Center for Food Safety et al v. Connor et al

Filing 115

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE IN MERITS PROCEEDINGS. Signed by Hon. Judge Jeffrey S. White on 9/16/2008. (ls, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/16/2008)

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1 Joanne Lichtman (Ca. Bar No. 137300) HOWREY LLP 2 550 South Hope Street, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90071-2627 3 Telephone: (213) 892-1800 Facsimile: (213) 892-2300 4 Email: lichtmanj@howrey.com 5 Gilbert S. Keteltas (admitted pro hac vice) John F. Bruce (admitted pro hac vice) 6 Christopher H. Marraro (admitted pro hac vice) HOWREY LLP 7 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-2402 8 Telephone: (202) 783-0800 Facsimile: (202) 383-6610 9 Attorneys for American Sugarbeet Growers Association, 10 Ervin Schlemmer, Mark Wettstein, Duane Grant, John Snyder, Jr., United States Beet Sugar Association, 11 American Crystal Sugar Company, The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, Western Sugar Cooperative and 12 Wyoming Sugar Company LLC 13 [Complete list of Parties and Intervenors on signature page] 14 15 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW JOINT STIPULATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE IN MERITS PROCEEDINGS AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. White 17 CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, et al., 18 19 v. Plaintiffs, 20 EDWARD T. SCHAFER, et al., 21 22 Defendants, and 23 MONSANTO COMPANY et al., 24 25 26 27 28 HOWREY LLP Proposed Amici Curiae CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Whereas by motion Monsanto Company, American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Ervin 2 Schlemmer, Mark Wettstein, John Snyder, and Duane Grant, American Crystal Sugar Company, the 3 Amalgamated Sugar Company, Western Sugar Cooperative, Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC, United 4 States Beet Sugar Association, Betaseed, Inc., and Syngenta Seeds, Inc. (hereinafter "Intervenors") 5 sought to intervene either as of right or permissively in this matter in both the merits and the remedies 6 phase, if any, of this case; 7 Whereas by Order dated August 15, 2008, the Court granted the motions of Intervenors to 8 intervene in the remedies phase, if any, of this case; 9 Whereas, the Court indicated "it would be amenable to the Proposed Intervenors seeking to 10 appear as amicus curiae" in the merits phase of this case "provided that all of the Proposed Intervenors 11 demonstrate a willingness to coordinate in order to reduce duplication of arguments and, to the extent 12 feasible, submit joint briefs"; 13 Whereas Intervenors have agreed to coordinate and file a single brief concerning the merits of 14 the parties' claims and defenses; 15 Whereas the parties and Intervenors met and conferred, as ordered by the Court, to determine 16 whether all parties and entitites can stipulate regarding Intervenors' appearance as amici; 17 Absent further stipulation of the parties, or leave of Court for good cause shown, Plaintiffs, 18 Defendants, and Intervenors 1 stipulate that Intervenors shall appear as amici curiae in the merits phase 19 of this litigation only as follows: 20 (1) Amici will coordinate and file a single joint brief of no more than 35 pages on claims, 21 defenses, and issues raised by the parties relevant to the merits in the complaint, answer, and/or 22 summary judgment papers; and 23 (2) Amici will file their joint brief within 7 days of the United States' opposition to, and/or 24 cross motion for, summary judgment in the merits phase of this litigation. 25 26 27 28 1 By so stipulating, Intervenors do not waive any rights to appeal the Court's order denying intervention in the merits of this litigation. CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Dated: September 4, 2008 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Respectfully submitted, KEVIN GOLDEN, (Ca. Bar No. 233378) Center for Food Safety 2601 Mission St., Suite 803 San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: (415) 826-2770 Facsimile: (415) 826-0507 Email: kgolden@icta.org GREGORY C. LOARIE, (Ca. Bar No. 215859) Earthjustice 426 17th Street, 5th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: (510) 550-6725 Facsimile: (510) 550-6749 Email: gloarie@earthjustice.org By: /s Paul H. Achitoff_____________ PAUL H. ACHITOFF (admitted pro hac vice) Earthjustice 