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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Resource &amp; Recovery Act

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS; 

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

CURTIS D. PARVIN (State Bar No. 116079) 

RICHARD A. CRITES (State Bar No. 204639) 

3 Park Plaza, 17th Floor 

Irvine, CA 92614-8540 

Telephone: (949) 852-8200 

Facsimile: (949) 852-8282 

Attorneys for Third Party Defendant 

MAYTAG CORPORATION, sued as successor in interest 

and/or surviving corporation NORGE CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

/ / / 

/ / /

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PAYLESS CLEANERS, et al., 

 Defendants. 

RICHARD C. PETERS and RAMONA W. 

PETERS, individually and as Trustee of the 

PETERS FAMILY TRUST, 

 Third Party Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

VICTOR STRAIN; NORGE 

CORPORATION, MAYTAG 

CORPORATION, as successor in interest 

and/or surviving corporation of NORGE 

CORPORATION; A. DODD CARR, 

MARVEL L. CARR and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive, 

 Third Party Defendants 

CASE NO. CIVS-02-2389 LKK DAD

ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO 

HONORABLE LAWRENCE K. KARLTON 

COURTROOM 4 

COMPLAINT FILED: 10/31/02 

TRIAL DATE: NONE SET 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND 

MATERIALS 

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This protective order is entered into by stipulation among counsel for third party plaintiffs 

RICHARD C. PETERS and RAMONA W. PETERS, individually and as Trustee of the PETERS 

FAMILY TRUST (“Peters”) and third party defendant MAYTAG CORPORATION, sued as 

successor in interest and/or surviving corporation NORGE CORPORATION (“Maytag”) and 

upon execution by the court shall be binding upon all parties subsequently entering into this 

stipulation. 

WHEREAS, the parties to this stipulation anticipate that discovery in this action 

will include documents and information which are sensitive, proprietary and confidential; and 

WHEREAS, the parties to this stipulation wish to protect the confidentiality of 

such documents and information, and ensure that the parties can obtain and pursue discovery with 

a minimum of delay and expense; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, as follows: 

1. This Order shall govern and be limited to the May 1, 2002 Settlement 

Agreement to be produced by Maytag to Peters in the above-captioned matter. 

2. When used in this Stipulated Protective Order: 

(a) “Person” means any natural person, and any legal or business entity; 

(b) “Document” shall refer to the original or copies or drafts of any 

written, printed, typed, recorded or graphic matter whatsoever, however produced or reproduced, 

of any kind or description, including, but not limited to affidavits, declarations, certificates, letters, 

mailgrams, correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, records, minutes, contracts, agreements, 

notes, records or notations of telephone or personal conversations or conferences, bulletins, 

circulars, pamphlets, studies, notices, summaries, reports, books, invoices, sales receipts, purchase 

orders, delivery receipts, work sheets, teletype messages, tape recordings, bookkeeping, 

accounting and tax records, balance sheets, inventory reconciliations and lists, canceled checks, 

check stubs and business and personal checkbooks, plans, drawings, blueprints, test records, 

financial data and analyses, leases, assignments, photographs, videotapes and all things similar to 

the foregoing; 

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(c) “Party” or “Parties” shall mean and refer to Peters, Maytag, any 

Party, plaintiff, and/or defendant(s) and/or third party plaintiff and/or third party defendant, in the 

above-entitled action; 

(d) “Counsel for the Parties” shall mean any member or associate of a 

law firm or in-house counsel representing any Party or Parties in the above-entitled action; 

(e) “Disclosing Party” shall mean the Party disclosing, furnishing or 

producing, whether directly or indirectly, any Documents who has identified or seeks to identify 

such information as within the protective provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

(f) “Receiving Party” shall mean the Party who first receives any 

Documents from the “Disclosing Party;” 

(g) “Qualified Persons” are limited to: 

(i.) Counsel for the Parties; 

(ii.) Paralegal, Non-technical and clerical staff employed by 

Counsel for the Parties in connection with the preparation for and the trial of this action; 

(iii.) Independent personnel retained or consulted by Counsel for 

the Parties to furnish technical or other expert services or advice or to give expert testimony 

(hereinafter “Experts”); 

(iv.) Officers of and employees of a Party, where needed for the 

preparation for and trial of this action. 

(v.) Trial witnesses, deponents, and the attorney for said 

Deponents; 

(h) “Order” shall mean this Stipulated Protective Order. 

3. All Parties agree that the designation of material as Confidential is made 

after a good faith determination that the material is, under Federal and/or California law, sensitive, 

proprietary and/or confidential financial, commercial or other information which would be entitled 

to protection by a protective order entered upon noticed motion. 

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4. Confidential materials include all documents produced by Maytag, and are 

designated and identified as such by Bates Numbers MAY 0001-MAY 0015. The designation of 

material as Confidential shall be made prior to, or contemporaneously with, the production or 

disclosure of that material. In addition, within sixty (60) days after receiving the original 

transcript of any deposition of one of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, 

a Party may designate page and line numbers of Confidential material contained therein. 

5. No Confidential material or any copies thereof, and information obtained 

from inspecting such material and notes made therefrom, shall be used by any person or Party for 

any purpose other than the preparation for and trial of this action. Any Confidential material, and 

any copies thereof and notes made therefrom, shall be disclosed only to Qualified Persons. 

6. No Confidential material received by any Party in this lawsuit, or the 

contents thereof, may be revealed or disclosed to any person or entity not described in Paragraph 

1, subparagraph (g), parts (i) through (vi), including but not limited to members of the press. 

