United States Ninth Circuit
STUHLBARG INT'L SALES CO. v. JOHN D. BRUSH AND CO., INC., 99-56676, 99-56875
While the Court of International Trade has exclusive jurisdiction over suits relating to customs, 28 USC 1581-1584, goods detained on the basis of the Lanham Act are neither seized nor excluded, and federal district courts have jurisdiction over trademark disputes.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/16/2000
- Decided 02/13/2001
- Published 02/13/2001
Judges
- McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before: HUG,McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William Roberts (argued), Richard P. McElroy, Timothy D. Pecsenye, Rachel L. Brendzel, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, LLP, Philadelphia; Dennis G. Martin, Willmore F. Holbrow III, Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP, Los Angeles, for appellant John D. Brush & Co., Inc.
- For Appellees:
- Gary M. Anderson (argued), Vern Schooley, Russell C. Pangborn, Fulwider, Patton, Lee & Utecht, LLP, Long Beach, for appellee Stuhlbarg International Sales Co., Inc.