Opinion
WULFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMAN, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, Eric J. Firstman-111534, Gregory R. Aker-104171, Michael J. Higgins-151549, Richard E. Elder-205389, Oakland, CA 94612-3524, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, CITY OF ALAMEDA, and its, Department, ALAMEDA POWER & TELECOM OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF ALAMEDA, Teresa L. Highsmith-155262, Alameda, California, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, ALAMEDA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, and ALAMEDA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, DAVIS & CERIANI, P.C., MICHAEL P. CILLO, Attorneys for NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND, et al. SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP, ROBERT C. FRIESE Attorneys for Stone & Youngberg, LLC.
STIPULATION AND ORDER RE NUVEEN FUNDS' MOTION TO REALIGN PARTIES
SUSAN ILSTON, District Judge.
The parties to this action hereby stipulate as follows:
From the date of entry of the Court's order on this stipulation, and going forward, the title of this action shall be: " In re Nuveen Funds/City of Alameda Securities Litigation. " Further, the Court and the parties shall refer to the Nuveen-affiliated parties as "plaintiffs" and the Alameda-affiliated parties and Stone & Youngberg as "defendants." The Court and the parties shall treat Nuveen's First Amended Counterclaim as the operative complaint in this action. As plaintiffs, the Nuveen-affiliated parties shall have the burden of proof on all of their claims and, unless the Court orders otherwise, shall at the trial of this matter present their opening statement and their case-in-chief first, and their closing argument first and last.
SO ORDERED.