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Parties Involved:
AAI Corporation
Counter-claimant
American Home Assurance Company
Plaintiff
American International Group, Inc.
3rd party defendant
Czech Export Bank
Defendant
Electric Transit Incorporated
Defendant
National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Counter-defendant
SKODA, a.s.
Defendant
Skoda Ostrov, S.R.O.
Defendant

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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP 

Mark P. Ressler 

Ronald R. Rossi 

Adina G. Storch 

1633 Broadway 

New York, New York 10019 

Telephone: (212) 506-1700 

Facsimile: (212) 506-1800 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim/ 

Third-Party Plaintiff AAI Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE ) 

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ) Case No. C 04-3435 (JSW) 

and AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, ) 

 ) FILED VIA “ECF” FILING 

 Plaintiffs, ) SYSTEM

 v. )

 )

ELECTRIC TRANSIT INCORPORATED, ) 

SKODA, a.s., SKODA OSTROV, s.r.o., ) 

AAI CORPORATION and CZECH EXPORT BANK, ) 

 ) STIPULATION TO 

 ) CONTINUE THE 

 Defendants. ) SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 ) HEARING DATE AND ) [PROPOSED] ORDER 

_____________________________________________) 

AAI CORPORATION, ) 

 )

 Counterclaim Plaintiff, ) 

 v. ) 

 )

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE ) 

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ) Hearing date: November 2, 2007 

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, ) Time: 9:00 AM 

 ) Courtroom: 2 

 ) Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 Counterclaim Defendants.) 

_____________________________________________) 

AAI CORPORATION, ) 

 )

 Third-Party Plaintiff, ) 

 v. ) 

 )

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., ) 

 )

 Third-Party Defendant. ) 

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Stipulation to Continue the September 14, 2007 Hearing Date and [Proposed] Order, Case No. 

C-04-3435 (JSW) 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 HEARING DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER,

CASE NO. C-04-3435 (JSW)

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WHEREAS, the Court’s August 1, 2007 Order Granting Motion for Leave to File 

Motion for Reconsideration (the “Order”) set September 14, 2007 as the date for the hearing on 

AIG's Motion for Reconsideration, AIG's Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer, and 

AIG's Motion to Allow Amendment of Expert's Report (the "Hearing Date"); 

WHEREAS, the Order further states that a "further case management conference shall 

follow the hearing on all three motions to determine an expedited schedule to bring this case to 

resolution"; 

WHEREAS, Defendant, Counterclaimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, AAI Corporation, 

requests a continuance of the Hearing Date as September 14, 2007 falls during the Jewish 

holiday of Rosh Hashanah, a holiday observed by counsel for the respective parties, and thereby 

evidencing good cause for continuing the date and time for the September 14, 2007 hearing and 

case management conference; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Counterclaim defendants National Union Fire Insurance 

Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and American Home Assurance Company, and ThirdParty Defendant, American International Group, Inc. (collectively “AIG”) consent to the 

requested continuance; 

WHEREAS, the requested continuance will have no effect on any pretrial or trial dates

as any such dates were vacated in the Court's Order and have not been reset; 

WHEREAS, the parties are not seeking herein to change the Motion for Reconsideration 

briefing schedule set by the Court in its Order or any other dates ordered by the Court; 

WHEREAS, no other modification to the Motion for Reconsideration schedule has 

previously been sought by the parties; and 

WHEREAS, November 2, 2007 is the first available hearing date after September 14, 

2007 as September 21, 2007, October 12, 2007, October 19, 2007 and October 26, 2007 are 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 HEARING DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER,

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only open to those cases ending in specified terminal digits, of which this case is not included, 

and the Court has indicated that it will not be available September 24 through and including 

October 8, 2007. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between 

the undersigned parties that: 

1. The hearing on AIG's Motion for Reconsideration, AIG's Motion for Leave to 

File Amended Answer, and AIG's Motion to Allow Amendment of Expert's Report and the case 

management conference shall be continued to November 2, 2007. Alternatively, and in light of 

the Court's stated desire to set an "expedited schedule" to bring this case to resolution, the 

parties are available on any date the Court might be available in October, should the Court 

prefer to hear the pending motions and conduct the case management conference prior to its 

next available hearing date (now listed as November 2, 2007). 

Dated: August 21, 2007 

 /s/ Mark P. Ressler 

Mark P. Ressler 

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 

1633 Broadway 

New York, New York 10019 

Telephone: (212) 506-1752 

Counsel for AAI Corporation 

 /s/ David C. Veis 

David C. Veis 

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3400 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 552-0130 

Counsel for National Union Fire Insurance 

Company, American Home Assurance 

Company, and American International Group, 

Inc. 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 HEARING DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER,

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SCHEDULING ORDER 

The Joint Stipulation to Continue the September 14, 2007 Hearing Date and [Proposed] 

Order is hereby adopted by the Court and the parties are ordered to comply with this Order. 

In addition, the Court orders the following: ___________________________________ 

_____________________________________________________________________________ 

_____________________________________________________________________________ 

Date: ____________ ____________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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The hearing date is CONTINUED to November 16, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. August 22, 2007

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