Opinion
Jan A. Greben, Brett A. Boon, GREBEN & ASSOCIATES, SANTA BARBARA, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs THE VIOLA M. COPPOLA IRREVOCABLE TRUST, GARY COPPOLA, and THE TRUST OF ANTHONY M. COPPOLA.
Emily L. Murray, Tim C. Hsu, ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS LLP, Attorneys for Martin and Martin Properties, LLC.
Steven R. Williams, WILLIAMS, JORDAN & BRODERSON LLP, Attorneys for the Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust and the Estate of Decatur Higgins.
Leonard C. Herr, HERR PEDERSEN & BERGLUND LLP, Attorneys for the City of Visalia.
STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFFS' SIXTH AMENDED COMPLAINT
BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 15, and the Court's Minute Order dated February 11, 2015, Plaintiffs the Irrevocable Trust of Viola M. Coppola, the Trust of Anthony Coppola, and Gary Coppola (collectively as "Coppola") together with Defendants, Cross-Claimants, and/or Counter-Claimants the City of Visalia (the "City"), Martin and Martin Properties, LLC ("Martin"), and Jane Nash as Trustee for the Jane Higgins Nash Trust (the "Nash Trust") as well as executor of the Estate of Decatur Higgins a/k/a the Estate of Mabel Elaine Higgins (the "Estate of Higgins") (collectively the "Parties") hereby stipulate to the following:
1. Coppola's Sixth Amended Complaint, filed February 13, 2015 as Document Number 262 ("6AC"), does not vary substantively from Coppola's Fifth Amended Complaint, filed December 3, 2013 as Document Number 157 ("5AC"), with respect to the City. The City's Answer to Coppola's 5AC and Counterclaim (Dkt. No. 173) shall, therefore, be deemed responsive to Coppola's 6AC;
2. Coppola's 6AC does not vary substantively from Coppola's 5AC with respect to Martin. Martin's Answer to Coppola's 5AC (Dkt. No. 167) shall, therefore, be deemed responsive to Coppola's 6AC;
3. Coppola's 6AC does not vary substantively from Coppola's 5AC with respect to the Nash Trust. The Nash Trust's Answer to Coppola's 5AC (Dkt. No. 177) shall, therefore, be deemed responsive to Coppola's 6AC, and;
4. Coppola's 6AC does not vary substantively from Coppola's 5AC with respect to the Estate of Higgins. The Estate of Higgins' Answer to Coppola's 5AC (Dkt. No. 178) shall, therefore, be deemed responsive to Coppola's 6AC.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.