On October 25, 2001 a
Stipulation,Agreement
was filed
involving a dispute between
As You Sow,
and
American Granby Inc.,
American Valve, Inc.,
Arrowhead Brass Products, Inc.,
A.Y. Mcdonald Industries, Inc.,,
A.Y. Mcdonald Manufacturing Company,,
Bell Pipe & Supply Company, A Business Company,
Buckner By Storm, Inc.,
Buttes Pipe & Supply Company,,
Cal-Steam Supply, A Business Entity,
Cash Valve, Inc.,
Center State Pipe And Supply Company,,
Cla-Val Co.,
Cmb Industries,
Conbraco Industries,
Consumers Pipe And Supply Company,,
Crane Co.,
Express Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.,,
Ferguson Enterprises Inc,
Flomatic Corporation, A Business Entity,
Golden West Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.,,
Grinnell Corporation,
Griswold Industries,
Hajoca Corporation,
Hirsch Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.,,
Imi Cash Valve Inc.,
Indiana Plumbing Supply Company, Inc.,,
Irvine Pipe & Supply,
Irving Pipe & Supply, Inc., A Business Entity,
John M. Frey Company, Inc. A Business Entity,
Jomar International Ltd.,
Key Industries, Inc., A Business Entity,
Kitz Corporation,
Ldr Industries,
Lee Meyers Company,
Legend Valve & Fitting, Inc.,
Menon Pipe And Supply Company, Inc.,,
Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc.,
Mueller Industries, Inc.,
Nibco Inc., A Business Entity,
Pace Supply Corp.,
Red-White Valve Corp,
Robert Manufacturing Company, A Business Entity,
Rub, Inc., A Business Entity,
Rubinetterie Utensilerie Bonomi S.R.L.,,
Slakely Brothers Inc,
Slakey Brothers, Inc., A Business Entity,
Smardan Hatcher Company,
Smardan-Hatcher Company, A Business Entity,
Smith-Cooper International,
Storm Industries,
The Plumber Warehouse Dba Indiana Plumbing,
Watts Industries,
Watts Regulator Company,
Waxman Industries,
Westburne Supply Inc.,
Western American Manufacturing,
W.W. Grainger, Inc.,
Zurn Industries,
for civil
in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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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
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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
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Michael J. Van Zandt (SBN 096777) San Francisc
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on.
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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.)
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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
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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)
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