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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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LEO R. BEUS, Admitted pro hac vice 

ALBERT J. MORRISON, Cal. Bar No. 198047 

BEUS GILBERT PLLC 

4800 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 6000 

Scottsdale, AZ 85251 

Telephone: (480) 429-3000 

Facsimile: (480) 429-3100 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOSEPH F. COYNE, JR., Cal. Bar No. 93707 

MICHELLE SHERMAN, Cal. Bar No. 136799 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-1448 

Telephone: 213-620-1780 

Facsimile: 213-620-1398 

Attorneys for Defendants

FORT JAMES CORPORATION

AND RELATED ENTITIES 

JAMES C. KRIEG, Cal. Bar No. 77069 

STAN G. ROMAN, Cal. Bar No. 87652 

KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN LLP 

114 Sansome Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 249-8330 

Facsimile: (415) 249-8333 

Attorneys for Defendant MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CROWN PAPER LIQUIDATING 

TRUST, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 

fka COOPERS & LYBRAND, et al. 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. C 02-3836 MMC 

Case No. C 05-0798 MMC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES 

PENDING COURT APPROVAL OF 

SETTLEMENT

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 7 (19th Floor) 

Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

JEFFREY H. BECK, Liquidating Trustee 

of the Crown Paper Liquidating Trust, 

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 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

FORT JAMES CORPORATION; FORT 

JAMES OPERATING COMPANY; FORT 

JAMES FIBER COMPANY; FORT 

JAMES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 

LTD; AND MCGUIRE WOODS, LLP, 

 Defendants. 

 

Plaintiff Jeffrey H. Beck, Liquidating Trustee ("Plaintiff"), and defendants 

Fort James Operating Company, Fort James Fiber Company, and Fort James International 

Holdings, Ltd., (collectively, "Fort James Defendants") and McGuire Woods LLP ("MW," 

and collectively with the Fort James Defendants, "Defendants", and collectively with the 

Fort James Defendants and Plaintiff, the "Parties") stipulate as follows and respectfully 

request that the Court enter the Parties' proposed order appended hereto. 

WHEREAS, on July 12, 2004, the Court dismissed with prejudice Case 

No. 02-03836 in favor of MW; 

WHEREAS, on December 14, 2006, the Court entered judgment in Case 

No. 05-0798 in favor of Defendants; 

WHEREAS, on December 22, 2006, the Court approved the Parties' 

stipulation to defer briefing and hearing dates for Defendants' to-be-filed attorneys' fees 

motions;

WHEREAS, on January 26, 2007, MW and the Fort James Defendants each 

timely filed an attorneys fees motion (collectively, the "Attorneys Fees Motions"), and 

scheduled the hearings on the Attorneys Motions for March 2, 2007;

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WHEREAS, after the Defendants filed the Attorneys Fees Motions, the 

Parties and other affected entities ("Others") reached an agreement in principle to settle all 

litigation between and among them, including this action and the Attorneys Fees Motions, 

and based thereon, the Parties stipulated to continue the hearing on the Attorneys Fees 

Motions to April 27, 2007 to allow the Parties and Others to document and obtain court 

approval of their settlement, which stipulation was approved by this Court (the "Prior 

Stipulation");

WHEREAS, after entering into the Prior Stipulation, the Parties and Others 

(i) finalized the terms of and documented their settlement (the "Settlement"), which 

Settlement (if approved by the Court) will, among other things, render the Attorneys Fees 

Motions moot, and (ii) filed a motion to withdraw the reference (the "Motion to Withdraw 

Reference") on the motion to approve the Settlement (the "Settlement Motion"), which if 

granted will result in this Court deciding the Settlement Motion; 

WHEREAS, the Motion to Withdraw Reference is pending; 

WHEREAS, with the current hearing date of April 27, 2007 for the 

Attorneys Fees Motions, Plaintiff's oppositions to the Attorneys Fees Motions are due 

April 6, 2007 and Defendants' replies are due April 13, 2007, and the Parties wish to avoid 

the incurrence of additional fees with respect to the Attorneys Fees Motions; 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the hearing on the 

Attorneys Fees Motions shall be continued to June 15, 2007, and the briefing schedule for 

Plaintiff's oppositions and Defendants' replies shall be continued in accordance with the 

Local Rules for filing oppositions and replies. 

BEUS GILBERT PLLC 

By /s/ Albert J. Morrison 

DATED: April 5, 2007 

 Albert J. Morrison 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Theodore A. Cohen 

DATED: April 5, 2007 

 Theodore A. Cohen 

Attorneys for Fort James Defendants 

KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN LLP 

By /s/ James C. Krieg 

DATED: April 5, 2007 

 James C. Krieg 

Attorneys for Def. MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

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Good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on the Attorneys Fees Motions 

is continued to June 15, 2007, and the briefing schedule for Plaintiff's oppositions and 

Defendants' replies is continued in accordance with the Local Rules for filing oppositions 

and replies. 

The Court notes, however, that although the above-referenced “Motion to 

Withdraw Reference” may be “pending” in the Bankruptcy Court, said motion has not 

been docketed by the Clerk of the District Court and, accordingly, has not been assigned to 

a district court judge. See Bankruptcy Local Rule 5011-2(a) (providing that when motion 

to withdraw is filed with Clerk of Bankruptcy Court, Clerk of Bankruptcy Court “shall 

transmit the motion” to Clerk of District Court, which assigns the motion to district judge 

pursuant to Assignment Plan). 

DATED: April 6, 2007 

 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Judge

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