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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

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH,

PENNSYLVANIA, a corporation, and

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE

COMPANY, a corporation,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ELECTRIC TRANSIT INCORPORATED, an

Ohio corporation and joint venture of SKODA,

a.s., a corporation, SKODA, a.s., SKODA

OSTROV, s.r.o., a corporation, AAI

CORPORATION, a corporation, and CZECH

EXPORT BANK, a corporation,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-03435 JSW

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO

SHORTEN TIME FOR

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION

TO AMEND ANSWER AND

MOTION TO ALLOW

AMENDMENT OF EXPERT’S

REPORT AND RESETTING

DATES

Now before the Court is the motion filed by Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants

National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and American Home

Assurance Company, and Third-Party Defendant, American International Group, Inc.

(collectively “Sureties”) to shorten time for consideration of the Sureties’ motion to amend their

answer in response to counterclaim and third-party complaint and the Sureties’ motion to allow

amendment of their expert’s report.

Having carefully considered the motion, the Court hereby DENIES the Sureties’

motions to shorten time. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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However, because the deadline for the pretrial filings is fast-approaching and in the

interest of preserving judicial resources, the Court HEREBY RESETS the pretrial conference

and trial dates. The pretrial conference, previously set for July 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m., is reset to

October 1, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. The trial, previously set to commence on August 20, 2007 at 8:30

a.m., is reset to commence on October 22, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.

In addition, the Court HEREBY SETS the hearing on the Sureties’ motion to amend

their answer in response to counterclaim and third-party complaint and the Sureties’ motion to

allow amendment of their expert’s report shall be heard on August 10, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The

oppositions to the motion to amend the answer and the motion to amend the expert’s report

shall be due no later than July 13, 2007. The replies, if any, shall be due no later than July 20,

2007. If the Court finds the matters suitable for disposition without oral argument, it shall notify

the parties in advance of the hearing date. If the parties wish to modify this briefing schedule,

they must submit a request that demonstrates good cause for doing so.

Thereafter, there shall be no further dispositive motion filings prior to pretrial filings. 

The parties both have urgently moved the Court to adjudicate outstanding legal issues just prior

to commencement of the period set far in advance for pretrial preparation. The Court shall

adjudicate the two motions now pending, but, after their disposition, shall address any possible

further outstanding issues at the pretrial conference now set for October 1, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 20, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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