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Parties Involved:
Inxight Software Inc.
Defendant
Verity, Inc.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 VERITY, INC. 

Plaintiff,

 v.

 INXIGHT SOFTWARE INC. 

Defendant. /

No. C-04-5387 SC CONSOLIDATED

ORDER RE: JURY TRIAL PREPARATION

FOR JUDGE SAMUEL CONTI 

JURY TRIAL PREPARATION FOR JUDGE CONTI

A. Required Submissions

No later than ten (10) days before trial, each party shall serve upon all other parties and lodge

with this court an original and three copies of the following: 

(1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to

 be read to the jury prior to trial.

(2) Proposed Voir Dire questions.

(3) A trial brief.

(4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the form attached as Appendix A. Upon

request of a party, any party shall make the original of any exhibit available for inspection and/or

copying.

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(5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in the expected order of their presentation. 

The witness list shall also include:

(a) a brief statement as to the content of the witness' testimony;

(b) an estimate of the time of the witness' testimony, on both direct and cross

examination; 

(c) any expert testimony shall strictly comply

with FRCP Rule 26(a).

No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed to testify, except upon express order of

this court.

(6) A statement designating all excerpts from depositions (specifying the witness' name,

with page and line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses to requests for admission to

be offered at trial for any purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal.

(7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra).

(8) A proposed form of verdict.

(9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial conference. Motions in limine are to be

filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, oppositions are to be

filed and served no later than five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference.

B. Exhibit Binders

Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e. written documents, photographs, etc.)

should be placed in three-ring binders with each exhibit tabbed on the side. A copy of the exhibit

list should be placed in the front of the binder. Binders should be clearly labeled on the outside as to

which party's exhibits and what exhibit numbers they contain. The parties should prepare three (3)

sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the witness to refer to, and one for the clerk to act as the

original. The original copy should have an exhibit marker attached to the first page of each exhibit

in the lower right hand corner. The exhibit marker must appear substantially in the following form:

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Case No. ____________________________

{Name of Party}'s Exhibit No. _______

Date Entered: ______________________

Clerk, United States District Court

By: ________________________________

 Deputy Clerk

These binders are to be delivered directly to Judge Conti's Chambers no later than three (3) days

before the date of trial. They are not to be filed in the clerk's office. 

C. Proposed Jury Instructions

No later than ten (10) days before the trial date, the parties shall lodge with the court three

identical sets of JOINT proposed jury instructions. This means a complete set of all proposed

instructions upon which the parties agree, including all standard instructions regarding the role of

jurors, organization of the jury, communication with the court, etc. Failure to submit an agreed upon

instruction on a matter of law as to which there is no substantial ground for difference of opinion

may be considered a sufficient ground for the imposition of sanctions on counsel.

In addition, the parties shall attach to the originals

a complete set of instructions on a floppy disc formatted for Wordperfect or in Rich Text format.

Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise and free from argument, and

typewritten on separate pages. Each proposed instruction should include the heading 

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____ 

centered at the top of the first page of the instruction. 

Each set shall include two (2) separate copies of the proposed instructions. Each instruction

in the first copy should include a title briefly stating the general subject matter of the instruction and

should be free from citation to supporting authority or other extraneous references.

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Each instruction in the second copy should include citations to supporting authority whenever

available, but should be identical to instruction in the first copy in all other respects. An example is

attached as Appendix B.

With each set of instructions, the parties shall include an index to the proposed instructions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/5/06 SAMUEL CONTI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING EXHIBIT MARKERS AND EXHIBIT LIST

EXHIBIT MARKERS

Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving the "Date Entered" and "Deputy Clerk"

lines blank.

Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: P-1, P-2, P-3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be

denoted as: D-501, D-502, D-503, etc.

EXHIBIT LIST

Counsel are to supply all the requested information with the exception of the two "Date

Boxes."

COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS

Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and Defendant's exhibit binders must be blue.

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A P P E N D I X A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

PLAINTIFF Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 

DEFENDANT Exhibit No. 

Date Entered: 

RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: 

Deputy Clerk

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. DATE 

 vs. 

EXHIBIT LIST ( ) PLAINTIFF ( ) DEFENDANT

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

DATE DESCRIPTION

Marked for

Indentification

Admitted in

Evidence

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JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____

Unintentional Tort -- Negligence -- Defined

Negligence is the doing of some act which a reasonably prudent person would not

do . . . 

. . . etc. 

 

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A P P E N D I X B. 

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____

Unintentional Tort -- Negligence -- Defined

Negligence is the doing of some act which a reasonably prudent person would not do . . . 

. . . etc. 

Source: Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions § 80.03

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