United States Ninth Circuit

The need to defend against state law claims in state court does not constitute "plain legal prejudice" arising from voluntary dismissal of claims in federal court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2).

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/11/2001
• Decided 08/30/2001
• Published 08/30/2001

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CANBY, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William S. Dato (argued), and William S. Lerach, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees., Boris Feldman (argued) and Douglas J. Clark, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California, for the defendants-appellants.