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Parties Involved:
Cozad Trailer Sales LLC
Plaintiff
Danny Rackley
Defendant
Rackley Bilt Trailer Sales, Inc
Defendant

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Stipulation for Settlement, Permanent Injunction and Judgment / Order

Civil Action No. 2:05-cv-01181-wbs-dad

A. PETER RAUSCH, JR. (State Bar No. 127930)

LAW OFFICES OF A. PETER RAUSCH, JR.

7488 Shoreline Drive, Suite A-3

Stockton, California 95219 

Telephone: (209) 952-5000

Facsimile: (209) 952-5009

Attorneys for Plaintiff

COZAD TRAILER SALES LLC

GREGORY T. MEATH (State Bar No. 180495)

MEATH & PEREIRA

20 North Sutter Street, Suite 200

Stockton, CA 95202-2907

Ph. (209) 942-3300

Fx. (209) 942-3302

Attorney for Defendant 

RACKLEY BILT TRAILER SALES and

DANNY RACKLEY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

COZAD TRAILER SALES LLC., a

California limited liability company 

Plaintiff,

vs.

RACKLEY BILT TRAILER SALES, INC.,

a California corporation, DANNY

RACKLEY, an individual, 

Defendants. 

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Civil Action No. 2:05-cv-1181- WBS

STIPULATION FOR SETTLEMENT, 

PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND 

JUDGMENT

ORDER

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Pursuant to an agreement to settle this action reached between the parties and recited on

the record in open court following a voluntary early settlement conference held on October 5 ,

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2006 before the Honorable Magistrate Judge Dale Drozd:

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Plaintiff, Cozad Trailer Sales, LLC, a California limited liability company (herein after

“Cozad”), and Defendants Rackley Bilt Trailer Sales, Inc., a California corporation and/or Danny

Rackley, an individual, (herein after “Defendants”) by and through their undersigned attorneys of

record, hereby stipulate and agree to settle this action and respectfully request that the Court

approve the terms of this settlement stipulation and enter the orders, injunctions and judgments as

agreed upon, requested and specifically set forth below.

A. Entry of Permanent Injunction / Final Judgment.

The parties stipulate and agree that a permanent injunction be entered as the Final

Judgment in this action on the following terms:

Whereas, Plaintiff, COZAD TRAILER SALES, LLC, a California limited liability

company (herein after “Cozad”), has filed this action for a Permanent Injunction, under the

Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §1051, et seq.) alleging that Defendants Rackley Bilt Trailer Sales, Inc.,

a California corporation and/or Danny Rackley, an individual, (herein after “Defendants”) appear

to be selling goods or threatening to sell goods in violation of Plaintiff’s trade dress interests, and

Whereas, Defendants have engaged counsel and both parties have agreed to stipulate to

the issuance of a Permanent Injunction in lieu of trial.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, DECREED AND ADJUDGED, that:

1. Defendants, and each of them, are hereby permanently restrained, prohibited and

enjoined from making use in any manner of Plaintiff’s trade dress interest and from selling any

low-bed heavy haul industrial trailer or any other custom built special application trailer

infringing Plaintiff’s trade dress interest and specifically the use or incorporation of multiple

round holes spaced proportionally in between cross members of the trailer assembly in and along

the webs located anywhere on the trailers, including, specifically, all Decks, Goosenecks, Jeeps,

Dollies, Towers, Crossmembers and Rear Bumper Assemblies.

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2. Defendants, and each of them, are hereby permanently restrained, prohibited and

enjoined from selling any low-bed heavy haul industrial trailer or any other custom built special

application trailer, unless: 

A. Mud Flaps prominently displaying the name “Rackley Bilt” have been

installed on the back of the Jeeps and Dollies; and

B. Decals approximately four (4) inches by twelve (12) inches large and

prominently displaying the name “Rackley Bilt” have been affixed in multiple locations on and

along the webs located along all Decks, Goosenecks, Jeeps and Dollies.

3. The Court hereby retains jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Order and

Judgment.

