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1 IN TERI'IS OF SPIRIT IT'S
OF COOPERATIO}I, A
--
2 LOUSY CASE THEY FOUGHT US SO HARD, TAKIiIG
US TO FEDERAL

3 COURT, AND ALL TIIE }IOTIONS THAT IHEY I1ADE HERE, ET CETEM,

4
IT A FIGHT.
HAS BEEN VERY TOUGH THEY TALK ABOUT

5 TtlE CoURT: I DIDN'T THINK rT A I
l,rAS EASY CASE,

6 HAD TO DEAL HITH BOTTI SIDES ALL THE I
WAY THROUGH, SO
i IT
7 UNDERSTAI{D TTIAT BUT DID GET RESoLVED, AND AT THE TI},E

o
OF THE RESOLUTIOII,
EVERYBODY UAS HERE HAND-II{.HAND SAYING

'I'E LIKE THIS DEAL, AND I.'E TIIIS
WAIIT DEAL FOR THE BENEFIT
'
10 OF THE CLASS.

1l I IT -.
AI{D BOUGHT HOOK, LTNE, AND SIIIKER .-

12 AIiD APPROVED tT. IT IS IT tS, ..
THE DEAL THAT AND SO

13 I!R. JOHNSON: THERE,S A
CERTAIN DEGREE oF HUI,IILITY

14 THAT HAS TO EXIST BETWEEN TI{E CLASS I.IEI,BERS
AI,ID THE UIIION
15
A
AND CERTAITI DEGREE OF COOPERATION AND A LITTLE BIT
OF
16 SPIRIT THAT I{ITH I,II
GOES ALONG THE LETTER, AiID SAYING --

17 THE FINAL POI T IS THIS: C0UNSEL, TIll€
EVERY WE Co[E

18 HERE, THE UNION, THE UNIOI{ HAS SPEI{T SO IIUCH IIONEY,
YEAH,
FIGHTING I'I"I
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US, AI'ID SAYING, YOU KNOI.I, YOU SPENT

20 $2 I1ILLION - GIVII'IG ..
- Ai.JAY $2 I1ILLION A!,ID CY PRES IIOI{EY

2'l I.IAYBE IF YOU SPENT A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT IIOIIEY AI{D TRY TO
IT -.
22 }IAKE A LITTLE BSTTER PROVIDE IIORE T
FORIIATION,
23
EVERYBODY WOULD BE A LOT HAPPIER.

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AIID THAT'S ..
THE LAST POIIIT WE'RE SAYING IS

25 T.}lE $2 I.IILLIOTI -- THEY PAID
OUT 92 I,IILLIOiI TO lIY CLASS AND

26 THEY ALSO GAVE ANAY $2 IIILLTON TO CY
PRES IIOI{EY,
27
THE COURT: No, IT wAsN'T. IT wAs $72 }IILLIoN
THAT
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HA$ 8EE1{ PAID
OUT.

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KENYNIA D. DARDEN, CSR
PHOTOCOPYTNC
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OF IF^M