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1 Stephen M. Rummage, pro hac vice Jonathan M. Lloyd, pro hac vice 2 Martin Fineman (Cal. Bar No. 104413) Sam N. Dawood (Cal. Bar No. 178862) 3 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 4 San Francisco, California 94111-6533 5 Telephone: (415) 276-6500 Facsimile: (415) 276-6599 6 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 7 Attorneys for Defendant Washington Mutual Bank 8 9 10 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE
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SIDNEY SCHOLL and FELTON A. SPEARS, ) JR., on behalf of themselves and all others ) Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL) similarly situated, ) 13 ) CLASS ACTION Plaintiffs, ) 14 ) DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL 15 v. ) BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ) NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO 16 WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC., a Washington ) DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST 17 corporation; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, ) AMENDED COMPLAINT FA (aka WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK); ) 18 FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware) Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 corporation; and LENDER S SERVICE, INC., ) Time: 10:00 a.m. 19 ) Department: SJ, Courtroom 2, 5th Floor Defendants. ) 20 ) ) 21 12 22 Defendant Washington Mutual Bank hereby requests that this Court take judicial notice of
23 the following facts and documents pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201: 24 1. Washington Mutual Bank is a federally-chartered savings association located in
25 Stockton, California, pursuant to Federal Stock Charter No. 4539, declared effective on December 26 28, 1988 by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and 27 correct copy of the Federal Stock Charter of Washington Mutual Bank, FA, formerly known as 28 American Savings Bank, F.A., as amended by the Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting
DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL)
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1 dated September 23, 1997, reflecting that, on June 17, 1997, American Savings Bank, F.A. 2 amended the Federal Stock Charter to change its corporate title to Washington Mutual Bank, FA, 3 and that, effective April 4, 2005, Washington Mutual Bank, FA amended the Federal Stock 4 Charter to change its corporate title to Washington Mutual Bank and amended its Bylaws to 5 provide that Washington Mutual Bank also may do business under the name Washington Mutual 6 Bank, FA. See United States v. Chapel, 41 F.3d 1338, 1342 (9th Cir. 1994) (fact of bank s 7 FDIC-insured status was proper subject of judicial notice); United States v. Phillips, 427 F.2d 8 1035, 1037 (9th Cir. 1970) (same). 9 10 11 2. On January 1, 2005, Washington Mutual Bank merged into Washington Mutual
Bank, FA. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of an Office of Thrift Supervision Certificate of Succession in Interest reflecting this merger and the related amendments to Washington Mutual Bank s Federal Stock Charter and Bylaws. Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of May, 2008. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
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By /s/ Stephen M. Rummage Stephen M. Rummage, pro hac vice Jonathan M. Lloyd, pro hac vice Martin Fineman (Cal. Bar No. 104413) Sam N. Dawood (Cal. Bar No. 178862) Attorneys for Defendant Washington Mutual Bank
DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL)
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