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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Injunction

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STIPULATION AND ORDER (CIV-S-97-1179 GEB JFM; CIV-S-97-1185 GEB JFM) 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HILLSIDE DAIRY, INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

A.G. KAWAMURA, Secretary, California 

Department of Food & 

Agriculture, et al., 

Defendants. 

CIV-S-97-1179 GEB JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

PONDEROSA DAIRY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

A.G. KAWAMURA, Secretary, California 

Department of Food & 

Agriculture, et al., 

Defendants. 

CIV-S-97-1185 GEB JFM 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER (CIV-S-97-1179 GEB JFM; CIV-S-97-1185 GEB JFM) 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the Parties, through their 

counsel of record, that: 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on May 11, 2004, Summary Judgment was Granted in favor of Plaintiffs; 

WHEREAS, on May 11, 2004, Judgment was entered pursuant to the Order Granting 

Plaintiffs Summary Judgment (“Judgment”); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs (“Motion”) was 

submitted on September 27, 2004; 

WHEREAS, in the Motion, Plaintiffs stated: “Plaintiffs will submit a supplemental 

declaration to include their attorneys’ fees expended in seeking fees as well as any other adjustment 

necessary to the total fee request”; 

WHEREAS, on August 13, 2004, the Parties Stipulated that “Plaintiffs will have to file yet 

at least one more supplemental declaration regarding the amount and nature of fees associated with 

the motion to stay, as well as preparing their reply in support of the Motion, and preparing for the 

September 27, 2004 hearing on the Motion”; 

WHEREAS, the Parties Stipulated and the Court Ordered on August 16, 2004, that 

Plaintiffs were permitted to submit — 30 days after the Court Grants the Motion — their First 

Supplemental Fee Request respecting those fees not included in the original Motion; 

WHEREAS, on December 9, 2004, the Court entered its Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion; 

WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal of the May 11, 2004 Judgment; 

WHEREAS, the parties met with the Ninth Circuit Mediator on December 17, 2004. At 

the end of the meeting the parties agreed to continue the mediation process by phone and in person 

during the next several weeks and in order to conserve judicial and party resources the parties 

jointly requested that the filing of Plaintiffs’ First Supplemental Fee Request be postponed to March 

30, 2005 and the Court granted their request on December 22, 2004; 

WHEREAS, the parties had another in-person meeting with the Ninth Circuit Mediator on 

February 7, 2005. At the end of that meeting the parties agreed to continue the mediation process, 

which involved further discussions. In order to conserve judicial and party resources the parties 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER (CIV-S-97-1179 GEB JFM; CIV-S-97-1185 GEB JFM) 

jointly requested that the filing of Plaintiffs’ First Supplemental Fee Request be postponed to June 

10, 2005 and this Court granted that motion on February 11, 2005. 

WHEREAS, the parties were continuing discussions beyond June 10, 2005 and again in 

order to conserve judicial and party resources the parties jointly requested that the filing of 

Plaintiffs’ First Supplemental Fee Request be postponed to August 31, 2005 and this Court granted 

that motion on May 17, 2005. 

WHEREAS, as part of the Ninth Circuit mediation process the parties have reached an 

agreement that would resolve the ongoing litigation. However, the agreement does not become 

final until certain fixed conditions precedent have been fulfilled. To give the parties time to bring 

about a final settlement and in order to conserve judicial and party resources, therefore, the parties 

again jointly request that the filing of Plaintiffs’ First Supplemental Fee Request be postponed to 

October 14, 2005. 

WHEREAS, by entering into this Stipulation, Plaintiffs’ do not waive the right to file their 

First Supplemental Fee Request, and further supplemental materials should they be necessary, and 

Defendants do not waive their right to oppose any such request. 

WHEREAS, this Stipulation is expressly conditioned upon and dependent upon the Court 

signing and entering this Stipulation as an Order; and THEREFORE: 

STIPULATION & ORDER

Plaintiffs are permitted to file their First Supplemental Fee Request on or before October 

14, 2005; and THEREFORE: 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: August 19, 2005 

Bill Lockyer 

Attorney General of the State of California 

By: /s/ Linda Berg 

LINDA BERG

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

California Secretary of Food & Agriculture, et al. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER (CIV-S-97-1179 GEB JFM; CIV-S-97-1185 GEB JFM) 

Dated: August 19, 2005 

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 

By: /s/ John Foust 

JOHN FOUST

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Hillside Dairy, Inc., et al. (No. 97-1179) 

Dated: August 19, 2005 

Law Offices of John H. Vetne 

By: /s/ John H. Vetne 

JOHN H. VETNE

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Ponderosa Dairy, et al. (No. 97-1185) 

I, John Foust, hereby attest that I have obtained the authorization of the attorney signatories 

to this document to electronically sign on their behalf. 

Dated: August 19, 2005 

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 

By: /s/ John Foust 

JOHN FOUST

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Hillside Dairy, Inc., et al. (No. 97-1179) 

AS STIPULATED, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 19, 2005 /s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

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