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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, ESQ., CSBN 107403 

JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, P.C. 

 1477 Drew Avenue, Suite 106 

 Davis, California 95618 

 Telephone: 530.759.0700 

 Facsimile: 530.759.0800 

IRV PIOTRKOWSKI, CSBN 064488 

LAW OFFICES OF IRV PIOTRKOWSKI 

 Post Office Box 2624 

 Petaluma, California 94953 

 Telephone: 707.778-1551 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CARL MERNER and 

MERNER LAND COMPANY, a California 

Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

CARL MERNER and MERNER LAND 

COMPANY, a California Corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

PETER W. MERNER, 

 Defendant. 

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No.: C 02-2336 CW 

APPLICATION FOR ORDER 

EXONERATING UNDERTAKING 

SECURING TEMPORARY 

RESTRAINING ORDER AND ORDER 

 Plaintiffs, CARL MERNER and MERNER LAND COMPANY, a California 

Corporation, by and through undersigned counsel, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2042, apply 

for an order exonerating the ten thousand dollar ($10,000.00) undertaking deposited with the 

Clerk of Court to secure the temporary restraining order issued in the above-captioned case 

on May 21, 2002. 

Plaintiffs make this application on the grounds that this case was terminated on 

March 14, 2007, and the temporary restraining order is no longer in effect. 

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Plaintiffs request that the Court order the undertaking, together with accrued interest, 

less the court registry fee, paid to Merner Land Company. 

DATED: January 11, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

 JOSEPH J. WISEMAN, P.C. 

 BY: __/s/ Joseph J. Wiseman_______ 

 JOSEPH J. WISEMAN 

 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 CARL MERNER and MERNER 

 LAND COMPANY 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE having been shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the ten 

thousand dollar ($10,000.00) undertaking deposited with the Clerk of Court to secure the 

temporary restraining order issued in the above-captioned case be exonerated. Accordingly, 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall return said undertaking, together 

with accrued interest, less the court registry fee, to Merner Land Company. 

Dated: January 23, 2008 

______________________________ 

 CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 United States District Court Judge 

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