223 South King Street, Suite 400 Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813 Telephone: (808) 599-2436 Facsimile: (808) 521-6841 Email: achitoff@earthjustice.org Counsel for Plaintiffs By: /s Lori Caramanian_____________ LORI CARAMANIAN Environment & Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice 1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor Denver, Colorado 80294 Telephone: (303) 844-1499 Facsimile: (303) 844-1350 Email: lori.caramanian@usdoj.gov JOHN R. COLEMAN (Va. Bar No. 70908) Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch U.S. Department of Justice 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 6118 Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 514-4505 Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 Email: john.coleman3@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Plaintiffs Counsel for Federal Defendants -2- CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PHILIP J. PERRY (Ca. Bar No. 148696) JANICE M. SCHNEIDER (D.C. Bar No. 472037) (admitted pro hac vice) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 11th Street, N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-2200 Facsimile: (202) 637-2201 Email: phil.perry@lw.com Email: janice.schneider@lw.com By: /s Holly J. Tate_______________ HOLLY J. TATE (Ca. Bar No. 237561) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1900 San Francisco, California 94111-2562 Telephone: (415) 391-0600 Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 Email: holly.tate@lw.com STANLEY H. ABRAMSON (D.C. Bar No. 217281) (pro hac vice granted) RACHEL G. LATTIMORE (D.C. Bar No. 450975) (pro hac vice granted) ARENT FOX LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5339 Telephone: (202) 857-6000 Facsimile: (202) 857-6395 Email: abramson.stanley@arentfox.com Email: lattimore.rachel@arentfox.com Attorneys for Monsanto Company By: /s Lowell M. Rothschild___________ LOWELL M. ROTHSCHILD VENABLE LLP 575 7th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1601 Phone: 202.344.4065; Fax: 202.344.8300 lmrothschild@venable.com TIMOTHY J. GORRY (Ca. Bar No. 143797) CHRISTOPHER T. WILLIAMS (Ca. Bar No. 171907) VENABLE LLP 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone:310.229.9922; Facsimile: 310.229.9901 tjgorry@venable.com -3- CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NANCY BRYSON (admitted pro hac vice) THE BRYSON GROUP, PLLC 575 7th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1601 Telephone: 202.344.4731 Facsimile: 202.344.4028 nbryson@agfoodlaw.com Attorneys for Syngenta Seeds, Inc. By: /s Joanne Lichtman___________ Joanne Lichtman (Ca. Bar No. 137300) HOWREY LLP 550 South Hope Street, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90071-2627 Telephone: (213) 892-1800 Facsimile: (213) 892-2300 Email: lichtmanj@howrey.com Gilbert S. Keteltas (admitted pro hac vice) John F. Bruce (admitted pro hac vice) Christopher H. Marraro (admitted pro hac vice) HOWREY LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-2402 Telephone: (202) 783-0800 Facsimile: (202) 383-6610 Attorneys for American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Ervin Schlemmer, Mark Wettstein, Duane Grant, John Snyder, Jr., United States Beet Sugar Association, American Crystal Sugar Company, The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, Western Sugar Cooperative and Wyoming Sugar Company LLC -4- CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DANIEL M. ABUHOFF HARRY ZIRLIN (admitted pro hac vice) DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Telephone: (212) 909-6381 Facsimile: (212) 909-6836 Email: dabuhoff@debevoise.com Email: hzirlin@debevoise.com By: /s Daniel G. Murphy___________ DANIEL G. MURPHY (Ca. Bar No. 141006) W. ALLAN EDMISTON (Ca. Bar No. 228246) LOEB & LOEB LLP 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2200 Los Angeles, CA 90067-4120 Telephone: (310) 282-2000 Facsimile: (310) 282-2200 Email: dmurphy@loeb.com Email: aedminston@loeb.com Attorneys for Betaseed, Inc. 17 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. September 16, 2008 18 Dated: ____________________ 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5CASE NO. C-08-484 JSW STIP. FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICI CURIAE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ___________________________ Hon. Jeffrey Steven White United States District Judge

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