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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING HELLMAN ESTATE, TRUSTEES AND WOODLAND SHOPPING 

CENTER FROM SECOND AMENDED THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT 

CASE NO. CIV.S-02-0186 GEB GGH

THOMAS M. DONNELLY (Bar No. 136546) 

MATTHEW K. NARENSKY (Bar No. 215604) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

333 Bush Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 

Telephone: (415) 772-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 

Attorneys for Third Party Defendants 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and F. Warren Hellman as 

Trustees of Trust A created by the Estate of Marco 

Hellman, and F. Warren Hellman as Trustee of Trust B 

created by the Estate of Marco Hellman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a California 

corporation, 

 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HAROLD TAECKER, an individual, 

GERALDINE TAECKER, an individual, 

Defendants. 

 

AND ALL COUNTER, CROSS AND 

THIRD PARTY ACTIONS 

Case No.: CIV.S-02-0186 GEB GGH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER DISMISSING ESTATE OF 

MARCO F. HELLMAN, DECEASED, 

WELLS FARGO BANK AND F. 

WARREN HELLMAN AS TRUSTEES, 

AND WOODLAND SHOPPING 

CENTER, A LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP, FROM SECOND 

AMENDED THIRD PARTY 

COMPLAINT

STIPULATION

This Stipulation is entered into by and among Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs 

Harold and Geraldine Taecker (the "Taeckers"), Third Party Defendants Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A., and F. Warren Hellman as Trustees of Trust A created by the Estate of Marco F. 

Hellman, and F. Warren Hellman as Trustee of Trust B created by the Estate of Marco F. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING HELLMAN ESTATE, TRUSTEES AND WOODLAND SHOPPING 

CENTER FROM SECOND AMENDED THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT 

CASE NO. CIV.S-02-0186 GEB GGH

Hellman (the "Trustees"), and Third Party Defendant Woodland Shopping Center, a limited 

partnership (“WSC"). The Taeckers, the Trustees, and WSC shall be referred to 

individually as "Party" or collectively as the "Parties" in this Stipulation. 

WHEREAS, in its May 24, 2005 Order on the cross-motions for summary judgment 

filed by Plaintiff Adobe Lumber, Inc. (“Adobe”) and the Taeckers (the "Order"), this Court 

dismissed Adobe's claim against the Taeckers under section 113 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. section 9601 et seq.

(“CERCLA”), and limited Adobe's claim against the Taeckers under section 107 of 

CERCLA to a claim for contribution. 

WHEREAS, following receipt of the Order, counsel for the Trustees and WSC 

presented counsel for the Taeckers with their proposed motion for summary judgment. That 

motion would have sought dismissal of the Taeckers' claims asserted against the Trustees 

and WSC in the Taeckers' Second Amended Third Party Complaint filed in this action on 

February 20, 2003, on the grounds (among others) that the Taeckers no longer had any 

CERCLA or state law contribution or equitable indemnity claims against the Trustees or 

WSC as a matter of law given the Court's Order limiting Adobe's section 107 claim to a 

claim for contribution. 

WHEREAS, after reviewing the Trustees' and WSC's proposed motion for summary 

judgment, the Taeckers have agreed to dismiss the Trustees and WSC from the Second 

Amended Third Party Complaint, on the following terms and conditions. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in light of the foregoing Recitals, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 

Proc. 41(c), the Parties stipulate as follows and jointly request that the Court enter the 

following Proposed Order: 

(1) Third Party Defendants the Estate of Marco F. Hellman, Deceased, Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A., and F. Warren Hellman as Trustees of Trust A created by the Estate of Marco 

F. Hellman, F. Warren Hellman as Trustee of Trust B created by the Estate of Marco F. 

Hellman, and Woodland Shopping Center, a limited partnership, are hereby dismissed from 

the Taeckers' Second Amended Third Party Complaint with prejudice as to the claims 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING HELLMAN ESTATE, TRUSTEES AND WOODLAND SHOPPING 

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CASE NO. CIV.S-02-0186 GEB GGH

asserted in the Second Amended Third Party Complaint, except as provided in paragraph 

(2) below, with each Party to bear its own attorneys' fees and costs. 

(2) The dismissal set forth in paragraph (1) above shall not constitute or be 

construed as a determination of any issue of fact between the parties still remaining in this 

action, including, without limitation, any issue concerning the causes, sources and/or extent 

of any environmental contamination found at the Woodland Shopping Center property that 

is the subject of this action (the "Site"). Moreover, the dismissal set forth in paragraph (1) 

above shall be without prejudice to the Taeckers' right to seek recovery from the Trustees 

and/or WSC of any "response costs" (as that term is defined under CERCLA) that the 

Taeckers might incur in the future with respect to the Site. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: June __, 2005 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

By 

THOMAS M. DONNELLY 

Attorneys for Third Party Defendants 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and F. Warren Hellman, 

Trustees 

DATED: June __, 2005 DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

By 

STEVEN H. GOLDBERG 

Attorneys for Third Party Defendant 

Woodland Shopping Center, a limited partnership 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING HELLMAN ESTATE, TRUSTEES AND WOODLAND SHOPPING 

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CASE NO. CIV.S-02-0186 GEB GGH

DATED: June __, 2005 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 

By 

BRIGITTE M. MAYO 

Attorneys for Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs 

Harold and Geraldine Taecker 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Having considered the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 7, 2005 

 /s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

1. GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

6/7/05 10:45 AM 

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