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trustee.
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THE COURT: I don't have any quarrel with that up to
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there, and I think you make a prima facie showing that there
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may be some serious problems in the administration of this
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trust.
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MR. CHODOS: Now, turning to how far the Court's
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wr.
it runs. I am inclined to believe that the Court's writ
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does not run to land outside the State of California.
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TUE COURT: I learned it only runs halfway across the
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dining room table, so as my children want to point out to me,
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let alone past the State line.
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So you have got to give me a little jurisdiction
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and a little power if you want some help.
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MR. CHODOS: It does run, however, to all persons
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within the Court's jurisdiction, and particularly, to
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charitable trusts which are organizing and existing under the
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State of California.
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In fact, this Court, as I understand it, is the
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only court that has complete jurisdiction and supervision over
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the affairs of these three charitable corporations.
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Now, it �4y be that you will appoint a trustee
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for these funds, Judge Weisman, and that he will then be
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confronted with the claims of third parties in Texas.
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Now, he, after all, will stand only in the shoes
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of the present trustees. His rights and privileges will be
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no greater or no less, and he may have to submit to demands
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by the people if they are meritorious, or litigate them if
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they are questionable, or resist them if they are not. But
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