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Parties Involved:
AMEROPA AG
Plaintiff
Ameropa North America, Inc.
Plaintiff
Moore Agricultural Products Company, Inc.
Defendant

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[PROPOSED] SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER No.: 1:07-CV-01182-OWW-NEW

TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

AND FOR EX PARTE WRIT OF POSSESSION AND 

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 

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ROBERT A. BLEICHER (SBN 111334) 

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 

50 California Street, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 743-6900 

Facsimile: (415) 743-6910 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AMEROPA AG and 

AMEROPA NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

AMEROPA AG; AMEROPA NORTH 

AMERICA, INC, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MOORE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 

COMPANY, INC., 

Defendant. 

 

No.: 1:07-CV-01182-OWW-NEW 

SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE RE: PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION, EMERGENCY WRIT OF 

POSSESSION AND TEMPORARY 

RESTRAINING ORDER 

TO DEFENDANT MOORE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, INC. ("MOORE") AND 

ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND ATTORNEYS: 

YOUR ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE at 11:00 a.m. on August 24, 2007, 

in Courtroom 3 of the United States Courthouse, the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, presiding, 

located at 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno California 93721, why MOORE should not be restrained 

and enjoined, and a Writ of Possession should not be issued in favor of AMEROPA AG and 

AMEROPA NORTH AMERICA, INC. ("AMEROPA") against MOORE, for possession of the 

zinc sulphate shipped to MOORE's Hanford, California facility by AMEROPA, pending trial of 

this action, pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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[PROPOSED] SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER No.: 1:07-CV-01182-OWW-NEW

TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

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TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 

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 This Order to Show Cause and supporting papers must be served on defendant no later 

than 5 days before the date set for hearing, and proof of service or waiver thereof shall be filed 

no later than 2 court days before the hearing. Any response or opposition to this Order to Show 

Cause must be filed and personally served on plaintiffs' counsel no later than 2 court days, 

August 22, 2007, before the date set for hearing, and proof of service shall be filed no later than 

2 court days before the hearing. 

AND IT BEING SHOWN TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT based on the 

motions papers and Complaint filed herein, and the Declaration of Michael Ward in Support of 

Writ of Possession and Injunctive Relief and the Declaration of Robert A. Bleicher in Support of 

Ex Parte Relief ,that: 

Defendant has been given advance notice of the plaintiffs' application for ex parte relief, 

and good cause exists to excuse service on defendant and issuance of this Order ex parte; 

Plaintiffs have established a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim; 

There is probable cause to believe that this property or some part thereof is located at 

11521 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford, California; 

Defendant MOORE acquired possession of this property in the ordinary course of the 

defendant's trade or business for commercial purposes, and (1) the property is not necessary for 

the support of the defendant or the defendant's family; (2) there is an immediate danger that the 

property will become unavailable to levy by reason of being transferred, sold, concealed, or 

dissipated or removed from the state, or will become substantially impaired in value by acts of 

destruction, or by failure to take care of the property in a reasonable manner; 

Immediate and irreparable loss, injury or damage will result to AMEROPA before 

MOORE or its counsel can be heard. 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Rule 65(b), Fed. R. Civ. P., it is further ORDERED, 

that MOORE, its officers, agents, employees and attorneys and all those in active concert or 

participation with it or them ARE HEREBY RESTRAINED AND ENJOINED, from: 

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[PROPOSED] SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER No.: 1:07-CV-01182-OWW-NEW

TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

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a) Disposing of, using, processing, dissipating, contaminating, wasting, diverting, 

removing, or destroying, any of the product (zinc sulphate) shipped by AMEROPA to MOORE's 

Hanford, California facility, pending the hearing on the Preliminary Injunction or other relief; 

b) Disposing of, using, processing, dissipating, contaminating, wasting, diverting, 

removing, or destroying, any of the product (zinc sulphate) shipped by AMEROPA to MOORE's 

Humboldt, Tennessee facility, except by specific written agreement with Ameropa. 

AND IT BEING FURTHER SHOWN TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT based 

on the motions papers and Complaint filed herein, and the Declaration of Michael Ward in 

Support of Writ of Possession and Injunctive Relief and the Declaration of Robert A. Bleicher in 

Support of Ex Parte Relief, that immediate and irreparable loss, injury or damage will result to 

AMEROPA before MOORE or its counsel can be heard, the Court having found that: 

Defendant has been properly served, or that good cause exists to excuse plaintiffs from 

service on defendant and issuance of this Order ex parte; 

Plaintiffs have established the probable validity of the plaintiffs' claim to possession of the 

following property: any quantity of zinc sulphate shipped by AMEROPA to MOORE's 

Hanford, California facility; 

There is probable cause to believe this property or some part of it is located at the 

following private place: 11521 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford, California; 

The defendant acquired possession of this property in the ordinary course of the 

defendant's trade or business for commercial purposes, and (1) the property is not necessary for 

the support of the defendant or the defendant's family; (2) there is an immediate danger that the 

property will become unavailable to levy by reason of being transferred, concealed or removed 

from the state, or will become substantially impaired in value by acts of destruction, or by failure 

to take care of the property in a reasonable manner, and (3) the ex parte issuance of a writ of 

possession is necessary to protect the property. 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 512.010 et. seq., Rule 65(b) and 

Rule 64, Fed. R. Civ. P., it is further ORDERED, that: 

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1. AMEROPA is entitled to and shall have immediate possession of any quantity of 

zinc sulphate shipped by AMEROPA to MOORE's Hanford, California facility; 

2. MOORE shall transfer physical possession of the property described above to 

AMEROPA within 24 hours of the issuance of this Order. If MOORE fails to do so, 

AMEROPA shall have the right to immediately seize such property. 

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Failure to comply with an order of the court to turn 

over possession of the property to the plaintiff may subject you to being held in contempt of 

court. 

The foregoing Writ of Possession and Temporary Restraining Order shall be effective 

upon plaintiff AMEROPA filing with the Court an undertaking the sum of $10,000. 

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: You may apply to the Court for 

modification/dissolution of this ex parte Order on 2 days notice or such shorter notice as the 

court may allow. 

Dated: August 17, 2007 

Hour of issuance: 8:35 AM 

______/s/ Oliver W. Wanger____________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Presented this _________ of August, 2007, by: 

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 

By: 

Robert A. Bleicher 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AMEROPA AG and AMEROPA NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

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