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AGREEMENTNOTTOSUE
ThisAgreementottoSue("Agreement"')isenteredintobyandamongtheUniversityofotreDameduLac('University"),andthoseindividualsfromthelistattachedasExhibit"A"whohaveexecutedthisAgreement(individually"Client"andcollectively"Clients")(niversityandClientsarecollectielythe"Parties").TheClientswereincludedaspartofaoticeofTortClaim("TC"),tenderedtotheniversitybyAttorneyThomasDixon("Clients'Counsel")onbehalfoftheClients.
STATEMENTOFFACTS
In2009,theUniversityinvitedthePresidentoftheUnitedStatestobeitsCommencementspeaker.B.ClientsexpressedconcernsaboutthisinvitationbecausesomeofthePresident'spoliciesarecontrarytothefundamentalteachingsoftheCatholicChurch.C.Basedupontheirsincerelyheldbeliefs,ClientsfeltanobligationtovisittheCampusoftheUniversity("Campus")fromonoraboutMayI,2009untilMay17,2009,thedateofCommencement.D.TheUniversityhascertainpoliciesrelativetoprotestsconductedonitsCampus("ProtestPolicies").E.TheClientsconductedcertainactivitiesonCampuswhichtheUniversitybelievedviolateditsProtestPolicies.F.Asaresult,ClientswerearrestedonachargeoftrespassasdefinedunderIndianalawandcriminalchargesoftrespassasaClassAMisdemeanorwerebroughtintheSt.JosephCounty,IndianaSuperiorCourtbytheProsecutingAttorneyofSt.JosephCounty("Prosecutor").G.Duringthecourseofdiscoveryinthecriminalproceedings,representativesfromtheUniversityweresubpoenaedtotestify,andtheUniversitywasrepresentedbyitsGeneralCounsel'sOfficeandoutsidecounsel(collectively"Counsel[orUniversity')duringthoseproceedings.H.Duringthecourseofthesediscoveryproceedings,CounselforUniversityandClients'Counelhavediscussedtheprospectsofreconciliation.
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ThepurposeofthisAgreementistoprovideabasisforreconciliationbeforeGodandacontinuingdialoguebetweentheUniversityandClients.
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Clientsarepro-lifeactivists,whowerearrestedwhileengagedinprayerfuldemonstrations
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supportoftheircause.TheyarealldeeplycommittedChristiansandalmostallareRomanCatholics.Nodamagetopersonorpropertyaroseoutoftheiractions.K.UniversityisaleadingCatholicInstitutionofHigherLearningandisactivelyinvolvedinpro-lifeadvocacyandministry.ManyoftheUniversity'shighestrankingofficers,directors,andfaculty,alongwithhundredsofstudentshavecommittedtoregularlyattendingtheMarchforLifeinWashingtonD.C.alongsideseveraloftheClients.Further,theUniversityisengagedinmanyotherpro-lifeinitiatives,bothonCampus,andthroughoutitsexpansiveAlumniAssociationnetwork.L.WhileitisnotwithintheUniversity'Spowertodismisthependingcriminalcharges,itistheUniversity'spositionthatreconciliationwithitsbrothersandsistersinthefaithwillbemuchbetterpromotedandaccomplishedthroughsettlementsofdisagreements,thanthroughlitigation.ClientssharethisbeliefandwishtoengagethisdialoguewiththeUniversityaswell.M.
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furtheractivitiesbyClientshaveoccurredsinceMay,2009,eitheronCampusorthroughouttheStateofIndianawhichwouldcauseanyoneofthemtobeeitherarrestedorcausetheUniversitytoenforcethe
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TrespassoticeswhichwereissuedtoClients.
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isthesincerewishoftheUniversityandClientstousethisAgreementasthefoundationforworkingtogetherintheircommonbeliefsandactivitiesinsupportofthesanctityofhumanlife.O.ThisAgreementshouldnotbeconstruedasanadmissionofanyliabilityorwrongdoingbyanyoftheParties.Wherefore,baseduponthemutualpromisesandstipulations,thePartiesagreeasfollows:1.StatementofFacts.TheStatementofFactsareincorporatedintotheoperativeprovisionsofthisAgreementasiffullysetoutherein.2.StipulationsofUniversity.TheUniversityagreesto:(a)Cancelandrescindall
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TrespassoticeswhichwereissuedtoClients.Accordingly,ClientsarewelcometovisittheUniversity'sCampusforallpurposesaffordedtothegeneralpublic.
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(b)CommunicatetotheProsecutoritssupportfordismissingwithprejudiceallcriminalchargespendingagainstClientsfromtheMay,2009arrestswhichoccurredonoradjacenttoCampusunderConsolidatedCauseo.71DO
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-0905-CM-03246.(c)CounselforthePartieshaveapprovedforpublicationonoraftertheEffectiveDatetwo(2)PressReleasestobedistributedcontemporaneouslytothepublic.copyofthePressReleasesareattachedheretoandmadeaparthereofasExhibit"B-1"(the"niversityRelease")andExhibit"B-2"(the.ThomasMoreSocietyRelease"collectively"PressReleases').(d)ndertakesuchotherreasonableactionswhicharenecessaryinordertoimplementthetermsandconditionsofthi.Agreerncnt.3.StipulationsofClients.TheClientsshallindividuallyorcollectively:(a)Refrainforeverfrominstituting,pressing,collecting,orinanywayactingorproceedinguponanyandallclaims,judgments,debts,causesofaction,suitsandproceedingsofanykindinthecivillaworinequity,whichtheyindividuallyorcollectivelyeverhad,nowhave,ormayhaveagainsttheUniversity,UnitedStatesofAmerica,StateofIndianaSt.JosephCounty,andtheCityofSouthBend,theirofficers,employeesortheirlegalrepresentatives,agents,successors,orassignsarisingoutoftheMay,2009arrestsanddescribedintheNTC.(b)WhenviitingCampus,Clientsshallfollowallrules,regulations,andpoliciesoftheUniversity,requiredofthegeneralpublic.(c)CounselforthePartieshaveapprovedforpublicationonoraftertheEffectiveDatetwo(2)PressReleasestobedistributedcontemporaneouslytothepublic.AcopyofthePressReleasesarcattachedheretoandmadeaparthereofasExhibit"B-1,.(the"UniversityRelease")andExhibit"B-2'(the"ThomasMoreSocietyRelease'collectively"PressReleases")(d)Undertakesuchotherreasonableactionswhicharenecessary
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ordertoimplementthetermsandconditionsofthisAgreement.4.MutualStipulations.(a)Tnthespiritofreconciliationandacontinuingdialogue,noPartytothisAgreement,(orhisorherCounsel)shalldisparageorcriticizethisAgreement,norshallanyCounselforthePartiesmakeany3
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