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Parties Involved:
American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO
Plaintiff
San Francisco Opera Association
Defendant

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KAUFF, MCC LAIN

& MCGUIRE LLP

ONE POST STREET, 

SUITE 2600

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

TELEPHONE (415) 421-3111

STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C 04-05005 JCS

JEFFREY D. POLSKY (State Bar No. 120975)

KAUFF McCLAIN & McGUIRE LLP

One Post Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 421-3111

Facsimile: (415) 421-0938

Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AFLCIO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, 

AFL-CIO,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION,

Defendant.

CASE NO. C 04-05005 JCS

STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

FOR FURTHER ORDER

CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Date of Conference: June 23, 2005

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties, through their attorneys, 

stipulate as follows:

1. Plaintiff American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO (“plaintiff” or 

“AGMA”) and defendant San Francisco Opera Association (“defendant” or “San 

Francisco Opera”) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. AGMA filed this 

action on November 24, 2004 to compel defendant San Francisco Opera to arbitrate 

certain disputes pursuant to the grievance procedures specified in that collective 

bargaining agreement.

2. Since this action was filed, plaintiff and defendant, through their 

attorneys, have arranged to process the pending grievances. The parties have met on 

six separate occasions. Tom Angelo, an arbitrator and mediator retained by the parties, 

and the parties’ counsel, were present for four of those meetings (most recently on June 

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KAUFF, MCC LAIN

& MCGUIRE LLP

ONE POST STREET, 

SUITE 2600

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

TELEPHONE (415) 421-3111

STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C 04-05005 JCS

15, 2005). Through these meetings and related negotiations, the parties have resolved 

the vast majority of the outstanding grievances. They hope to resolve the remaining

issues in this same manner or, if necessary, through the arbitration procedures provided 

in the collective bargaining agreement, without substantial further involvement by this 

Court.

3. Pursuant to Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

paragraph 4 of Magistrate Judge Spero’s Case Management Order, the parties 

respectfully request that the Case Management Conference scheduled for June 23,

2005 be continued for 90 days to September 23, 2005, or to such other date as the 

Court deems appropriate. They further request that the deadlines for completing initial 

disclosures or stating objections in the Rule 26(f) Report, filing and serving a Case 

Management Statement, and filing and serving a Rule 26(f) Report be continued to a 

date one week before the rescheduled Case Management Conference.

4. The parties made a similar request concerning the Case 

Management Conference initially scheduled for March 25, 2005. Since they continue to 

make progress in resolving the underlying disputes, the parties respectfully request that 

the Court grant this further continuance.

5. Counsel for plaintiff is filing this stipulation electronically and hereby 

attests, pursuant to General Order 45, Section X(B), that defendant concurs in the filing.

DATED: June 21, 2005 KAUFF McCLAIN & McGUIRE LLP

/s/ Jeffrey D. Polsky

Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL 

ARTISTS, AFL-CIO

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& MCGUIRE LLP

ONE POST STREET, 

SUITE 2600

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

TELEPHONE (415) 421-3111

STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C 04-05005 JCS

DATED: June 21, 2005 FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLP

/s/ Susan W. Ansberry

Attorneys for Defendant

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

PROPOSED ORDER

The Case Management Conference in this matter is hereby continued to 

July 15, 2005 in Courtroom A, 15th Floor at 1:30 p.m. The last day to complete initial 

disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) Report, file and serve a Case Management 

Statement, and file and serve a Rule 26(f) Report is hereby continued to July 8, 2005.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________ ______________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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June 21, 2005 /s/ Joseph C. Spero

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