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Case 3:07-cv-00245-DMS-LSP Document 11 Filed 04/24/2007 Page 1 of 3
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) Civil No. 07-0245-DMS(LSP)
11 LATHAM & WATKINS, LLP, )
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12 Plaintiff, ) NOTICE AND ORDER FOR EARLY
) NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE
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14 UNITED STATES EVIRONMENTAL )
PROTECTION AGENCY, )
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Defendant.
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18 case will be held on May 29, 2007, at 9:00 AM before United States
23 counsel and the parties who have full and unlimited authority1 to
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25 "Full authority to settle" means that the individuals at the settlement
conference must be authorized to fully explore settlement options and to
26 agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties.
Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648 (7th Cir.
27 1989). The person needs to have "unfettered discretion and authority" to
change the settlement position of a party. Pitman v. Brinker Intl., Inc.,
216 F.R.D. 481, 485-486 (D. Ariz. 2003). The purpose of requiring a
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person with unlimited settlement authority to attend the conference
includes that the person's view of the case may be altered during the face
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17 events that are the basis for the claims and defenses asserted in
19 or column format with the column headings “DATE” and “EVENT” and may
21 In the event the case does not settle at the Early Neutral
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to face conference. Id. at 486. A limited or a sum certain of authority
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is not adequate. Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590 (8th Cir.
2001).
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