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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,    

                  Plaintiff,

                  v.

EASTERN MUSHROOM MARKETING     
COOPERATIVE, INC.

                  Defendant.

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CIVIL CASE NO.: 2:04-CV-5829
JUDGE Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr.

DATE STAMP: 12/16/2004



STIPULATION

It is stipulated by and between the undersigned parties by their respective attorneys that:

1. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action and over each of the parties hereto, and venue of this action is proper in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

2. The parties consent that a Final Judgment in the form hereto attached may be filed and entered by the Court, upon the motion of any party or upon the Court's own motion, at any time after compliance with the requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act (15 U.S.C. § 16), and without further notice to any party or other proceedings, provided that the United States has not withdrawn its consent.

3. The defendant shall abide by and comply with the provisions of the proposed Final Judgment pending entry of the Final Judgment, and shall, from the date of the filing of this Stipulation, comply with all the terms and provisions thereof as though the same were in full force and effect as an order of the Court.

4. In the event the proposed Final Judgment is not entered pursuant to this Stipulation, this Stipulation shall be of no effect whatever, and the making of this Stipulation shall be without prejudice to any party in this or any other proceeding.


Dated: December 16th , 2004.


EASTERN MUSHROOM MARKETING
     COOPERATIVE


_______________/s/________________
William A. DeStefano
Saul Ewing, LLP
Centre Square West
1500 Market Street
38th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19102-2186
(215) 972-8578

Counsel for the Eastern Mushroom
     Marketing Cooperative



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



_______________/s/________________
Laura Heiser
Trial Attorney
United States Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Philadelphia Office
The Curtis Center, Suite 650 W.
170 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2424
(215) 597-7405

Counsel for the United States