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Nature of Suit Code: 891
Nature of Suit: Agricultural Acts
Cause of Action: 07:499 Agricultural Commodities Act

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MARION I. QUESENBERY, Cal. Bar No. 072308 

R. JASON READ, Cal. Bar No. 117561 

RYNN & JANOWSKY, LLP 

4100 Newport Place Drive, Suite 700 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

Telephone: (949) 752-2911 

Facsimile: (949) 752-0953 

E-mail: marion@rjlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CALIFORNIA ARTICHOKE & VEGETABLE 

GROWERS CORP. dba OCEAN MIST FARMS and 

DOBLER & SONS, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA ARTICHOKE & 

VEGETABLE GROWERS CORP., a 

corporation, dba OCEAN MIST FARMS; 

DOBLER & SONS, LLC, a limited liability 

company, 

Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

LINDSAY FOODS INTERNATIONAL, a 

corporation; EDWARD THOMAS 

CONSOLE, an individual; and PAUL R. 

BLACK, an individual, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. CV F-07-103-OWW TAG 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT IN THE 

EVENT OF DEFAULT UNDER THE 

STIPULATION 

Upon consideration of Plaintiffs California Artichoke & Vegetable Growers Corp. dba 

Ocean Mist Farms (“Ocean Mist Farms”) and Dobler & Sons, LLC (“Dobler”) and Defendants 

Lindsay Foods International (“Lindsay Foods”) and Edward Thomas Console (“Console”)’s 

Stipulation for Entry of Judgment (“Stipulation”), and good cause appearing for approval of the 

Stipulation, it is: 

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IT IS ORDERED that, under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”) 

trust provisions, 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c), Plaintiffs performed and fulfilled all duties required to 

preserve their PACA trust benefits (1) in the total amount of $75,573.30 for Ocean Mist Farms, 

plus interest at the contractual rate of 18% per annum ($14,482.74 through February 24, 2007, 

and continuing) and attorneys’ fees of $ 4,623.23 (through February 2007 and continuing), and 

(2) in the total sum of $135,377.05 for Dobler (of the $222,568.94 that Lindsay Foods owes 

Dobler), plus prejudgment interest at the California contract rate of 10% per annum ($4,141.43 

through February 24, 2007 and continuing), all of which remains past due and unpaid for 

perishable agricultural commodities sold to Defendant Lindsay Foods in 2006. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff Lindsay Foods also owes Dobler $87,191.89 (in addition 

to the $135,377.05 protected by the PACA trust provisions) for the spinach that Lindsay Foods 

purchased from Dobler in 2006, plus prejudgment interest at the California contract rate of 10% 

per annum ($3,770.76 through February 24, 2007 and continuing), all of which remains past due 

and unpaid. 

IT IS ORDERED that, Plaintiffs grew the farm product (i.e., fresh spinach) that 

Defendant Lindsay Foods purchased from them for the purpose of processing the spinach into 

frozen form and reselling it to its customers. Consequently, Plaintiffs have a first priority lien for 

all sums owed for their spinach, as provided in Cal. Food & Ag. Code § 55633, on Lindsay 

Foods’ farm product and the receivables from the sale of its farm product. Cal. Food & Ag. 

Code §§ 55631, 55633, 55635. 

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Console is and was, at all relevant times, an officer and 

shareholder of Lindsay Foods and was in a position to and did control the PACA trust assets held 

by Lindsay Foods. Consequently, Console is personally liable, jointly and severally with 

Lindsay Foods, as a trustee of Lindsay Foods’ PACA trust assets, for Lindsay Foods’ failure to 

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pay $75,573.30, plus contractual interest at the rate of 18% per annum ($14,482.74 through 

February 24, 2007, and continuing) and attorneys’ fees of $4,623.23 (through February 2007 and 

continuing), to Ocean Mist Farms, and for Lindsay Foods’ failure to pay $135,377.05, plus 

California pre-judgment interest at the rate of 10% per annum ($4,141.43 through February 24, 

2007, and continuing), to Dobler. See Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Fisher, 104 F.3d 280, 282-83 (9th

Cir. 1977). 

IT IS ORDERED that, should Defendants’ default in any obligation under the Stipulation 

(and fail to cure the default after notice, as provided in the Stipulation), Plaintiffs shall be entitled 

to judgment against Defendants, jointly and severally, and to the other relief and remedies, 

consistent with and as provided by the terms of the Stipulation. 

IT IS ORDERED that this Court’s Temporary Restraining Order, originally entered on 

January 26, 2007 (and any and all subsequent extensions thereof), is dissolved and any 

application for a preliminary injunction is taken off calendar. 

IT IS ORDERED that nothing in the Stipulation or this Order shall be deemed, 

interpreted, or otherwise construed as an extension of credit by Plaintiffs to Defendants, or as a 

waiver of Plaintiffs’ rights under the PACA trust provisions, 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDER that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over the parties to this action and to enforce and 

interpret the Stipulation and this Order. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, unless good cause is shown by one of the parties, the 

Complaint against Defendants Lindsay Foods and Console only shall be dismissed 90 days from 

the date of this Order; however, as provided in the Stipulation, Plaintiffs may file a motion 

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requesting the court to enter judgment and to order other remedies and relief consistent with the 

terms of the Stipulation. 

Date: April 3, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Court Judge 

 

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