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Parties Involved:
A&C Catalysts, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Raymat Materials, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

A&C CATALYSTS, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RA YMAT MATERIALS, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 14-cv-04122-WHA (DMR) 

DECISION RE TERMS OF DISMISSAL; 

STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE; AND PROPOSED ORDER 

On March 9, 2015, I conducted a settlement conference in this matter. A&C Catalysts, 

Inc. and Raymat Materials, Inc., ("the parties") through their duly authorized representatives and 

with the assistance of counsel, reached a full and confidential resolution of the case. I stated the 

material and essential terms of the agreement on the record, and the parties confinned their 

agreement to those tenns. One of the terms required the parties to file a dismissal of this case, and 

all claims against each other, with prejudice by no later than March 16, 2015. Subsequently, on 

March 12,2015, Judge Alsup ordered the parties to file a stipulation of dismissal by March 17, 

2015. 

The parties did not file a stipulated dismissal. Instead, they launched into a disagreement 

about the terms of such a dismissal. On March 24, 2015, I convened another settlement 

conference. The pmiies agreed to engage in settlement discussions for one hour in an attempt to 

jointly hammer out the terms of a stipulated dismissal. The parties further agreed that if they were 

not able to do so, they would vest me with the full authority to decide the tenns of a stipulated 

dismissal. They agreed that my decision would be fully binding, enforceable, and not subject to 

further review. 

Following one hour of settlement discussions, the parties were not able to reach an 

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agreement. Therefore, through the authority vested in me by both parties, I now state the tenns of 

the dismissal, to which the parties have agreed to stipulate: 

1. The parties dismiss all claims against each other in this action with prejudice. 

2. The parties request that Judge Alsup enter an order rescinding his December 30, 2014 

order that A&C Catalysts hold $150,000 in escrow for Raymat Materials, Inc. [Docket 111 

at 16:1-2] 

3. The parties request that Judge Alsup enter an order rescinding any previous order enjoining 

A&C Catalyst from using proprietary infonnation obtained from Raymat Material, Inc. 

regarding the production ofN'-Lauroyl-L-lysine ("LL"), including the injunction in Judge 

Alsup's December 30, 2014 order [Docket 111 at 16:20-21]. 

4. The parties will not ask Judge Alsup to seal any proprietary information regarding LL that 

is contained in the record in this case. 

Dated: March 24,2015 

Bon. Donna M. Ryu 

United States Magistrate Judge 

So stipulated. 

Dated: March 24, 2015 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

1. This case is dismissed with prejudice. 

2. Any previous order requiring A&C Catalysts to hold $150,000 in escrow for Raymat 

Materials, Inc. is now rescinded. 

3. Any previous order enjoining A&C Catalyst from using proprietary infonnation obtained 

from Raymat Material, Inc. regarding the production ofN'-Lauroyl-L-lysine ("LL"), is now 

rescinded. 

4. All proprietary infonnation regarding LL that is in the record in this case shall remain 

unsealed. 

Dated: 

Hon. William H. Alsup 

United States District Judge 

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March 24, 2015. 

5. This order terminates docket numbers 117, 146, and 150. 

 This file is closed.

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge William Alsup

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