7. No Confidential material shall be disclosed to a Qualified Person described 

in Paragraph 1, subparagraph (g), parts (ii) through (vi), unless and until such person has executed 

a Declaration in the form of Attachment “A” hereto, indicating such person has read the terms of 

this Order and agrees to be bound hereby. Copies of executed Declarations shall be maintained by 

the Counsel for the Receiving Party and shall be produced forthwith by the Receiving Party upon 

request by any other Party. 

8. If any Confidential material is utilized or referred to during depositions or a 

question is asked at a deposition calling for any Confidential material, then Counsel for the 

Designating Party may designate a portion of the transcript as sealed and may further request that 

only Qualified Persons, the deponent, and the court reporter shall be present during the 

deposition. In the event any Confidential material is entered into evidence as exhibits to 

deposition or trial, its use shall be bound by the terms of this Order and shall be placed under seal. 

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9. If, in connection with any motion, hearing, trial or other proceeding before 

the Court, any Party intends to file a brief, memorandum, Declaration or other paper or any 

Documents, exhibits or other materials that reveal or may reveal Confidential material or the 

contents thereof, the Documents filed with the Court shall be submitted in a sealed envelope 

marked “CONFIDENTIAL - FILED UNDER SEAL.” Such Confidential material, including 

copies filed with the Court and served on other Parties, shall bear upon their face the designation 

“CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” 

10. Counsel for the Parties shall keep all material or information designated as 

Confidential which is received under this Order within their exclusive possession and control and 

shall immediately place such material and information in a secure and segregated location. Only 

Qualified Persons shall be permitted access to the foregoing location. If a central depository is 

established for all Parties, the custodian thereof shall be provided a copy of this Order and 

required to execute a copy of the Declaration contained in Attachment “A.” The custodian of the 

depository shall further be directed to keep all Confidential material in a separate location from all 

other Documents, and permit access thereto by only Qualified Persons who have executed the 

Declaration contained in Attachment “A.” The custodian of the depository shall also keep a log 

of all confidential documents copied by or on behalf of any party, including an index of the 

specific documents copied. The information kept in this log shall not be disclosed to any party, 

person or entity except upon order of the Special Master or the Court issued upon duly noticed 

motion for good cause shown. 

11. Any and all copies of Confidential material shall be made in such a manner 

as to include the designation “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” on 

the copy. All extracts, summaries or descriptions of the materials designated as Confidential shall 

indicate that such information is Confidential and subject to the terms of this Order, and bear the 

designation “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” All such extracts, 

summaries or descriptions of the materials designated as Confidential shall only be disclosed to 

Qualified Persons who have executed the Declaration contained in Attachment “A.” 

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12. Material or information claimed to be Confidential that is subject to dispute 

as to whether it is, in fact, Confidential material or information shall, until further order of the 

Court, be treated as Confidential in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

13. Within sixty (60) days following final termination of this action, including 

any appeal after judgment (including without limitation the filing of a Stipulation for Dismissal; 

Entry of Judgment and subsequent recordation of an Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of 

Judgment; the granting of a Motion to Vacate Consent Order upon the completion of acts of 

injunctive relief; or other similar acts terminating a cause of action), all Confidential material and 

any copies, duplicates, notes, abstracts or summaries thereof, shall be returned to the Party that 

produced such material. All Declarations executed pursuant to Paragraph 7 hereof shall be 

transmitted to counsel for producing party within the same period of time. 

14. Upon final termination of this action, the provisions of this Order shall 

continue to be binding. This Court retains jurisdiction over the Parties for enforcement of the 

provisions of this Order following final termination of this action. 

15. Nothing in this Order shall be construed as a waiver by Maytag of the right 

to object to the subject matter of any requests for discovery in this action. The execution of this 

Order shall not be construed as an agreement by Maytag to produce any documents or provide 

any information and shall not constitute an admission by Maytag that any document(s) or 

information that may exist are relevant in any way to the issues raised in this action; nor shall the 

execution of this Order be construed as a waiver by Maytag of any privilege or immunity with 

respect to any document or information. Maytag specifically reserves the right to seek such 

further protective orders from this Court or dissolve, in whole or in part, any protective order, as 

it deems necessary. 

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16. Any disputes about the validity and/or interpretation of this Order, or any 

portion thereof, shall be resolved pursuant to the laws of the State of California and applicable 

Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure. 

17. This Order may be executed in counterparts. 

DATED: January 10, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By: /s/ Richard A. Crites 

CURTIS D. PARVIN 

RICHARD A. CRITES 

Attorneys for Third Party Defendant 

MAYTAG CORPORATION sued as 

successor in interest and/or surviving corporation of 

NORGE CORPORATION 

DATED: December 29, 2005 GREBAN & ASSOCIATES 

By: /s/ Joseph B. Adams 

 JAN A. GREBAN 

JOSEPH B. ADAMS 

Attorneys for Attorneys for Defendants RICHARD C. 

PETERS and RAMONA W. PETERS, individually 

and as Trustee of the PETERS FAMILY TRUST 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 13, 2006

Ddad1/orders.civil/maytag.ord 

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ATTACHMENT “A”

Declaration

I, __________________________, hereby acknowledge that I have read the Stipulated 

Protective Order entered by the parties to the action entitled California Department of Toxic 

Substances Control v. Payless Cleaners, et al., USDC Court Case No. CIVS 02 2389 LKK 

DAD, and agree to be bound by the terms thereof. I also acknowledge that I have received 

documents pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on _________, 200__, at ____________________, California. 

 _____________________________________ 

 Signature 

 

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