MMR Group Inc et al v. Solar Millennium, LLC

Filing 134

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 133 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER to Stay Action filed by Palo Verde Solar I, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 1, LLC, Solar Trust of America, LLC, STA Development LLC, CA I-10 Solar, LLC, Solar Millenium, Inc., Palo Verde Solar II, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 2, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 3, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 4, LLC Case Management Statement due by 8/24/2012. Case Management Conference set for 8/31/2012 09:00 AM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 3/13/12. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/13/2012)

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Aaron Renenger (SBN 222675)
Email: [e-mail]
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY LLP
601 S. Figueroa Street, 30th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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David R. Gelfand (admitted pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
Rachel Penski Fissell (admitted pro hac vice)
Email: [e-mail]
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY LLP
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants STA Development, LLC,
Solar Trust of America, LLC, Solar Millennium, Inc.,
CA I-10 Solar, LLC, Palo Verde Solar I, LLC,
Palo Verde Solar II, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project
Unit 1, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 2, LLC,
Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 3, LLC and
Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 4, LLC
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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MMR GROUP, INC.,
MMR POWER SOLUTIONS, LLC and
SOUTHWESTERN POWER GROUP II, LLC,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

Case No. 3:11-cv-01521-EMC

JOINT STIPULATION TO
STAY ACTION ; ORDER RESETTING
CMC
The Honorable Judge
Edward M. Chen

STA DEVELOPMENT, LLC (F/K/A SOLAR
MILLENNIUM, LLC), SOLAR TRUST OF
AMERICA, LLC, SOLAR MILLENNIUM AG,
SOLAR MILLENNIUM, INC., CA I-10 SOLAR, LLC,
PALO VERDE SOLAR I, LLC, PALO VERDE SOLAR
II, LLC, BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 1,
LLC, BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 2,
LLC, BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 3, LLC
AND BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 4, LLC
Defendants.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY ACTION

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Plaintiffs MMR GROUP, INC., MMR POWER SOLUTIONS, LLC and
SOUTHWESTERN POWER GROUP II, LLC (collectively, “MMR”) and Defendants STA
DEVELOPMENT, LLC, SOLAR TRUST OF AMERICA, LLC, SOLAR MILLENNIUM, INC.,

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CA I-10 SOLAR, LLC, PALO VERDE SOLAR I, LLC, PALO VERDE SOLAR II, LLC,
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BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 1, LLC, BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT

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UNIT 2, LLC, BLYTHE SOLAR POWER PROJECT UNIT 3, LLC AND BLYTHE SOLAR

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POWER PROJECT UNIT 4, LLC (collectively, the “STAD Defendants”) submit the following:

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WHEREAS, MMR and the STAD Defendants have executed an Agreement and Release

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(the “Settlement Agreement”) to settle and compromise all claims and disputes between them,
including those currently asserted in the above-captioned action (the “Litigation”) subject to, inter

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alia, payment and clearance of a settlement payment (“Settlement Payment”);
WHEREAS, MMR and the STAD Defendants agree, pursuant to the Settlement

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Agreement, that the Litigation should be stayed pending payment and clearance of the Settlement

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Payment and execution of an ancillary agreement, after which the parties intend to file a joint

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stipulation to dismiss the Litigation with prejudice (the “Joint Stipulation to Dismiss”); and

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, if a party defaults under the

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Settlement Agreement the non-defaulting party may seek relief from the Stay;
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the Court’s approval, that

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the Litigation be stayed until (i) the Joint Stipulation to Dismiss is filed with the Court or (ii) a

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non-defaulting party seeks relief from the Stay because of a default of the other party under the

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Settlement Agreement.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY ACTION

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Dated: March 12, 2012

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY LLP

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By: /s/ Aaron Renenger
Jerry L. Marks (SBN 135395)
Aaron Renenger (SBN 222675)
601 S. Figueroa Street, 30th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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David R. Gelfand (admitted pro hac vice)
Rachel Penski Fissell (admitted pro hac vice)
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants STA Development, LLC,
Solar Trust of America, LLC, Solar Millennium, Inc.,
CA I-10 Solar, LLC, Palo Verde Solar I, LLC,
Palo Verde Solar II, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project
Unit 1, LLC, Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 2, LLC,
Blythe Solar Power Project Unit 3, LLC and Blythe Solar
Power Project Unit 4, LLC

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Dated: March 12, 2012

WATT, TIEDER, HOFFAR & FITZGERALD, LLP

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By: /s/ Nicholas A. Merrell
Bennett J. Lee (CA Bar No. 230482)
Nicholas A. Merrell (CA Bar No. 240795)
Regina A. Verducci (CA Bar No. 264996)
333 Bush Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-623-7001

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs MMR Group, Inc., MMR Power
Solutions, LLC and Southwestern Power Group II, LLC

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The 4/3/12 CMC is reset for 8/31/12
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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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