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  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
  • AS YOU SOW VS. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES OTHER NON EXEMPT COMPLAINTS document preview
						
                                

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e ® e 9 FILED Atan Pe one Michael J. Van Zandt (SBN 096777) I ENTERED Noreen Q. Yamate (SBN 172231) count #68 SAN FRAURT NCISCO Duncan Lemmon (SBN 184414) Chelsea M. Bonini (SBN 215657) 02 JUN25 PH I: 54, MCQUAID, METZLER, BEDFORD & VAN ZANDT, LLP CORD GAH A Bx a 221 Main Street, 16th Floor 1 CLERK San Francisco, California 94105-1936 OnZales Telephone: (415) 905-0200 BY: Oru & LERK Attorneys for Defendant AMERICAN GRANBY, INC. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 UNLIMITED JURISDICTION ORIGINAL 11 AS YOU SOW, Case No. 400568 12 Plaintiff, NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER GRANTING JOINT EX PARTE 13 VS APPLICATION TO AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT 14 CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, ET AL. JUDGMENT AS PER STIPULATION AND STIPULATION TO AMEND OR 15 Defendants. OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT JUDGMENT AND ORDER THEREON 16 17 TO EACH PARTY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 18 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 21, 2002, the above-entitled Court entered an 19 Order Granting Joint Ex Parte Application to Amend or Otherwise Modify Consent Judgment 20 as Per Stipulation and Stipulation to Amend or Otherwise Modify Consent Judgment and Order 21 Thereon in the above-captioned cause in the form and manner hereto attached. 22 DATED: June 21, 2002 McQUAID, METZLER, BEDFORD & VAN ZANDT, LLP 23 24 By: 25 -NOREEN @. AMATE Attorneys for Defendant 26 AMERICAN GRANBY, INC. 27 28 GADocs\21$26\001\pleadings\NoticeEntryExParteOrder.pld.wpd 1 — e ® e ® ENDORSED Michael J. Van Zandt (SBN 096777) San Francisc o County Su Noreen Q. Yamate (SBN 172231) perior Court Duncan Lemmon (SBN 184414) Chelsea M. Bonini (SBN 215657) MCQUAID, METZLER, BEDFORD & VAN ZAND JUN 2 1 2002 221 Main Street, 16th Floor G DON PARK. LICClerk San Francisco, California 94105-1936 G. ARTH SA BY: —SABTH SAVERS VERS Telephone: (415) 905-0200 Deputy Clerk Attorneys for Defendant AMERICAN GRANBY, INC SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 UNLIMITED JURISDICTION ll AS YOU SOW, Case No. 400568 12 Plaintiff, RDER GRANTING JOINT EX PARTE APPLICATION TO 13 VS. AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT JUDGMENT AS PER 14 CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, ET AL. STIPULATION 15 Defendants DATE: June 21, 2002 TIME: 11:00 a.m 16 DEPT.: 302 JUDGE: Robertson 17 18 The Joint Ex Parte Application of plaintiffAs You Sow and defendant American Granby, 19 Inc., for an order approving the parties’ Stipulation to Amend or Otherwise Modify the Consent 20 Judgment was heard on June 21, 2002. Plaintiff appeared by its Attorney of Record Andrew L 21 Packard; defendant appeared by its Attorney of Record Duncan Lemmon. 22 After reviewing the Joint Application of the parties, the Stipulation to Amend or 23 Otherwise Modify the Consent Judgment, and the pleadings and materials in this matter already 24 on file with the Court. 25 Ml 26 Ml 27 Mt 28 Mf GA\Docs\21526\001\pleadings\ExParteOrder.pld.wpd @ ® e ® 1 IT IS ORDERED the amendment/modification of the Consent Judgment filed on May 6, 2} 2002, is APPROVED. The Consent Judgment is amended/modified as reflected in the 3 || Stipulation to Amend or Otherwise Modify Consent Judgment. 4 5 JUN 2 1 2002 a. JAMES ROBERTSON, II [Date: JUDGE ROBERTSON 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 14 25 26 27 28 GADocs\21 $26\00 I\pleadings\ExParteOrder.pld.wpd 8 @ ® e ® Michael J. Van Zandt (SBN 096777) Noreen Q. Yamate (SBN 172231) Chelsea M. Bonini (SBN 215657) MCQUAID, METZLER, BEDFORD & VAN ZANDT, LLP 221 Main Street, 16th Floor 29 Fran / L RSE, San Francisco, California 94105-1936 unr, Telephone: (415) 905-0200 er0F Coury Attorneys for Defendant Gor, 1 2092 AMERICAN GRANBY, INC. &y. EE Sen SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 UNLIMITED JURISDICTION 11 AS YOU SOW, Case No. 400568 12 Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT 13 vs. JUDGMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 14 CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, ET AL. 