11-1005-15173-2

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE

 

In the Matter of S.L. Anderson, Inc., License No. BC4883

FIRST PREHEARING ORDER

          A prehearing conference was held in the above-captioned matter on January 8, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. in the Office of Administrative Hearings in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Michael J. Tostengard, Assistant Attorney General, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1200, St. Paul, Minnesota  55101-2130, appeared on behalf of the Department of Commerce.  Philip K. Jacobson, Attorney at Law, Kelly & Jacobson, 220 South Sixth Street, Suite 215, Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402, appeared on behalf of the Respondent, S.L. Anderson, 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 February 28, 2003. 

3.               All dispositive motions shall be filed by March 14, 2003.  Responses in opposition to such motions shall be filed by April 8, 2003, and reply briefs shall be filed by April 15, 2003.

4.               Oral argument with respect to dispositive motions shall be heard on April 15, 2003, at 3:30 p.m. in the courtrooms of the Office of Administrative Hearings, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1700, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

5.               By May 15, 2003, counsel shall exchange proposed exhibit and witness lists.  The witness list shall include a brief description of the anticipated testimony of each witness.  To the extent possible, the parties shall enter into prehearing stipulations regarding the facts involved in the hearing and foundation for anticipated exhibits.

6.               Counsel shall notify the Administrative Law Judge by May 15, 2003, whether they will require the services of a court reporter at the hearing.  (One or both parties must bear the costs of a court reporter; otherwise, the hearing will be tape recorded.)

7.               The hearing in this matter will commence on May 29, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in the courtrooms of the Office of Administrative Hearings, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1700, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

8.               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:  January 9, 2003.

                                                                

 

 

/s/ Barbara L. Neilson

BARBARA L. NEILSON

Administrative Law Judge