United States Ninth Circuit

District court decision, ordering defense counsel to pay plaintiff $501,565 in attorneys' fees incurred in defending frivolous action for infringement of doll sculpture copyright, remanded for determination of whether sanctions were imposed for counsel's misconduct regarding pleadings, motions, and other filings, as mandated by Rule 11.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/16/2002
• Decided 04/15/2002
• Published 04/15/2002

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, McKEOWN, Circuit Judge, and ZILLY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kent L. Richland and Jessica M. Weisel, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for the real-party-in-interest-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Adrian Mary Pruetz, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.