J., I".JAMES L. CREW, ESQ. - State Bar No. 29802 JACK LEAVITT, ESQ. - State Bar No. 31960 2 Attorneys At Law 18 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 380 3 San Ramon, California 94583 4 Telephone: (925) 831-0834 Facsimile: (925) 831-8483 5 Attorney for Defendant 6 Traders Sports, Inc. 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 10 /0-" h-(JO .1 Now that this Court has ruled in the Plaintiffs' favor on the Demurrer and Motion to 2 Strike, Traders Sports, Inc. has entered into negotiations with the Plaintiff and is assembling 3 facts for our substantive answer. 4 5 Dated: October {P, 2000 JAMES L. CREW, ESQ. JACK LEAVITT, ESQ. 6 7 By: FOR JACK LEAVITT, 8 On Behalf of Traders Sports, Inc. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 231 24 25 26 27 28 JMLlOO600C:\LlT\CUCCHIAR\SFCASE\PLD\SCSMNT.006 2 .. 1 [... PROOF OF SERVICE VIA FACSIMILE AND FIRST CLASS MAIL 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA 3 I, Jo Ann Maxcy, hereby declare: 4 I am employed in the County of Contra Costa, State of California in the office of a 5 member of the bar of this court at whose direction the following service was made. I am over i the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is: 61 18 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 380, San Ramon, California 94583. 7 I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of 18 Crow Canyon Court, San Ramon, California for Service Via Facsimile wherein the Facsimile machine used 8 for said service complies with California Rule of Court, Rule 2003 (3). 9 On October 6, 2000 at approximately 5:00 p.m., I served (Via Facsimile), a copy of the foregoing document described as: 10 11 TRADERS SPORTS, INC.'S STATUS CONFERENCE STATKMENT 121 On that same date I also served said document Via First Class Mail by placing a true ancl correct copy thereof, on the above date, enclosed in a sealed envelope and placed for collecting 13 and processing in accordance with the above described business practice, addressed as follows: 141 I Superior Court for the State of California 15 In and For the San Diego County The Honorable Judge Vincent DiFiglia 16 Department 65 (Fax No. 619) 685-60~6 330 'V. Broadway 17 San Diego, California 92101 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on 19 Dc:mf!iJC {rJ, 2000 , at San Ramon, California. 20 21 22 23[ 24 2S 26 27 28 1 PROOF OF SERVICE VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 , hereby declare: 3 I am employed in the County of Contra Costa, State of California in the office of a 4 member of the bar of this court at whose direction the following service was made. I am way over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is: 18 Crow 5 Canyon Court, Suite 380, San Ramon, California 94583. 6 I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of 18 Crow Canyon Court, San Ramon, California for collection and processing of correspondence, for mailing, 7 pursuant to which, mail is placed for collection at designated stations in the ordinary course of business and is deposited the same day, postage prepaid, with the United States Postal 8 Service. 9 On ~ K2«2J, I served a copy of the foregoing document described as: 10 11 Status Conference Statement of Defendant Trader Sports, Inc. 12 in this action by placing true and correct copies thereof, on the above date, enclosed in sealed 13 envelopes and placed for collecting and processing in accordance with the above described business practice, addressed as follows: 14 15 PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LIST 16 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 17 foregoing is ,t~ue and correct, and that this declaration was executed on t2ctv~ /;-; 2.cJa:J at San Ramon, California. 18 19 ~/1 fUM: X ~ y' 20 JO ANN MAXCY , I 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Service List Lawrence Lee Hafetz Pierce Gore, Esq. Judy Whitehurst Barry R. Himmelstein, Esq. Lloyd W. Pellman, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann L.A. Comity Counsel & Bernstein, LLP 500 West Temple Street, Suite 648 Embarcadero Center West Los Angeles, CA 90012 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Los Angeles County Counsel Co-Liason for Plaintiffs Lawrence B. Launder, Richard M. Heimann, Esq. Asst. County Counsel Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann 500 West Temple Street, Suite 648 & Bernstein, LLP Los Angeles, CA 90012 Embarcadero Center West San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Co-Liason for Plaintiffs Michael W. Sobol, Esq. Robert J. Nelson, Esq. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP & Bernstein, LLP Embarcadero Center West Embarcadero Center West San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Co-Liason for Plaintiffs Co-Liason For Plaintiffs Jonathan D. McCue, Esq. Charles McCue, Esq. McCue & McCue McCue & McCue 600 Broadway, Suite 930 600 Broadway, Suite 930 San Diego, CA 92101 San Diego, CA 92101 Plaintiffs Counsel Counsel for Plaintiffs Brian J. Siebel, Esq. James K. Hahn, Center To Prevent Handgun Violence City Attorney 1250 Eye Street, N. W ., Suite 802 200 N. Main Street Washington, D.C. 20005 1600 City Hall East Los Angeles, CA 90012 Los Angeles City Attorney's Office 1 Jonathan E. Lowy, Esq. Carmel Sella, Center To Prevent Handgun Violence Special Asst City Attorney 1250 Eye Street, N. W., Suite 802 200 N. Main Street Washington, D.C. 20005 1600 City Hall East Los Angeles, CA 90012 Richard S. Lewis, Esq. Don Kass, Cohen Milstein Hausfield Deputy District City Attorney & Toll, P.L.L.C. 200 N. Main Street 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 1600 City Hall East Washington, D.C. 20005-3964 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Joseph M. Sellers, Esq. Mark Francis Burton, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld Deputy District City Attorney & Toll, P.L.L.C., Suite 500 200 N. Main Street 1100 New York Avenue, N.W. 1600 City Hall East Washington, D.C. 20005-3964 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Art Karen, Esq. David Kairys, Esq. Cohen Milstein Hausfeld Law Offices of David Kairys & Toll, P.L.L.C., Suite 500 1719 North Broad Street 1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Philadelphia, PA 19107 Washington, D.C. 20005-3964 Michelle A. Exline, Esq. Steve Polapink Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll Milberg Weiss Bershad 1100 New York Avenue Hynes & Lerach, LLP N.W. Suite 500 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 Washington, D.C. 20005-3964 San Diego, CA 92101 Co-Liason For Plaintiffs Jonah H. Goldstein Michael J. Dowd, Esq. Milberg Weiss Bershad Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP Hynes & Lerach, LLP 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 San Diego, CA 92101 San Diego, CA 92101 Frank J. Janecek, Jr., Esq. Dennis A. Henigan, Esq. Milberg Weiss Bershad Center To Prevent Handgun Violence Hynes & Lerach LLP 1250 Eye Street, N. W., Suite 802 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 Washington, D.C. 20005 San Diego, CA 92101 2 Steven J. Toll, Esq. Alan M. Caplan, Esq. Cohen Milstein Hausfeld Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP & Toll, P.L.L.C. 221 Pine Street, Suite 600 999 Third Street, Suite 3600 San Francisco, CA 94104-2715 Seattle, W A 98104 Ingrid M. Evans, Philip Neumark Deputy City Attorney Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP Fox Plaza 221 Pine Street, Suite 600 1390 Market Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-2715 San Francisco, CA 94102-5408 Thomas R. Casey, III Paul R. Hoeber, Esq. San Mateo County Counsel Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP 400 County Center 221 Pine Street, Suite 600 Redwood City, CA 94063 San Francisco, CA 94104-2715 San Mateo County Counsel Charles E. Dickerson, III Michael S. Lawson, Esq. 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