United States Ninth Circuit

Where district court's order enjoining the parties from seeking to enforce non-compete covenants in state court was not necessary in the aid of federal jurisdiction, the Anti Injunction Act precluded the order.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/14/2002
• Decided 03/27/2002
• Published 03/27/2002

Judges

• Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William Z. Pentelovitch (argued), Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN;  James C. Martin, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Craig E. Hunsaker, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.