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Parties Involved:
Federal Insurance Company
Defendant
Longs Drug Stores California, Inc.
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LONGS DRUG STORES CALIFORNIA,

INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.; DOES 1

through 50,

Defendants.

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No. C 03-01746 JSW

ORDER RE FURTHER BRIEFING

ON PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST

At the eleventh hour, Defendant Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”) claims it would

be prejudiced by being denied an opportunity to present oral argument at the second hearing on

the motion for summary judgment filed by Plaintiff Longs Drug Stores California, Inc.

(“Longs”). Given the fact that Federal has had every opportunity to present its arguments and

evidence in opposition to Long’s motion, the Court concludes that Federal has not demonstrated

any prejudice from the Court vacating the second hearing. If Federal suffers any harm, it would

be due to Federal’s own delay in responding to Long’s damage calculations. Longs provided

notice to Federal as early as November 30, 2004, over eight months ago, that it was seeking

10% compounded annual interest, and that such interest accrued from the date of the invoices. 

(Declaration of Paul R. Johnson in support of Long’s motion for summary judgment, ¶ 7, Ex. 4.)

Nevertheless, the Court will provide Federal an opportunity to provide supplemental briefing on

pre-judgment interest. Federal may file and serve a brief no longer than four pages by 4:00 p.m.

on Monday, August 15, 2005. Longs may file and serve a response no longer than four pages by 

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4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 22, 2005. In its response, Longs shall provide the daily rate at

which the interest would accrue if the pre-judgment interest is limited to simple interest versus

compounded interest.

Because Federal could have but failed to brief this issue in its supplemental opposition

on the issue of damages, and as a sanction for creating additional delay on Plaintiff’s motion,

Federal is HEREBY ORDERED to pay the costs incurred by Longs in responding to Federal’s

supplemental briefing on the issue of pre-judgment interest. Longs shall file a declaration

detailing such costs with its responsive brief.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 8, 2005 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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