United States Ninth Circuit

A trademark owner is not collaterally estopped by a state trademark verdict where it was merely in privity with state court defendants and where owner had filed for bankruptcy before the state court judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/24/2001
• Published 04/24/2001

Judges

• BREYER, District Judge:, Before:  FERGUSON and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew L. Pepper,The Law Offices of Pepper, Moore & Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, for the defendant-counter-claimant-appellant and plaintiff-cross-defendant-appellant., Jay M. Coggan, Law Offices of Jay M. Coggan, Beverly Hills, California, for the plaintiff-appellee and defendant-appellee.