The State of California by its Attorney General Bill Lockyer and the City and County of San Francisco Ex Rel Dennis J. Herrera and the Los Angeles Unified School District on Behalf of all other Politi et al v. Infineon Technologies AG et al

Filing 475

ORDER Granting re 474 Stipulation To Extend Time To Answer Interrogatories (Ext. to 11/7/08) filed by The State of North Carolina by its Attorney General Roy Cooper. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 10/28/08. (fj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/28/2008)

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Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA K.D. STURGIS (N.C. Bar #9486) [e-mail] NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE 114 West Edenton Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Case No.: C 06-4333 PJH

Plaintiffs,

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO ANSWER INTERROGATORIES

v. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, ET AL., Defendants. Now comes the State of North Carolina, by and through the Attorney General, and

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Defendants Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc. by and through
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its attorneys, and hereby agree to stipulate to an extension of time in which the State of North
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Carolina shall provide answers to Defendant Hynix's interrogatories. Pursuant to a previous
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order of this Court, North Carolina's answers, as well as other states' answers, were due on
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October 7, 2008. After timely discussions with Kenneth O'Rourke and Katherine Robison,
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Hynix's counsel, Hynix has no objection to this Court granting North Carolina an extension of
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time to November 7, 2008, in which to answer Hynix's interrogatories. As a basis for said Stipulation, North Carolina states the following: 1. Beginning on September 11, 2008, when Hurricane Ike shut down oil production and refining in the Gulf of Mexico, and continuing through this date, counsel for the State of North Carolina has been completely occupied with initiating, supervising and pursuing approximately 40 (and growing) simultaneous investigations of price gouging on motor fuel in North Carolina. Many of these investigations are detailed and time-consuming. These investigations have resulted thus far in two settlements and the filing of one enforcement action in court, with many more settlements and/or enforcement actions in process. 2. That work, done at the direction of counsel's management, has not allowed counsel to devote attention to other important matters, including working with the appropriate state agencies, that are not under the direction or control of counsel or the North Carolina Department of Justice, to obtain their responses to defendant Hynix's interrogatories. WHEREFORE, the State of North Carolina and Defendants Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc. agree and stipulate that the State of North Carolina shall have an Extension of Time until November 7, 2008, to Answer Defendant Hynix's Interrogatories.

DATED: October 27, 2008

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Respectfully submitted, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By Its Attorney General, ROY COOPER ATTORNEY GENERAL

KENNETH R. O'ROURKE MICHAEL F. TUBACH STEVEN H. BERGMAN KATHERINE ROBISON

By: /K.D. Sturgis/ K.D. Sturgis (N.C. Bar No. 9486) Assistant Attorney General Pro Hac Vice North Carolina Attorney General's Office 114 West Edenton Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

By: /Katherine Robison/ Katherine Robison Counsel Attorneys for Defendants HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. and HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC., and with respect to this Stipulation only. ORDER

THE FOREGOING STIPULATION IS APPROVED AND IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

October 28, 2008

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