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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Gerald K. Smith, as Plan Trustee for and on

behalf of the Estates of Boston Chicken,

Inc., et al.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Arthur Andersen LLP, a limited liability

partnership, et al.,

Defendants. 

Case No.: CIV-01-218-PHX-PGR

CIV-01-246-PHX-EHC

CIV-02-1162-PHX-PGR

CIV-02-1248-PHX-PGR

(Consolidated)

ORDER FOR DISMISSAL OF

DEFENDANTS MERRILL LYNCH

& CO., INC., MERRILL LYNCH,

PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED, DEUTSCHE BANK

SECURITIES INC. f/k/a DEUTSCHE BANK

ALEX. BROWN and MORGAN

STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

Scott A. Beck, et al.,

Third-Party Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Bank of America Corporation, 

Third-Party Defendants. 

Upon the presentation of the Stipulation for Dismissal of the action by Plaintiff

Gerald K. Smith, as Plan Trustee for and on behalf of the Estates of Boston Chicken, Inc., et

al. (“Plaintiff”) and against Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and its subsidiary Merrill Lynch,

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Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. f/k/a Deutsche Bank

Alex. Brown (“Alex. Brown”), and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and good cause

appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action shall be and is dismissed with

prejudice against Defendants Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and its subsidiary Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Alex. Brown, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

only. Each party shall bear his or its own costs and attorneys' fees. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that under the principles set forth in Kokkonen v.

Guardian Life Insurance Co., 511 U.S. 375 (1994), this Court shall retain jurisdiction only

for the limited purposes of enforcing the Settlement Agreement made between Plaintiff and

Defendants Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and its subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

Smith Incorporated, Alex. Brown, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and, if necessary,

enforcing the terms of the Approval and Bar Order agreed to between Plaintiff and

Defendants Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and its subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

Smith Incorporated, Alex. Brown, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and entered by

this Court on the 31st day of January, 2006.

DATED this 1st day of February, 2006.

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