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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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USDC EDCA NO. 05-1180 JAM-KJM 

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JOINT APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION 

OF SCHEDULING ORDER 

THOMAS H. CLARKE, JR. (SBN 47592) 

TIMOTHY A. DOLAN (SBN 209674) 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

201 Spear Street, Suite 1000 

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 543-4800 

Facsimile: (415) 972-6301 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JESSE M. LANGE DISTRIBUTOR, INC. 

et al., 

Defendants, 

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-01180 JAM-KJM 

JOINT APPLICATION OF ALL PARTIES 

FOR MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING 

ORDER; ORDER THEREON 

CURRENT TRIAL DATE: February 23, 2009 

ACTION FILED: June 14, 2005

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS. 

All parties, by their undersigned counsel, hereby apply for an order modifying the 

Scheduling Order entered by this Court on December 1, 2006, and modified on or about Oct. 24, 

2007, to postpone the noted dates as set forth herein. 

In support of this Application, the parties state as follows: 

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board has ordered defendants J.M. Lange 

Distributor, Inc. and the Crowstons to initiate site characterization and remedial activities. 

Although the shallow aquifer has been characterized, the intermediate zone is only partially 

characterized, and the deep zone aquifer has not been characterized to date. The characterization 

of the intermediate and deep zone aquifers will, if carried out, provide additional information that 

will be highly relevant to the litigation herein. The remedial activities, if carried out, also will 

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assist in ameliorating the contamination that has affected the soil and groundwater in the 

impacted area at issue in this action. Lange recently caused a remedial system to go online to 

address the contamination on the Lange (but not on the PG&E) property and the shallow aquifer 

beneath same. Remedial activities have not yet been undertaken in the intermediate or deep zone 

aquifers. 

All parties in this litigation believe that postponing the dates will improve the information 

available to experts and will likely assist the parties in addressing a potential resolution of the 

litigation short of trial. 

As provided in the current Scheduling Order, the following are the relevant dates at 

present: 

6/23/08: Expert disclosure to be made 

9/12/08: Last day for non-expert discovery 

10/22/08: Last day to file dispositive motions 

1/9/09: Final Pretrial Conference 

2/23/09: Trial starts 

The parties thus request that each of these dates be continued as noted hereinbelow, and 

that the expert disclosure date be placed after the close of non-expert disclosure so that the 

experts may take the testimony of percipient witnesses and other discovery into account in the 

formation of their opinions. As such, the parties propose that the scheduling order set the dates as 

follows: 

3/16/09: Last day for non-expert discovery 

6/15/09: Expert disclosure to be made 

8/12/09: Last day to file dispositive motions 

9/9/09: Hearing date for dispositive motions at 9:00 A.M. 

10/2/09: Joint pretrial statement to be filed. 

10/9/09: Final Pretrial Conference at 3:00 P.M. 

12/7/09: Trial starts at 8:30 A.M. 

For these reasons, all parties join in requesting that this Application be granted. 

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Dated: May _ , 2008 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

By: 

THOMAS H. CLARKE, JR. 

TIMOTHY A. DOLAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PACIFIC GAS AND p 

ELECTRIC COMPANY 

Dated: May _ , 2008 LAW OFFICE OF GEOFFREY WM. STEELE 

By: 

GEOFFREY W. STEELE 

Attorneys for 

CENTER LAND COMPANY, CENTER 

LAND COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC., and 

MICHAEL R. CURRY 

Dated: May __, 2008 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY 

 A Professional Corporation 

By: 

JOHN JUSTIN McKENNA 

M. TAYLOR FLORENCE 

Attorneys for 

JESSE LANGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 

REBECCA CROWSTON, and JOHN P. 

CROWSTON 

Dated: May _ , 2008 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP 

By: 

PATRICK J. CAFFERTY JR.

WILLIAM D. TEMKO 

Attorneys for 

SHELL OIL COMPANY 

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Upon consideration of the foregoing Application, and good cause appearing therefore, it is 

hereby ORDERED that the Scheduling Order in this action is modified as follows: 

3/16/09: Last day for non-expert discovery 

6/15/09: Expert disclosure to be made 

8/12/09: Last day to file dispositive motions 

9/9/09: Hearing date for dispositive motions at 9:00 A.M. 

10/2/09: Joint pretrial statement to be filed. 

10/9/09: Final Pretrial Conference at 3:00 P.M. 

12/7/09: Trial starts at 8:30 A.M. 

IT IS SO ORDERED AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT. 

Dated: May 12, 2008 

 /s/ John A. Mendez________________________

 HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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