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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ROE, et al.,

Plaintiffs

 v.

THOMAS WHITE, 

Defendant. /

No. C 03-04035 CRB

ORDER APPROVING

IRREVOCABLE TRUST

AGREEMENT, TRUSTEE AND

TRUST PROTECTOR

The parties entered into a written Settlement Agreement of this lawsuit in the summer

of 2005. The Court enforced the Agreement and the Ninth Circuit affirmed. Under the terms

of the Agreement, the settlement funds are to be held for the benefit of each plaintiff in a

trust by an institutional trustee approved by this Court. Now pending before the Court is

plaintiffs’ motion for approval of the Jose Roe v. White Irrevocable Trust Agreement (“the

Trust”), Wells Fargo Bank N.A. as the institutional Trustee, and C. Joseph Smith as the Trust

Protector.

After carefully considering the best interests of the plaintiffs and the terms of the

Trust, and having had the opportunity to question the proposed Trust Protector and the

institutional Trustee, the Court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion and approves the Trust, Trustee,

and Trust Protector on the following conditions: 

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1. The first full paragraph on page 3 of the Trust, Article Two, section (A)(2), is

deleted in its entirety and is replaced with the following paragraph:

The Protector will be entitled to reasonable compensation for his services the amount

of which shall be agreed upon between the Trustee and the Protector, but which shall

initially be no less than $45,000.00 per year. The Trustee and Protector shall

renegotiate the Protector’s compensation whenever the number of beneficiaries

decreases. The Protector shall also be entitled to reimbursement for all expenses,

including but not limited to any travel necessary to carry out his duties. The Protector

agrees to consult on a regular basis with the Trustee with respect to all matters

involving the needs of the beneficiaries and the Protector’s compensation and

expenses.

2. Paragraph A(5) of Title II of the Trust is deleted in its entirety and is replaced

with the following sentence: 

The trustee shall not make any payments to any of plaintiffs’ attorneys, or

persons claiming to be plaintiffs’ attorneys, or to the guardian ad litem,

including any payments for fees, costs or monies advanced to plaintiffs, until

further order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California. 

This Court shall determine the amounts to be paid in fees and for costs, and shall

make such payments from the monies that will remain in the Court’s Registry following the

initial distribution to the Trust. If the amount remaining with the Court is insufficient, the

above paragraph allows the Court to order counsel to be paid from the Trust.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2007 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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