Documents Stack Reappears in Dock after Restart

When I installed Leopard, it created the default dock, containing the basic applications and some stacks. One of those stacks was the Documents Stack, which I did not find useful, so I dragged it out of the dock and poof it was gone. But when I restarted, it was back in my dock.
Now, every time I restart I have to remove it again, but it always "respawns" upon restart again.
How can I permanently destroy that persistent stack?

Does it remember if you add an application or a different folder to the Dock? If not, it sounds like your dock plist is hosed. Launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.db
killall Dock
When the dock comes back up, it should be back at its default config. Set it up how you want and then restart and see if the problem persists.

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