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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN, LLP

114 SANSOME STREET

 4TH FLOOR

 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94101-3812

 TELEPHONE: (415) 249-8330

 FAX: (415) 249-8333

James C. Krieg/Calif. Bar No. 77069 

jkrieg@kksrr.com

Stanley G. Roman/Calif. Bar No. 87652 

sroman@kksrr.com

Attorneys for McGuireWoods LLP 

 BEUS GILBERT PLLC

 4800 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 6000

 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85251

 TELEPHONE: (480) 429-3000

 FAX: (480) 429-3100

Leo R. Beus/Ariz. Bar No. 002687 (Pro hac vice) 

lbeus@beusgilbert.com

Malcolm Loeb/Calif. Bar No. 130026 

mloeb@beusgilbert.com

Attorneys for Crown Paper Liquidating Trust 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

CROWN VANTAGE, INC., 

 Debtor. 

 Employer I.D. # 54-1752384 

CROWN PAPER LIQUIDATING TRUST, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP f/k/a 

COOPERS & LYBRAND; ERNST & YOUNG; 

McGUIRE, WOODS, BATTLE & BOOTH; 

MERRILL LYNCH & CO.; MERRILL, 

LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER & SMITH; 

SALOMON BROS.; DONALDSON, LUFKIN 

& JENRETTE; HOULIHAN LOKEY 

HOWARD & ZUKIN; CLIFFORD CUTCHINS; 

STEPHEN HARE; ERNEST LEOPOLD; E. 

LEE SHOWALTER; ROBERT C. WILLIAMS; 

WILLIAM DANIEL; and JOSEPH T. 

PIEMONT, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C02-03836 MMC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER DEFERRING 

HEARING AND BRIEFING DATES FOR 

DEFENDANT MCGUIREWOODS LLP’S 

MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

Dept. Courtroom 7, 19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

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Pursuant to Rule 6-2 of the Local Rules of the Northern District of California and FED. R.

CIV. P. 54(d)(2)(6), Defendant McGuireWoods LLP (“McGuireWoods”) and Plaintiff Crown Paper 

Liquidating Trust (the “Trust”) stipulate as follows and respectfully request that the Court enter their 

proposed order.

WHEREAS on July 12, 2004, this Court granted Defendant McGuireWoods’ Motion to 

Dismiss this action with prejudice; 

The Trust filed its Notice of Appeal of the dismissal on August 10, 2004. 

On July 28, 2004, McGuireWoods filed a Motion for Attorneys’ Fees arguing that 

McGuireWoods was entitled to attorneys’ fees under the terms of an Option and Settlement 

Agreement, but requesting that the Court defer ruling on the attorneys’ fees Motion until 

proceedings in the Delaware Chancery Court (the “Delaware Action”) involving the Option and 

Settlement Agreement were resolved; 

On January 12, 2005, this Court issued an Order finding that “because significant issues 

concerning the contract under which McGuireWoods seeks an award of attorneys’ fees are pending 

in the Delaware Action, the Court finds it appropriate to deny the Motion at this time, without 

prejudice to refiling it upon completion of the proceedings in Delaware.” The Court held that 

McGuireWoods could refile its attorneys’ fee motion no later than fourteen (14) days after entry of a 

final judgment in the Delaware Action; 

The Delaware Action was dismissed without prejudice on December 21, 2005; 

On or about December 23, 2005, the parties submitted a stipulation and proposed order to the 

Court seeking an extension of time for McGuireWoods to file its Motion for Attorneys’ Fees from 

January 4, 2006 to March 3, 2006; 

On or about December 27, 2005, the Court granted the parties’ stipulation and ordered that 

the last day for McGuireWoods to file its Motion for Attorneys’ Fees be continued from January 4, 

2006 to March 3, 2006; 

On March 3, 2006, McGuireWoods filed its Notice of Motion and Motion for Attorneys’ 

Fees and Expenses and supporting Memorandum of Points and Authorities; 

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On March 27, 2006, McGuireWoods and Crown stipulated to a further continuance of 

McGuireWoods’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees pending resolution of Crown’s appeal of this Court’s 

order dismissing McGuireWoods. Specifically, the parties stipulated that McGuireWoods would 

withdraw its Motion for Attorneys’ Fees without prejudice to reasserting the claim in this Court if 

(a) the case was remanded from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to the District Court following 

Crown’s appeal, in which event any fees claims would be litigated as provided by Rule 54; or (b) the 

Ninth Circuit affirms the dismissal of McGuireWoods, in which event the fee motion could be 

refiled no later than fourteen (14) days after the Ninth Circuit affirms. This Court signed the 

stipulation and proposed order on March 30, 2006 (Docket No. 429); 

By order dated August 9, 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this Court’s 

order dismissing McGuireWoods; 

On August 23, 2006, Crown filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc with the 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; 

By order dated September 20, 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Crown’s 

petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc; 

The parties anticipate that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will remand the case to this 

Court in the immediate future, triggering McGuireWoods’ time for re-filing of its Motion for 

Attorneys’ Fees; 

The parties desire an extension of time for resolution of McGuireWoods’ right to attorneys’ 

fees. The parties want time to consider and discuss how the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees might be 

resolved without the Court’s intervention. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request a 60 day extension of time from the date of the 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand of the case to this Court for McGuireWoods’ re-filing of its 

Motion for Attorneys’ Fees. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT, upon Court 

approval of this stipulation, McGuireWoods’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees shall be filed no later than 

sixty (60) days from the date of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand of the case to this Court. 

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STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

DATED: September 25, 2006 Krieg, Keller, Sloan, Reilley & Roman, LLP 

By /s/ 

Allison Lane Cooper/Calif. Bar No. 152384 

114 Sansome Street, 4th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94101-3812 

Attorneys for Defendant McGuireWoods LLP 

DATED: September 25, 2006 BEUS GILBERT PLLC

By /s/ 

Malcolm Loeb/Calif. Bar No. 130026 

4800 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 6000 

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Attorneys for Plaintiff Crown Paper Liquidating Trust 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 25, 2006 

 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

 United States District Court Judge 

74902

50023-001

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