United States Ninth Circuit

A domain name registrar may be held legally liable on a theory of conversion, for giving away a registrant's domain name on the basis of a forged letter, but actions for breach of implied contract or third-party contract fail.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/25/2003
• Published 07/25/2003

Judges

• Before: KOZINSKI, McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Wagstaffe,Kerr & Wagstaffe, Richard S. Diestel, Bledsoe, Catheart, Diestel, Livingston and Pedersen, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Selvidge, San Francisco, CA, W. Michael Mayock, Law Offices of W. Michael Mayock, Pasadena, CA, Robert S. Dorband, DuBoff, Dorband, Cushing & King, Portland, OR, David Henry Dolkas, Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, Palo Alto, CA, Kathryn E. Karcher, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, Robin Offner, Robin Offner & Associates, San Diego, CA, For Defendants.