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff As You Sow, by and through its attorneys of record the Law Offices of Andrew 18 L. Packard, and defendant American Granby, Inc., by and through its attorneys of record 19 McQuaid, Metzler, Bedford & Van Zandt, hereby stipulate to amend or otherwise modify the 20 Consent Judgment filed on May 6, 2002, as follows: 21 1 Line 13, paragraph 4 will be titled “Voluntary Payment in Support of Environmental 22 Education” and deleting the current title: “ Additional Payment in Lieu of Civil 23 Penalties.” 24 Lines 13-14, paragraph 4: The first line of this paragraph shall read “Within ten (10) days 25 of the Effective Date of this Agreement, AMERICAN GRANBY agrees to make a 26 voluntary payment in support of environmental education in the amount of $40,000 to 27 AYS.” and deleting the current first line: “Within ten (10) days of the Effective Date of 28 this Agreement, AMERICAN GRANBY agrees to make an additional payment in lieu of G:\Does\21526\00 | \pleadings\StipConsenUudgment.wpd ee ee a J unre rede OPIS’ ANDREW PA!o @ 431 8414 P.@2 @ e civil penalties in the amount of $40,000 to AYS. American Granby agrees to release all funds withheld and ordered under the Consent Judgment filed on May 6, 2002, in the amount of $67,500, with interest accrued, on or before June 21, 2002. The parties’ stipulated amendment to the Consent Judgment is fully noted on the attached slipsheet. DATED: Junegl \ , 2002 MeQUAID, METZLER, BEDFORD ’ 10 oT Goad Map do ld NOREEN Q. YAMATE 11 Attorneys for Defendant AMERICAN GRANBY, INC. 12 SO STIPULATED. 13 14 DATED: June Z|, 2002 LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW L. 15 PACKARD 16 7 By: IRE 18 ERIC WILDE GRUBE Attomeys for Plaintiff 19 AS YOU SOW 20 ITIS SO ORDERED. 21 JUN 2 1 2002 DATED: Kine==2602- A. JAMES ROBERTSON, 1 22 Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court 23 24 25 26 27 28 GNDoos\21$261001 pleadings StipCansentudgment.wpd TOTAL P.a2 ee e ® e ® PROOF OF SERVICE Re As You Sow v. Conbraco Industries, et al., SFSC No. 400568 I am employed in the City and County of San Francisco, California, I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within action; my business address is 221 Main Street 16th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105. On June 25, 2002, I served the following document(s) on the parties on the attached list e NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER GRANTING JOINT EX PARTE APPLICATION TO AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT JUDGMENT AS PER STIPULATION AND STIPULATION TO AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY CONSENT JUDGMENT AND ORDER THEREON through their attorneys of record, by placing true copies thereof in sealed envelopes addressed as shown below for service as designated below “A y First Class Mail - I caused each such envelope, with first-class postage thereon fully 10 prepaid, to be deposited in a recognized place of deposit of the U.S. mail in San Francisco, California, for collection and mailing to the office of the addressee on the 1] date shown herein following ordinary business practices. 12 By Personal Service -- I caused each such envelope to be personally delivered to the addressee by a member of the staff of this law firm on the date last written below 13 By Personal Service - I caused each such envelope to be delivered to a courier 14 employed by SILVER BULLET MESSENGER SERVICE who personally delivered each such envelope to the office of the addressee on the date last written below 15 By Federal Express -- I caused each such envelope to be delivered to Federal Express 16 Corporation at San Francisco, California, with whom we have a direct billing account to be delivered to the office of the addressee on the next business day 17 By Facsimile -- I caused such document to be served via facsimile electronic equipment 18 transmission (fax) on the parties in this action by transmitting a true copy to the above listed fax numbers 19 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on. 20 June 25, 2002, at San Francisco, California 21 22 gyn VUE,Sraseue\ 23 Maria M. Scarpino 24 25 26 27 28 pos Page 1 @ ® e ® As You Sow v. Conbraco Industries, et al., SFSC No. 400568 Andrew L. Packard, Esq. Ruben A. Castellon, Esq. David A. Levitt, Esq. Stanzler Funderburk & Castellon LLP Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1700 294 Page Street San Francisco, CA 94104-4205 San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: 415/677-1450 Tel: 415/431-2970 Fax: 415/677-1457 Fax: 415/431-0410 email: rcastellon@sfcfirm.con (As You Sow) (Grinnell Corporation) Richard Coffin, Esq. Walter H. Christiansen, CEO Barg, Coffin, Lewis & Trapp Buttes Pipe & Supply Company One Market, Steuart Tower 540 Shasta Street Suite 2700 Yuba City, CA 95991 