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h CLIFFORD K JONES HERBERT M* JO N ES MELVIN D, CLOSE. JR . JO S E PH W BROWN CART R. GOO DMCART MICHAEL E. BUCKLEY WILL KEMP KIRK fl. HARRISON DOUGLAS G. CR05SY RICHARO F. JO S T LAW OFFICES J RANDALL JO N E S CHARLES K MCCREA. SR JANET L. CHUBB DOUGLAS M. COHEN PATRICIA Jt CURTIS KIRK B. l e n h a r d W AYN E L. M O R TIM ER J U L IE N G . SO UftW TNC OAVTO C MOUSCL OOUGLAS A S LOAME J o n e s , J o n e s , Cl o se & B r o w n Ch a r t e r e d A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION SEV EN TH FLOOR - VALLEY BANK PLAZA 3 0 0 SOUTH FOURTH STREET L A S V E G A S , N E V A D A 0 lO t'0 O e S KRISTON T, BALLARD CARA L BROWN w iluam l c o u l t h a r o DEREK CL ENCE JAMES W CRBCCX JOHN W FIELD GARY T. rO REMASTER AHTHONY C. GORDON KIRK D, HENDRICK RICHARD F. HOLLEY DAVID G. JOHNSON JOHN E IXACH PAUL K LEMCKE MARK D, LERNER RENEE R REl/THER STEPHEN M. RICE ERIKA PALMER ROGERS JANE A STECHBECK KEVIN R. STOLWORTHY JOHN M* SULUVAN May 19, L 1992 TELEPHONE 1702) 3B 3-4202 TELECO PIE (7021 3 0 4 -2 2 7 (702) 3B 3-O O B o r counsel LYLE n iv e r * John L. Thorndal, Esq. THORNDAL, BACKUS, MAUPIN & ARMSTRONG 1100 East Bridger Avenue P.O. Drawer 2070 Las Vegas, Nevada 89125-2070 J. Bruce Alverson, Esq. ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & NELSON 600 South Eighth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Re: Nevada Power v. General Electric, et. a l . Dear Messrs. Thorndal and Alverson: I am writing to you in hopes that we can stipulate to exceeding the customary limit on the number of interrogatories to be propounded by each party of an action. As I am sure you are aware, Local Rule 190-- 1(c)1 states that the total number of interrogatories allowed by each party is 40. However, due to the particular facts of this case, we believe that open and effective written discovery methods will help clarify the issues involved in this matter, thereby minimizing the time required for trial. In that regard, we believe that good cause exists in this case to warrant going beyond the customary limit. I assure you, though, that if this Stipulation is entered into, we will take particular care to tailor our inquiries to the heart of this case, rather than propounding meaningless, make--work questions of little substantive importance. 1 (c) Limitation of Interrogatories Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the total number of interrogatories propounded to each by party by any other party pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 33, shall be limited to 40 including subparts. The interrogatories shall be tailored to the needs of the particular case. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Rule will justify the imposition of sanctions. L.R. 190-1 (c). RENO OFFICE: 333 MAR5H AVENUE RENO, NEVADA 6 9 5 0 4 TELEPHONE (702) 3 4 6 - 0 8 8 0 (702)'3 2 3 -S 633 TELECOPIER (702) 3 4 8 -O B 8 6 - (702) 3 2 3 - 8 6 6 8 d. k John L. Thorndal, Jsq. -andJ. Bruce Alverson, Esq. May 19, 1992 Page 2 If you are amenable to making this Stipulation, please review the enclosed draft and call me at your convenience. Thank you very much for your consideration of this matter. Very truly yours JONES, JONES, CLOSE & BROWN, CHARTERED J R J :jsf Enclosure kdh\nvpower\thftal.Itr 11927.2 k 1 J. RANDALL JONES, ESQ. CHARLES H. McCREA, SR., ESQ. 2 JONES, JONES, CLOSE & BROWN, CHARTERED 3 700 Valley Bank Plaza 300 South Fourth Street 4 Las Vegas, NV 89101-6026 Telephone: (702) 385-4202 5 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 NEVADA POWER COMPANY, a Nevada CASE NO. CV-S-89-555-LDG (LRL) 11 corporation, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO Plaintiff, SUBMIT INTERROGATORIES 12 EXCEEDING FORTY IN NUMBER vs. {Local Rule 190-UcD 13 MONSANTO COMPANY, a foreign 14 corporation; G EN ER A L ELEC TR IC Date of Hearing: COMPANY, a foreign corporation; Time of Hearing: 15 W E S T I N G H O U S E E L E C T R I C CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; 16 and DOES I through XXV, inclusive, 17 _______ Defendants. 18 19 The parties to the above--entitled action, as represented by and through their respective 20 attorneys of record: Jones, Jones, Close & Brown, Chartered for the Plaintiff, Nevada Power; 21 Thomdal, Backus, Maupin & Armstrong for Defendants, Monsanto Company and 22 Westinghouse Electric Corporation; and Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson for Defendant, 23 General Electric Company, hereby submit this Stipulation and Order that the parties in this 24 action shall be allowed to propound interrogatories in excess of the number of forty (40) 25 26 27 28 \ 1 provided for under Local Rule 190--1(c) of the Local Rules of Practice of United States 2 District Court for the District of Nevada. 3 DATED this _________ day of May, 1992. 4 JONES, JONES, CLOSE & BROWN, CHARTERED S 6 J. RANDALL JONES, ESQ. 7 700 Valley Bank Plaza 300 South Fourth Street 8 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 9 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 10 THORNDAL, BACKUS, MAUPIN & 11 ARMSTRONG 12 13 JOHN L. THORNDAL, ESQ. PEGGY A. LEEN, ESQ. 14 1100 E. Bridger Avenue P.O. Drawer 2070 15 Las Vegas, Nevada 89125-2070 16 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS, MONSANTO COMPANY, AND 17 W E S T IN G H O U S E E L E C T R IC CORPORATION 18 19 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & NELSON 20 21 J. BRUCE ALVERSON, ESQ. 22 DAVID R. CLAYSON, ESQ. 600 South Eighth Street 23 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 24 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT, GENERAL ELECTRIC 25 26 O R D E R 27 The Court having reviewed this Stipulation entered into between the parties of this 28 action seeking to exceed the customaiy number of forty (40) interrogatories to be propounded -2- 1 under Local Rule 190--1(c), and good cause appearing, 2 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties in this action may exceed 3 the forty (40) interrogatory limit as provided for under Local Rule 190--1(c). 4 DATED th is __________ day o f ______________________ , 1992. 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 MAGISTRATE 8 9 10 kdh\uvpo*Tr\40rDgixtp 11927.2 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 87 28 -3-