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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING COORDINATION OF DISCOVERY

CASE NO. C-06-7497 CW (JL) 

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JAMES P. BENNETT (SBN 65179)

jbennett@mofo.com 

EDGAR B. WASHBURN (SBN 34038) 

ewashburn@mofo.com 

CHRISTOPHER J. CARR (SBN 184076) 

ccarr@mofo.com 

BRIAN J. MARTINEZ (SBN 224587) 

brianmartinez@mofo.com 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS 

JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) 

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

PHILIP L. GREGORY (SBN 95217) 

pgregory@cpmlegal.com 

SEAN E. PONIST (SBN 204712) 

sponist@cpmlegal.com 

JOSEPH C. WILSON (SBN 249027) 

jwilson@cpmlegal.com 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: 650.697.6000 

Facsimile: 650.697.0577 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.

RICHARD WILSON and CHRIS MARANTO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MAXXAM INC., a Delaware corporation; THE 

PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation; SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; 

SALMON CREEK LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company; CHARLES E. HURWITZ, an 

individual, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C-06-7497 CW (JL)

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING COORDINATION 

OF DISCOVERY 

Judge: Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Place: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

Complaint Filed: December 7, 2006 

Trial Date: April 20, 2009 

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TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties and their respective counsel of 

record, Sean E. Ponist, attorney for the United States ex rel. Relators Richard Wilson and Chris 

Maranto (collectively, “Plaintiff”), and Christopher J. Carr, attorney for MAXXAM Inc., Charles 

E. Hurwitz, The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia Pacific Company LLC, and Salmon Creek 

LLC (collectively, “Defendants”), that: 

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2006, Plaintiff filed a qui tam action against Defendants 

entitled United States of America ex rel. Wilson and Maranto v. MAXXAM Inc., et al., United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. C-06-7497 CW (JL) (“the 

Federal Case”); 

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2006, on behalf of the State of California, Richard Wilson 

and Chris Maranto as Relators filed a qui tam action against Defendants entitled State of 

California ex rel. Wilson and Maranto v. MAXXAM Inc., et al., San Francisco County Superior 

Court, Case No. CGC-06-458528 (“the State Case”); 

WHEREAS, the Federal Case and the State Case involve certain overlapping facts, legal 

issues, and evidence, as well as certain identical parties and the same counsel; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to structure discovery efficiently and promote the resolution 

of the Federal Case and the State Case on their merits; 

WHEREAS, the parties believe it is prudent to streamline the discovery processes in the 

Federal Case and the State Case, so as to avoid the inefficiencies, inconvenience, and costs that 

would result from duplicative discovery; 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 29 and Civil Local 

Rule 7-12, counsel for the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The parties shall coordinate discovery in the Federal Case and the State Case. 

2. Plaintiff, as one side, shall propound no more than 125 interrogatories in total to 

Defendants, as the other side. Defendants shall propound no more than 50 interrogatories in total 

to the other side. Plaintiff shall propound no more than 35 interrogatories to a party. 

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3. Each side (i.e., Plaintiff as one side or Defendants as another side) may take a total 

of 25 depositions, excluding (a) depositions of custodians of records; and (b) depositions of 

experts. 

4. No party shall propound, and no party shall be required to answer, duplicative 

discovery that is served in the Federal Case and the State Case. 

5. No witness shall be deposed more than once in the Federal Case and the State 

Case. 

6. Discovery answered and/or deposition testimony given in the Federal Case may be 

used with the same force and effect in the State Case, and vice versa. 

7. Discovery and any related court proceedings in the Federal Case and the State 

Case shall proceed pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

8. Any discovery disputes that arise in the State Case shall be resolved by the Court 

in the Federal Case. 

9. The fact and expert discovery deadlines set forth in the Court’s Minute Order and 

Case Management Order (filed in the Federal Case on March 19, 2008) and the Joint Discovery 

Plan and Order (filed in the Federal Case on April 7, 2008) shall apply to both the Federal Case 

and the State Case. 

10. To the extent not consistent with the terms of this Stipulation and Order, the Joint 

Discovery Plan and Order shall apply to both the Federal Case and the State Case. 

11. Any discovery requests that a party has served prior to the entry of this Stipulation 

and Order are hereby amended to incorporate the relevant terms of this Stipulation and Order. 

12. This Stipulation shall remain in effect absent further stipulation of the parties or 

order of the Court upon a showing of good cause. 

The parties respectfully request that the Court approve this Stipulation. 

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Dated: July 11, 2008 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 

By: /s/ Sean E. Ponist

Sean E. Ponist 

Attorneys for Plaintiff THE UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA EX REL. RICHARD WILSON AND 

CHRIS MARANTO 

I, Brian J. Martinez, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. Pursuant to General Order 45, I hereby attest that Sean E. 

Ponist has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: July 9, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher J. Carr

Christopher J. Carr 

Attorneys for Defendants MAXXAM INC., 

CHARLES E. HURWITZ, THE PACIFIC 

LUMBER COMPANY, SCOTIA PACIFIC 

COMPANY LLC, and SALMON CREEK LLC 

I, Brian J. Martinez, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. Pursuant to General Order 45, I hereby attest that 

Christopher J. Carr has concurred in this filing. 

 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 7/11/08 

Dated: ____________________ 

HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

United States District Judge 

Northern District of California 

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