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Parties Involved:
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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10791/0040/617841.1 Case No.: 2:06-CV-1740 FCD (KJM)

SUSAN M. KEENEY (State Bar No. 60747)

PETER C. LYON (State Bar No. 174019)

MAUREEN E. MCTAGUE (State Bar No. 178574)

RYAN C. DONLON (State Bar No. 229292)

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 398-3344

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:06-CV-1740 FCD (KJM)

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY OF

INSURANCE AGREEMENTS

DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO RULE

26(a)(1)(D) AND RULE 34(b) OF THE

FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL

PROCEDURE

(WITH COURT MODIFICATIONS)

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 The United States specifically requested (in Request for Production no. 12) that Union

Pacific “[p]roduce all documents related to insurance policies which potentially provide coverage

related to the subject fire, including documents that refer or relate to insurance claims submitted

by Defendant in connection with the subject fire, all related correspondence, records of payment,

or denial of such claims.” In response to that request and rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, Union Pacific agrees to produce “any insurance agreement under which any person

carrying on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy part or all of a judgment...”

 Insurance Documents are labeled “UPRR STOR 0003936-0004113.” 2

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WHEREAS, the disclosure requirements of rule 26(a)(1)(D) and discovery requests1

propounded by the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“United States”) in this action pursuant

to rule 34(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure involve the production of insurance

documents containing information which defendant UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

COMPANY (“Union Pacific”) deems confidential and proprietary (“Insurance Documents ”); 2

WHEREAS, Union Pacific has in its possession the Insurance Documents which are 

 responsive to the United States discovery requests and within the ambit of disclosures rules, and

Union Pacific wishes to fully comply with the requirements placed upon it by the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure while maintaining the confidentiality of its Insurance Documents; and 

WHEREAS, Union Pacific and the United States mutually wish to establish procedures that

would be fair to them, expedite the current discovery process, and facilitate the disposition by

this Court of problems that may arise in connection with discovery herein;

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, AGREED and ORDERED, by and

between the undersigned, that:

1. United States, and their counsel, agree that all documents and information produced

or provided to them in this action, shall be used only for purposes necessary to the evaluation

and/or resolution of the claims which are the subject matter of this action, and not for any other

purpose without further written agreement by them or order of the Court. 

2. The United States may not disclose or make available the Insurance Documents, or

the insurance information contained therein, to any person or persons, except to the following,

and only then when necessary for the evaluation and/or prosecution of this action:

(a) Counsel retained or employed by the United States, to the extent necessary

for this action, including the necessary employees or agents of counsel to the United States,

assigned to and necessary to assist such counsel in this action;

(b) Any officer, employee, agent or counsel of the United States, to the extent

 necessary for this action; and

(c) Any court reporter or typist rendering services for recording or transcribing

testimony in this action or any outside independent reproduction or graphics firm rendering

reproduction or graphics services in this action; 

3. This stipulation does not affect the rights of Union Pacific with respect to their own

documents or information, or constitute an admission by Union Pacific, with respect to the

propriety of their disclosure or their relevance, and nothing in this stipulation shall be construed

as precluding Union Pacific from objecting to the use of its Insurance Documents or the

information contained therein generally. 

4. Within six (6) months after completion of this action and any appeal thereof and the

expiration of any further right to appeal with no appeal having been taken, and upon written

request by Union Pacific, the Insurance Documents and all copies thereof shall be returned to

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Union Pacific and certified by affidavit as having been returned by the party or person in

possession thereof.

5. Should any third party seek access, by request, subpoena or otherwise, to any

Insurance Documents or any information contained therein, the United States shall promptly

notify Union Pacific. Union Pacific may then take whatever steps it deems necessary to protect

its interests. The United States shall object to producing such documents and take reasonable

steps to not produce the Insurance Documents and/or the information contained therein.

6. Prior to the use of any Insurance Documents or the information contained therein in

connection with any filings with the Court in this action or at any hearing to be held in open

court, consistent with paragraphs 1 and 2, above the United States shall provide reasonable

notice to Union Pacific and allow Union Pacific the opportunity to object to the disclosure of

this said Insurance Documents and/or information in Court filings and/or in open court. If any

issues and/or disagreements with respect to the use of the Insurance Documents and/or the

information contained therein cannot be resolved within seven (7) calendar days from the date

of first notice of the request to use them/it, then the United States (or any party wishing to file

such documents) shall seek leave of Court to file such documents under seal, as provided for by

Local Rule 39-141. shall advise the clerk that such information or documents have been

designated confidential in accordance with this stipulation and Order and shall request that the

same be filed in the clerk’s office in sealed envelopes or containers labeled with the title and

docket number of this action, an indication of the nature of the contents and the legend:

CONFIDENTIAL

This envelope contains documents that are subject to a Stipulation and Order

governing the use of confidential material. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(c), the envelope shall not be opened nor the contents thereof displayed or

revealed (other than to court personnel) except by order of the Court.

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 Counsel authorized the use of his electronic signature on this electronic filing on

February 14, 2007 pursuant to Local Rule 7-131(e).

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7. The provisions of this stipulation shall survive the conclusion of this litigation,

whether by settlement, judgment or otherwise, and shall continue in full force and effect. The

Court shall retain jurisdiction over the United States and any other person bound by this

Stipulation, to enforce this Stipulation. 

8. The terms of this stipulation may be amended in writing only, or by order of the

Court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. OFFICE OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

Dated: February 14, 2007 By: /s/ Kendall J. Newman3_____________

Kendall J. Newman, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

IT IS SO STIPULATED. SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

Dated: February 15, 2007 By: /s/ Ryan C. Donlon_________________

Ryan C. Donlon, Esq.

Attorney for Defendant UNION PACIFIC

RAILROAD COMPANY

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ORDER

As modified above to conform to the Local Rules, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 7, 2007.

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