11-1005-14894-2

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

In the Matter of Siska Group, Inc., License No. BC20143173

FIRST PREHEARING ORDER

          A prehearing conference was held in the above-captioned matter on June 24, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. in the Office of Administrative Hearings.  Michael J. Tostengard, Assistant Attorney General, NCL Tower, Suite 1200, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, Minnesota  55101-2130, appeared on behalf of the Department of Commerce. Steven J. Lodge, Attorney at Law, Nash and Lodge, P.L.L.P., 222 Monroe Street, Anoka, Minnesota  55303, appeared on behalf of the Respondent, Siska Group, Inc.

          Based upon discussions with counsel during the prehearing conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1.         All discovery in this matter shall be completed by September 1, 2002.

2.               By September 11, 2002, counsel shall exchange proposed exhibit and witness lists.  To the extent possible the parties shall enter into prehearing stipulations regarding the facts involved in the hearing and foundation for anticipated exhibits.

3.               The hearing in this matter will commence on Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. in the courtrooms of the Office of Administrative Hearings, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1700, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The hearing shall continue on Wednesday, September 18, 2002, if necessary. 

4.               The parties shall appear at the hearing with at least three copies of each exhibit they plan to offer into evidence.  Exhibits shall be premarked using arabic numbers without designation of the party offering the exhibit.

 

Dated:  July 3, 2002.

 

 

/s/ Barbara L. Neilson

BARBARA L. NEILSON

Administrative Law Judge