San Francisco, CA 94105 (A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Co., Barry Lee, Esq. A.Y. McDonald Industries, Inc.) Steefel, Levitt & Weiss 10 One Embarcadero Center, 30" Floor Wendy Marsh, Esq. San Francisco, CA 94111-3784 11 Hancock & Estabrtook Tel: 415/788-0900 1500 Mony Tower I Fax: 415/788-2019 12 P. O. Box 4976 (Cal-Steam Supply, Pace Supply Corp., Syracuse, NY 13221-4976 Slakey Brothers, Inc., Westburne Supply, 13 (American Granby, Inc.) Inc., The Plumber’s Warehouse dba Indiana Plumbing Supply, Golden West 14 Frederick L. Guterman, President Pipe & Supply, Smardan-Hatcher American Valve, Inc. Company, Center State Pipe & Supply 15 P. O. Box 35229 Company, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.) Greensboro, NC 27425-5229 16 Jasper E. Hempel, Esq. Coralie Kupfer, Esq. Kahn, Soares & Conway 17 Kupfer Law & Mediation 1112 “I” Street, Suite 200 225 S. Lake Avenue, 9" Floor Sacramento, CA 95814-2823 18 Pasadena, CA 91101-3005 (CMB Industries) Tel: 626-796-1000 19 Fax: 626/796-1052 Michael A. Albeling, CEO email: kupferlaw@aol.com Consumer Pipe & Supply Co. 20 (Arrowhead Brass, Zurn Industries) 5832 E. 61* Street Los Angeles, CA 90040 21 Frank M. Bell, CEO Bell Pipe & Supply Company W. Toliver Besson, Esq. 22 215 E. Ball Road Paul Hastings, et al. Anaheim, CA 92805 555 S. Flower Street, 23 Floor 23 Los Angles, CA 90071-2371 William W. Funderburk, Esq. Tel: 213/683-6000 24 Stanzler, Funderburk & Castellon (Crane Co.) 520 South Grand Avenue, Suite 390 25 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2600 Alan Shapiro, CEO Tel: 213/623-7515 Express Pipe & Supply Co., Inc 26 Fax: 213/532-3984 10000 Jefferson Boulevard (Buckner-By-Storm, Cla-Val Company, Culver City, CA 90232 27 Groswold Industries, Storm Industries, Jomar International, Ltd.) 28 pos Page 2 BS e ® ee Robert Doty, Esq. Douglas R. Hafer, Esq. Cox Castle & Nicholson, LLP Curnutt & Hafer, LLP 505 Montgomery Street, 20" Floor 1313 West Abram Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Arlington, TX 76013 Tel: 415/296-9966 (Jomar International) Fax: 415/397-1095 (Ez-Flo International, RuB, Inc.) Harry S. Lipsett, CEO Key Industries, Inc. Ed Hartley, Esq. P. O. Box 24848 hy, LLP Seattle, WA 98124 225 Bush Street, 6ap Floor Dillingham & Mui San Francisco, CA 94104-4207 Leann Meyers, CEO Tel: 415/397-2700 Lee Meyers Company Fax: 415/397-3300 999 Mabury Road Email: eh@wirepaladin.com San Jose, CA 95133 (Flomatic Corporation and Pace Supply Corp.) Evans M. Menon, CEO Menon Pipe & Supply Company, Inc. 10 Pamela B. Johnson, Esq. 1500 N. Potrero 31356 Via Colinas South El Monte, CA 91733 11 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (Hajoca Corporation) Trent H. Norris, Esq. 12 McCutchen, Doyle Brown & Enerson Mark Isaacs, Vice President 3 Embarcadero Center 13 Hico Flex Brass Co., Inc. San Francisco, CA 94111-4067 931 W. 19" Street (NIBCO, Inc., Red-White Valve Corp.) 14 Chicago, IL 60608 Robert C. Hartwell, Jr., CEO 15 Charles J. Schufreider, Esq. Robert Manufacturing Company Barton, Klugman & Oetting, LLP 10667 Jersey Boulevard 16 333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3700 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 Los Angles, CA 90071 17 (Hirsch Pipe & Supply) Robert E. Kelly, Jr., Esq. La Follette, Johnson, et al. 18 E. Patrick Ellison, Esq. 865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3100 Oppenheimer, Woolf & Donnelly Los Angeles, CA 90017-5443 19 1400 Page Mill Road Tel: 213/426-3600 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Fax: 213/426-3650 20 (IMI Cash Valve, Inc.) (Robert Manufacturing Co.) 21 Aliece M. Pickett, Esq. Silvio Bonomi, CEO Pickett & Schroeder Rub, Inc. 22 20311 Birch Street, Suite 140 5249 73 Street W, Suite B Newport Beach, CA 92660 Minneapolis, MN 55439 23 (Irvine Pipe & Supply, Inc.) Silvio Bonomi, CEO 24 Max Hansen, CEO Rubinetterie Etensilerie Bonomi SRL John M. Frey Company, Inc. Via Padana Sueriore 27/29 25 2735 62™ Street Court Fraz. Ciliverghe P. O. Box 868 25080 Mazzano BS ITALY 26 Bettendorf, IA 52722 27 28 pos Page 3 e @ e ® Peter R. Duchesneau, Esq. Manatt Phelps, et al. 11355 W. Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel: 310/312-4000 (Smith Cooper International) David R. Gabor, Esq. McDermott, Will & Emery 2049 Century Park E #3400 Los Angeles, CA 9067-3208 (W. W. Grainger) Kurt Weissmuller, Esq. Weston Benshoof 444 So. Flower Street, 43 Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 (Watts Industries, Watts Regulator 10 Company, Waxman Industries, Inc., Western American Manufacturing) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 pos Page 4