Ashton Woods Holdings L.L.C. et al v. USG Corporation et al

Filing 106

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 103 Stipulation. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/31/2021)

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1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP 2 Diane Doolittle (SBN 142046) dianedoolittle@quinnemauel.com 3 555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor Redwood Shores, California 94065 4 Telephone: (650) 801-5000 Facsimile: (650) 801-5100 5 BRS LLP 6 Keith L. Butler (SBN 215670) kbutler@brsllp.com 7 Cindy Reichline (SBN 234947) creichline@brsllp.com 8 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, California 90025 9 Telephone: (818) 292-8616 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 (additional counsel listed on signature page) 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 14 ASHTON WOODS HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.; 15 CALATLANTIC GROUP, INC.; D.R. HORTON LOS ANGELES HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; 16 HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.; KB HOME; MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION; 17 M/I HOMES, INC.; PULTE HOME CORPORATION; THE DREES COMPANY; 18 TOLL BROTHERS, INC.; TRI POINTE HOMES, INC., 19 Plaintiffs, 20 v. 21 USG CORPORATION; UNITED STATES 22 GYPSUM COMPANY; L&W SUPPLY CORPORATION; NEW NGC, INC.; LAFARGE 23 NORTH AMERICA, INC.; CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.; CERTAINTEED 24 GYPSUM, INC.; AMERICAN GYPSUM COMPANY LLC; TIN, INC., d/b/a TEMPLE25 INLAND, INC.; PABCO BUILDING PRODUCTS, LLC., 26 Defendants. 27 CASE NO. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: VARIOUS PRETRIAL MATTERS 28 Case No. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: PRETRIAL MATTERS 1 2 STIPULATION AND ORDER Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs and Defendants in the above- 3 captioned matter (collectively, the “Parties”) file this joint stipulation requesting that the Court 4 issue an order to clarify and/or modify the Parties’ pretrial deadlines with respect to the exchange 5 of exhibits as described below. 6 The Parties accordingly stipulate as follows: 7 WHEREAS, the Court’s Civil Pretrial and Trial Standing Order (the “Standing Order”) 8 provides certain deadlines; 9 WHEREAS, the Parties believe it will be beneficial to exchange electronically-stickered 10 exhibits after exchanging exhibit lists to allow for the orderly and efficient stickering of exhibits 11 so as to, inter alia, avoid duplicate exhibits; 12 WHEREAS, the Parties believe it would assist in planning and the orderly progression of 13 trial preparation to have clarity on the timing and protocol for exchange of demonstratives (e.g., 14 graphics, charts, diagrams, illustrative animations, models, etc.) and summary exhibits governed 15 by Federal Rule of Evidence 1006; 16 WHEREAS, the Parties believe it would assist in the orderly progression of trial 17 preparation to have additional time to prepare summary exhibits governed by Federal Rule of 18 Evidence 1006 after the parties have met and conferred on the admissibility of underlying exhibits; 19 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree to the following: 20  days after the exchange of exhibit lists pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order). 21 22 The Parties shall exchange electronically-stickered exhibits on April 12, 2021 (i.e., six  Demonstratives (e.g., graphics, charts, diagrams, illustrative animations, models, etc.) 23 and summary exhibits governed by Federal Rule of Evidence 1006 (summaries, charts, 24 or calculations used to prove the content of voluminous writings, records, or 25 photographs that cannot be conveniently examined in court) need not be disclosed with 26 evidentiary exhibits pursuant to paragraph 3 of the Court’s Standing Order. 27 28  Instead, the Parties shall exchange Rule 1006 summary exhibits no later than May 3, 2021, and the Parties shall raise any objections to Rule 1006 summary exhibits no later Case No. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG 1 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: PRETRIAL MATTERS 1 than May 11, 2021. The Parties shall exchange demonstratives at trial pursuant to a 2 protocol to be agreed upon by the Parties before the pre-trial conference on May 4, 3 2021. 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 5 6 DATED: March 30, 2021 7 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Adam B. Wolfson * QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP Diane Doolittle (SBN 142046) dianedoolittle@quinnemauel.com 555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor Redwood Shores, California 94065 Telephone: (650) 801-5000 Facsimile: (650) 801-5100 8 9 10 11 12 13 Bruce Van Dalsem (SBN 124128) brucevandalsem@quinnemanuel.com Kevin Y. Teruya (SBN 235916) kevinteruya@quinnemanuel.com Adam B. Wolfson (SBN 262125) adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com 865 S. Figueroa, 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 14 15 16 17 18 19 BRS LLP Keith L. Butler (SBN 215670) kbutler@brsllp.com Cindy Reichline (SBN 234947) creichline@brsllp.com 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, California 90025 Telephone: (818) 292-8616 20 21 22 23 24 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 25 26 * Attestation: I, Adam B. Wolfson, hereby attest that I have obtained concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the attorneys identified on the caption page and in the 28 signature blocks of this stipulation and the attached declaration. 27 Case No. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG 2 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: PRETRIAL MATTERS 1 /s/ Judith A. Zahid 2 ZELLE LLP Judith A. Zahid (SBN 215418) jzahid@zelle.com Eric W. Buetzow (SBN 253803) ebuetzow@zelle.com 555 12th Street, Suite 1230 Oakland, CA 94607 Tel: (415) 693-0700 Fax: (415) 693-0770 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 . LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP Gary T. Lafayette (SBN 088666) glafayette@lkclaw.com 1300 Clay Street, Suite 810 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: (415) 357-4600 Facsimile: (415) 357-4605 BARTLIT BECK LLP Philip S. Beck (pro hac vice) philip.beck@bartlitbeck.com Rebecca Weinstein Bacon (pro hac vice) rweinstein.bacon@bartlitbeck.com Joshua P. Ackerman (pro hac vice) joshua.ackerman@bartlitbeck.com Tulsi E. Gaonkar (pro hac vice pending) tulsi.gaonkar@bartlitbeck.com 54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60654 Telephone: (312) 494-4400 Facsimile: (312) 494-4440 LOCKE LORD LLP Bradley C. Weber (pro hac vice) bweber@lockelord.com Paul E. Coggins (pro hac vice) pcoggins@lockelord.com 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 Tel: (214) 740-8497 Fax: (214) 740-8800 Lester C. Houtz (pro hac vice) lester.houtz@bartlitbeck.com Sundeep K. Addy (pro hac vice) rob.addy@bartlitbeck.com 1801 Wewatta Street, Suite 1200 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 592-3100 Facsimile: (303) 592-3140 Susan A. Kidwell (SBN 309180) skidwell@lockelord.com 300 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2600 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel: (213) 687-6792 Fax: (213) 341-6792 Counsel for Defendant PABCO Building Products, LLC Counsel for Defendant L&W Supply Corporation 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 3/31/2021 ________________________________ Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. United States District Judge 27 28 Case No. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG 3 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: PRETRIAL MATTERS

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