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DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT DWT 11004912v2 0013149-000099 Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL)
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Stephen M. Rummage, pro hac vice Jonathan M. Lloyd, pro hac vice Martin Fineman (Cal. Bar No. 104413) Sam N. Dawood (Cal. Bar No. 178862) DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94111-6533 Telephone: (415) 276-6500 Facsimile: (415) 276-6599 Email: [email protected]
Attorneys for Defendant Washington Mutual Bank
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE
SIDNEY SCHOLL and FELTON A. SPEARS, JR., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC., a Washington corporation; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA (aka WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK); FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware corporation; and LENDER S SERVICE, INC.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL)
CLASS ACTION
DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Time: 10:00 a.m. Department: SJ, Courtroom 2, 5th Floor
Defendant Washington Mutual Bank hereby requests that this Court take judicial notice of
the following facts and documents pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201:
1. Washington Mutual Bank is a federally-chartered savings association located in
Stockton, California, pursuant to Federal Stock Charter No. 4539, declared effective on December
28, 1988 by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and
correct copy of the Federal Stock Charter of Washington Mutual Bank, FA, formerly known as
American Savings Bank, F.A., as amended by the Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting
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DEFENDANT WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT DWT 11004912v2 0013149-000099 Case No. 5:08-cv-00868 (HRL)
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dated September 23, 1997, reflecting that, on June 17, 1997, American Savings Bank, F.A.
amended the Federal Stock Charter to change its corporate title to Washington Mutual Bank, FA,
and that, effective April 4, 2005, Washington Mutual Bank, FA amended the Federal Stock
Charter to change its corporate title to Washington Mutual Bank and amended its Bylaws to
provide that Washington Mutual Bank also may do business under the name Washington Mutual
Bank, FA. See United States v. Chapel, 41 F.3d 1338, 1342 (9th Cir. 1994) (fact of bank s
FDIC-insured status was proper subject of judicial notice); United States v. Phillips, 427 F.2d
1035, 1037 (9th Cir. 1970) (same).
2. On January 1, 2005, Washington Mutual Bank merged into Washington Mutual
Bank, FA. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of an Office of Thrift
Supervision Certificate of Succession in Interest reflecting this merger and the related amendments
to Washington Mutual Bank s Federal Stock Charter and Bylaws.
Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of May, 2008.
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
By /s/ Stephen M. Rummage
Stephen M. Rummage, pro hac vice Jonathan M. Lloyd, pro hac vice Martin Fineman (Cal. Bar No. 104413) Sam N. Dawood (Cal. Bar No. 178862)
Attorneys for Defendant Washington Mutual Bank
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