Free Response to Order to Show Cause - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00478-JM-BLM

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1 WUFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMA
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
2 H. James Wulfsberg - 046192 Mark A. Stup - 104942 3 Richard E. Elder - 205389

Kaiser Center
4 300 Lakeside Drive, 24th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612-3524
5 Telephone: (510) 835-9100 Facsimle: (510) 451-2170

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Attorneys fur Derendant 7 BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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12 SAIGUT S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation; and SAIEM S.A., a French corporation,
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SUPPORT OF BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION'S RESPONSE TO THE COURT'S APRIL 9, 2008 ORDER TO CAUSE
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ENERGIA COSTA AZUL, S. de R.L. de C.V., 17 a Mexican corporation; BVT LNG COSTA AZUL, S. de R.L. de C.V., a Mexican 18 corporation; COSTA AZUL BMVT, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation; BLACK &

19 VEATCH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; TECHINT S.A. de C.V., a 20 Mexican corporation; THE KLEINELDER GROUP, INC., a Californa corporation; ARUP 21 NORTH AMERICA LIMITED, a United Kingdom corporation; ARUP TEXAS, INC., a
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23 S ENGINERIG, INC., a California
corporation; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive

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DECLARTION OF MA A. STUMP

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1. I am an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Californa. I am a shareholder in
Wulfsberg Reese Colvig & Firstman Professional Corporation, counsel of record for

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defendant Black & Veatch Corporation. I have personal knowledge ofthe facts set forth
in this Declaration and could and would competently testify thereto under oath if called as
a witness.
2. The Cour's April

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9, 2008 Order to Show Cause required the Plaintiffs to show cause why

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this case should not be dismissed for lack of diversity jursdiction. Plaintiffs' deadline for

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submitting responsive briefing was April

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3. On the afternoon of April

22, 2008, Raymond Loughey, counsel for plaintiffs SaiGut and

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Saipem, telephoned me to tell me that SaiGut and Saipem planed to dismiss the federal

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cour action pending between his clients and mine and refile it in California state cour in
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4. On April 23, in lieu of filing a response to the Order to Show Cause, Plaintiffs fied a
"Stipulation for Dismissal Without Prejudice" which, however, was not signed by all

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paries who have appeared in the case. The next day, the Cour's staffrecharacterized the
"Stipulation" as a "Joint Motion for Dismissal Without Prejudice". To my knowledge,

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Plaintiffs have taken no fuher action to have the case dismissed.
5. On April 29, 2008, Plaintiffs filed an action in San Diego County Superior Cour (Case
No. 37-2008-82862-CU-CD-CTL) that is nearly identical to this case. Plaintiffs' counsel
emailed me a courtesy copy of the complaint in the San Diego County action the same

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day. I am fuher informed and believe that all parties who had been served with
plaintiffs' Federal complaint consented to service of

the San Diego County action. A tre

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and correct copy of

the May 1, 2008 e-mail from Michelle Crawford, secretar to

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plaintiff s counsel, on which I base this belief is attached as Exhbit 1. I received a
service copy of

the San Diego County complaint on May 2,2008.
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1 I declare under penalty of perjur under the laws of the State of California that the

2 foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on May 2, 2008, at Oakland,
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WUFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMA
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Attorneys For Defendant BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION

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Exhibit 1

Saipem SA v. Sempra Energy, San Diego Superior Cour, Case No. 37-2008-82862-CU-...5Page 1 of 1 Case 3:08-cv-00478-JM-BLM Document 25-2 Filed 05/02/2008 Page of 5

Richard E. Elder
From:
Crawford, Mich.elle K. (michelle.crawford~klgates.coml
Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:01 AM
kmcdonnell~sempra.com; aheppler~sempra.com; kcramer~gordonrees.com;

Sent:
To:

bhunt~gordonrees.com; cmariam~gordonrees.com; eguzman~gordonrees.com;
dlspeckman~hotmail.com; Mark Stump; Lesley E. Neil; Madeleine K. Bauzon; Richard E. Elder

Cc:

Parker, Ted; Loughrey, Raymond E.

Subject:

Saipem SA v. Sempra Energy, San Diego Superior Court, Case No. 37-2008-82862-CU-CDCTL
pdf; Notice of Case Assignment.pdf; Stip to ADR Process 4-28-08.pdf; Electronic Filing and Service Order 4-2908.pdf; Issued Summons 4-29-08.pdf; Saipem-Saigut Complaint (4-28-08).pdf

Attachments: Civil Case Cover Sheet 4-28-08.pdf; Ntc to Litigations ADR Info Package.

Counsel:
We are mailing service copies of the Superior Court complaint today. Thank you for your courtesy in agreeing to accept service. We return the courtesy by enclosing another copy of the following documents as an attachment
to this emaiL.

., Summons
. Complaint
. Civil Case Cover Sheet
. Electronic filing and Service Order

. Stipulation to ADR Process . Notice to Litigants ADR Information Package
. Notice of Case Assignment
oeoeCivil Case Cover Sheet 4-28-08.pdf;:;: oeoeNtc to Litigations ADR Info Package.

pdf;:;: oeoeNotice of Case

Assignment.pdf;:;: oeoeStip to ADR Process 4-28-08.pdf;:;: oeoeElectronic Filing and Service Order 4-29-08.pdf;:;:

oeoelssued Summons 4-29-08.pdf;:;: oeoeSaipem-Saigut Complaint (4-28-08).pdf;:;:

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Secretary to Ted Parker,
Raymond E. Loughrey, and Deirdre M. Digrande, K&L Gates 55 Second Street, Suite 1700 San Francisco, CA 94105-3493
Tel 415.882.8066

Fax 415.882.8220

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