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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO E. DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CASE NO. C-04-3627 MMC

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JIM MCCABE (CA SBN 104686)

PHILIP T. BESIROF (CA SBN 185053)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

JMcCabe@mofo.com

PBesirof@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendant

FUJI ELECTRIC CORP. OF AMERICA

KENT J. CLANCY (CA SBN 035419)

PETER A. CLANCY (CA SBN 230160)

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

601 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 1800

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108-2823

TELEPHONE: (415) 352-2700

FACSIMILE: (415) 352-2701

kent.clancy@bullivant.com

pete.clancy@bullivant.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY,

a corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD., a 

corporation (formerly known as FUJI ELECTRIC 

CO. LTD.); and FUJI ELECTRIC CORP. OF 

AMERICA, a corporation, 

Defendants.

Case No. C 04 3627 MMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TRANSFERRING 

ACTION TO THE EASTERN 

DISTRICT OF TEXAS PURSUANT 

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO E. DISTRICT OF TEXAS

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (“Fireman’s Fund”) filed the 

above-captioned action on August 26, 2004;

WHEREAS, Fireman’s Fund filed a First Amended Complaint on February 15, 2005;

WHEREAS, in this action Fireman’s Fund seeks a declaratory judgment that neither Fuji

Electric Systems, Co., Ltd. nor Fuji Electric Corporation of America (“Fuji America”) has proven 

that it is entitled to payment under Fireman’s Fund Open Marine Package Policy OC 9614220

(“the Policy”) for damage to a generator step-up transformer during shipment from Yokohama, 

Japan to a Bechtel Power Corporation jobsite at the Cottonwood Power Project, Deweyville,

Texas;

WHEREAS, Fuji America filed an action entitled Fuji Electric Corp. of America v. 

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Case No. 9:05 CV 27 in the Eastern District of Texas on 

February 4, 2005 for breach of contract alleging that Fireman’s Fund’s denial of claims under the 

Policy constitutes a breach of the Policy;

WHEREAS, the actions pending in the Northern District of California and the Eastern 

District of Texas involve overlapping facts and circumstances;

WHEREAS, Fireman’s Fund and Fuji America agree that as a matter of efficiency and in 

the interests of justice and based on the relative ease of access to sources of proof and the 

convenience of the parties and the witnesses that this action should proceed in the Eastern District 

of Texas;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned attorneys for Fireman’s 

Fund and Fuji America that:

1. The above-captioned action shall be transferred to the Eastern District of Texas for 

consolidation with Fuji Electric Corp. of America v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company,

Case No. 9:05 CV 27;

2. This stipulation shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to make any 

relevant and timely motion once the case has been transferred to the Eastern District of Texas;
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3. None of the terms of this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order shall become effective 

until approved by the Court.

Dated: July 14, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

JIM MCCABE

PHILIP T. BESIROF

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/

Philip T. Besirof

Attorneys for Defendant

FUJI ELECTRIC CORP. OF 

AMERICA

Dated: July 14, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

KENT J. CLANCY

PETER A. CLANCY

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

By: /s/

Peter A. Clancy

Attorneys for Plaintiff

FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE

COMPANY

GENERAL ORDER 45 ATTESTATION

I, Elisabeth S. Traugott, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Transferring Action to the Eastern District of Texas 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that 

Peter A. Clancy and Philip T. Besirof have concurred in this filing.

/s/ Elisabeth S. Traugott

 Elisabeth S. Traugott
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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated ____________________

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Hon. Maxine M. Chesney

United States District Judge

July 14, 2005