JW 4. 

D. Lodging Joint Pretrial Conference Statement and In Limine Motions

1. On or before March 13, 2006, the parties shall file and lodge with Chambers 

the following: 

a. Joint Pretrial Conference Statement 

b. In Limine Motions: Any opposition shall be filed in writing and served on 

or before March 20, 2006. 

E. Final Pretrial Conference

1. The Court will conduct a Final Pretrial Conference with the parties on 

March 27, 2006 at 3:00 p.m., or on a date thereafter as scheduled by the Court to correspond with the 

trial date. 

F. Lodging Witness Lists, Exhibits Lists and Proposed Jury Instructions

1. On March 27, 2006, the parties shall lodge with Chambers the joint list of 

witnesses and a joint list of exhibits. 

G. Trial Schedule

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

selection on April 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m. and sessions continuing from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on 

April 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, 2006. Should this trial date not be 

possible for the Court, the parties request the Court to schedule the trial as soon thereafter as 

possible. 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES

CASE NO. C 04 2767 JW 5. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: November _____, 2005 

Dated: November _____, 2005 

/s/ 

ALAN S. LEVINS 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GRANITE ROCK COMPANY 

/s/ 

DUANE B. BEESON 

BEESON, TAYER & BODINE 

Attorney for Defendant 

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 287 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: November _____, 2005 

THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE 

United States District Judge 

Firmwide:80564531.1 001511.1075 

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