Ameripride Svc Inc v. Valley Industrial, et al

Filing 1058

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 8/10/16. The parties stipulation regarding the use of deposition testimony at trial (ECF No. 1057 ) is hereby adopted as an order of this Court.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER (SBN 135860) BRIAN L. ZAGON (SBN 142403) MARC SHAPP (SBN 266805) HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN PC 3717 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 200 Lafayette, CA 94549 Telephone: (925) 284-0840 Facsimile: (925) 284-0870 LEE N. SMITH (SBN 138071) PERKINS, MANN & EVERETT, APC 7815 N. Palm Ave, Suite 200 Fresno, CA 93711 Telephone: (559) 447-5700 Facsimile: (559) 447-5600 Attorneys for Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. FRED M. BLUM, ESQ. (SBN 101586) ERIN K. POPPLER, ESQ. (SBN 267724) VIVY D. DANG, ESQ. (SBN 297714) BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP 500 Washington Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 397-9006 Facsimile: (415) 397-1339 Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. [Additional Attorneys Listed on Signature Page] 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 18 19 20 AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, 21 22 23 24 vs. VALLEY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., a former California Corporation, et al. Defendants. Case No. CIV. 2-00-113 MCE-DB STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL . Trial Date: October 17, 2016 Complaint Filed: January 20, 2000 25 26 AND CONSOLIDATED ACTION AND CROSS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS. 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 1 Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. (“AmeriPride”) and Defendant TEXAS 2 EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. (“TEO”), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate 3 with respect to the procedure for submitting deposition testimony at trial, as follows: 4 RECITALS 5 1. Following remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court issued 6 its July 20, 2015 Pretrial Scheduling Order (“Order”). Dkt. 988.1 The Court subsequently 7 issued a Minute Order continuing the trial date and deadlines for pretrial submissions 8 (“Minute Order”). Dkt. 1024. 9 10 2. Pursuant to the Order and the Minute Order, the Court has set a one (1) day bench trial for Monday, October 17, 2016. 11 3. To expedite the trial, the Parties have stipulated that deposition testimony 12 given in this civil action, including any civil action with which this civil action has been 13 consolidated, may be used at trial in lieu of calling a live witness. 14 15 4. As required by the Order and pursuant to Local Rule 281, the Parties will list all witnesses they propose to offer at trial in the Joint Pretrial Conference Statement. 16 5. The parties will provide notice of their intent to call any witness listed on their 17 respective witness lists by deposition no later than 7 days after the final pretrial 18 conference. 19 6. Designation of deposition testimony will be as follows: 20 a. Within fifteen (15) days of giving notice of intent to call a witness by 21 deposition, the party proposing to call a witness by deposition shall 22 designate those portions of the deposition testimony and any deposition 23 exhibits discussed within those portions; 24 b. Twenty-one (21) days later, the other party shall file and serve counter 25 designations of deposition testimony and deposition exhibits, along with 26 any objections to the designated deposition testimony and exhibits; 27 1 “Dkt.” Refers to the Court’s ECF Docket number for this case. 28 1 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 1 c. As used herein, the term “counter designations” means any testimony 2 from the same deposition as the designated testimony. The counter 3 designation need not otherwise rebut, contradict, or otherwise relate to 4 the designated testimony; 5 d. Any responses to objections to the designated testimony and/or exhibits 6 and any objections shall be served and filed 14 days thereafter; and 7 e. Any responses to the objections to the counter designated testimony 8 9 and/or exhibits shall be served and filed 7 days thereafter. 7. The designation by any party of its intent to utilize the deposition testimony of 10 a witness shall not prohibit any party from calling that witness to testify live at trial, 11 provided the live testimony is not cumulative. 12 8. The Parties stipulate that deposition exhibits discussed within designated 13 deposition testimony must be designated in accordance with the schedule outlined in 14 Paragraph 5 of this stipulation. However, nothing in this stipulation shall preclude the 15 Parties from designating deposition exhibits on its Exhibit List addenda to the Joint 16 Pretrial Statement. 17 18 9. which contain color-coded designations as follows: 19 a. AmeriPride’s initial designations are denoted by red boxes surrounding 20 the test of the initial designation; 21 b. TEO’s initial designations are denoted by blue boxes surrounding the 22 text of the initial designation; 23 c. AmeriPride’s counter designations are denoted by red lines underlining 24 the text of the counter designation; and 25 d. TEO’s counter designations are denoted by blue lines underlining the 26 27 The Parties have agreed to jointly file deposition transcripts with the Court text of the counter designation. 10. The Parties agree that the trial should proceed as efficiently as possible. 28 2 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 1 11. The Parties agree that submitting designated deposition testimony to the 2 Court will help the trial proceed more efficiently than calling live witnesses and/or reading 3 such testimony into the record. 4 5 6 12. The Parties respectfully request Court approval of the outlined schedule and procedure for submitting deposition testimony at trial in lieu of calling a live witness. 13. Good cause exists for the Court to grant the Parties’ request because it will: 7 (1) facilitate a more efficient trial; (2) encourage efficient pre-trial activities between the 8 Parties (3) will not prejudice the Parties or the Court and will not delay the case; and (4) 9 will not alter or affect the Parties’ compliance with any other requirements in the Court’s 10 Pretrial Scheduling Order. 11 STIPULATION 12 Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate as follows: 13 1. The Parties agree that they will comply with the procedures set forth above; 14 2. All designations and counter designations of deposition testimony, and 15 exhibits discussed within the designated testimony, unless subject to an objection that 16 was sustained by the Court, will be admitted into evidence and become part of the official 17 court record for the trial; and 18 3. Objections to deposition testimony or deposition exhibits shall be raised 19 according to the procedures set forth above; however, nothing in this stipulation shall alter 20 the Court’s requirements for raising objections to deposition testimony. 21 Date: August 8, 2016 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP 22 23 24 25 26 By: /s/ Fred M. Blum FRED M. BLUM ERIN K. POPPLER Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. 27 28 3 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 1 Date: August 8, 2016 2 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 3 By: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Date: August 8, 2016 /s/ Edward P. Garson EDWARD P. GARSON (SBN 96786) VINCENT J. ADAMS (SBN 249696) WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 525 Market Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, California 94105-2725 Telephone: (415) 433-0990 Facsimile: (415) 434 1370 Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN PC 12 13 By: 14 15 16 /s/ Brian L. Zagon PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER BRIAN L. ZAGON MARC A. SHAPP Attorneys for Plaintiffs AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. 17 18 Date: August 8, 2016 PERKINS MANN & EVERETT, APC 19 20 21 22 By: /s/ Lee N. Smith LEE N. SMITH Attorneys for Plaintiffs AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 1 ORDER 2 The parties’ stipulation regarding the use of deposition testimony at trial (ECF 3 4 5 No. 1057) is hereby adopted as an order of this Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 10, 2016 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING DEPOSITION TESTIMONY AT TRIAL

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