B. Other Terms of Settlement.

The parties further stipulate and agree that: 

1. This Stipulation and the Stipulated Permanent Injunction issued as a result, shall

not be construed as an admission of infringement by Defendants.

2. This Stipulation and the Stipulated Permanent Injunction issued as a result, shall

not be construed to prevent Rackley from making repairs to existing trailers where such repairs

require, include or involve the making or repairing of rounds holes in the trailer frame or body to

the extent necessary to make repairs.

3. Defendants shall not oppose, interfere or assist any other person or entity in

opposing or interfering with any application made by Plaintiff to the United States Patent and

Trademark Office to register and protect its trade dress as to the elements of trade dress claimed

in this action.

4. Defendants shall pay to Plaintiff the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00)

as follows:

a. Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) on or before November 5 , 2006, and th

b. Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) on or before April 5 , 2007. th

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5. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Stipulation for

Settlement and the Permanent Injunction and Judgment entered hereon.

6. Except for those claims specifically reserved herein, each of the parties does hereby

fully release and forever discharges the other parties, and their present and former employees,

agents, predecessors, successors, attorneys, and representatives, of and from any and all claims,

debts, rights, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses, attorney’s fees, causes of action and lawsuits,

of every kind, nature or description, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed

or contingent, which they ever had, have now, or may hereafter acquire, upon or by reason of any

matter, cause or thing whatsoever accruing, occurring, or arising at any time prior to the

execution of this AGREEMENT, including, but not limited to, those arising from, referring to, or

in any manner related to this action or which could have been raised in the action. The parties

covenant and promise that they shall forever refrain from prosecuting, initiating, or maintaining

any action, suit or claim against the other, whether in their own right or by assignment, based

upon any of the facts, matters, or relationships which are the subject of the release set forth

above. 

Except for those claims specifically reserved herein, the parties understand and agree that

there is a risk that subsequent to the execution of this release, a party might incur or suffer loss,

damage or injury which is in some way related to, or caused by, matters, or transactions which

are the subject of the Lawsuit, but which were unknown or unanticipated at the time this

AGREEMENT is signed. Nevertheless, as part of the consideration and as inducement for the

execution of this AGREEMENT, the parties, with full knowledge and with a specific intent to

release all claims, both known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, do hereby specifically

waive the provisions of section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads:

A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor

does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of

executing the release, which if known by him must have

materially affected his settlement with the debtor. 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Civil Code section 1542, and for the purpose of

implementing full and complete releases, the parties expressly acknowledge that, except for those

claims specifically reserved herein, this AGREEMENT is intended to include in its effect,

without limitation, all claims, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that any party may

have, and this AGREEMENT further contemplates the extinction of any and all such claims. The

parties have sought the advice of counsel prior to signing this release and do so voluntarily with

full knowledge of its significance, and with the express intention of effecting and avoiding the

legal consequences provided by Civil Code section 1542. Except for the rights specifically

reserved herein, the parties expressly waive any right hereafter to assert that any claim, through

ignorance or oversight, has been omitted from this AGREEMENT. Each of the parties assumes

full responsibility for any injury, damage, loss, or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever from

the above-referenced waiver. 

Dated: November 21, 2006 Respectfully Submitted;

LAW OFFICES OF A. PETER RAUSCH, JR.

By: /s/ A. Peter Rausch, Jr.

A. Peter Rausch, Jr.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Cozad Trailer Sales LLC.

[Submitted via E-Filing]

MEATH & PEREIRA

By: /s/ Gregory T. Meath

Gregory T. Meath

Attorneys for Defendants

Rackley Bilt Trailer Sales, Inc.,and Danny Rackley

[Submitted via E-Filing]

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Stipulation for Settlement, Permanent Injunction and Judgment / Order

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E-FILING SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

I hereby attest that I have been expressly authorized by opposing counsel to affix his

signature above as indicated by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this e-filed document.

November 9, 2006 /s/ A. Peter Rausch, Jr. 

A. Peter Rausch, Jr.

[Submitted via E-Filing]

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED

Date: November 20, 2006

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